Anyone TTC after vasectomy reversal op?

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Hi! Newbie to the forums :) we have 2 children, 7 and 5 and hubby had a vasectomy almost 5 years ago.... Almost as soon as our youngest was born. He realised quickly after that it was a big mistake. We're speaking with our chosen surgeon in a week and booking the reversal, then it's all aboard the TTC train as soon as he's all healed up :) would love to have some buddies along the way :) it's going to be a fairly long journey I feel, our eldest took a year to conceive our youngest took 9 months with a early mc in between.
Sam x

Barb, I wish you all the luck! My dd is 9 and my oh kids are 21,18 and 10 so it is going to be quite a contrast going back to the screaming and nappies ect... Both mine and the OHs urges really kicked in after the first few months ttc, we both feel irrationally desperate now!

I had a second ultrasound last night and the specialist still thinks if we keep trying naturally for the moment we have a good chance... He doesn't want to make any rash decisions for us until hubby does the second sample! He says the results from July show good enough numbers to conceive naturally. I have a lovely 16mm egg a couple of days away from being released so fingers crossed... Hubby has said that he doesn't want to do ivf or anything similar, so I'm crossing my fingers and toes I either fall naturally or with sperm washing and IUI as this would be our next and final step according to the oh!

Fingers crossed it happens this month for you! We have told ourselves that if. We don't fall pregnant and if his sample comes back negative we will not try anything else. That will be us finished. We foster children so we always have children in our lives maybe that's why we don't have the drive other people have but we would love another of our own and my children would be thrilled too. Having this forum helps as not a sole knows about our op it's all hush hush!
Good luck this month! X

I think if we were still in the UK we would have considered fostering.... We both love kids! We are both very grateful for the kids we have and although the ultimate would be to have one together we will have to make peace with it if it doesn't happen naturally! Keep me posted with your progress, it's so nice to hear from others who have had vr's... Unfortunately our families know as we came back to the UK for the surgery and Oh spent last Xmas hobbling round, most guessed but I wish now we had planned it and done it secretly... The pressure is the biggest killer! X

Yes that's what we thought Pitterpatter my family would pester me every month putting a lot of pressure on us. I will update you as soon as we get SA back and start trying. Positive vibes going your way xx

Well that's it operation done just back home now resting. The surgeon said it went really well and his tubes were large which made stitching easy, tubes all clear and no visible blockages woo hoo! So it's just a waiting game now till he feels better and we can get down to business and start trying for Baby G fingers crossed :-)

Good luck MrsG, keep us posted x

Glad it went well MrsG X

Whoho MrsG!

Congrats.... Hope the hubby is resting and getting ready! ;-) xxx

Just wondering if anyone has had any success since out last post?
We started ttc last month I'm awaiting my Period any day now. I have had may pains so not sure I was successful this month :( but who knows...it's not over till the witch arrives! Xx

Hi barbs,

How's this with you? I still havnt seen a + yet and January marked 12moths ttc... Naively I always thought it would happen in a flash but oh well, it will happen when it's meant to I guess! I had some blood tests and ultrasounds done to check myself out and was given the all clear, not monitoring my cycles anymore as feels too forced so just trying to relax and enjoy the journey. ( don't get me wrong tho it still plays in my mind wh n I know I'm ovulating or due AF but the hubby doesn't need to know that bit!) fingers crossed for us all! Xxx

Pitterpatter It gets very draining ttc and we have only been trying for one month. January test showed bfn and for some strange reason my cycle ended up being 45 days so I was symptom spotting but ended just a long painful cycle. I've heard great reviews on a herbal supplement called Angus castus it support ovulation. So hopefully it helps. :) it can't hurt anyway. X

We unfortunately had a mmc so back to ttc.

I'm very sorry for your loss JoMalones. I know this is a very difficult time. This happened to us in November. Now I am very nervously around 5.5 weeks pregnant. Good luck for the future.

Thank you Tropicality. I'm sorry for your loss . Congratulations, I hope this pregnancy is happy and healthy for you

Hi mind if I join you? Just read the whole thread. Here's my story,

I'm 29 this summer, DH is 26 in April. We are so lucky to have three boys, eldest is nearly 8 and from previous relationship, our younger boys are 4 and 3. When youngest was born hubby had vasectomy, he was only 22 years old! I was always against it but he was adamant he wanted no more. Needless to say he has since changed his mind. We had the reversal at the end of June 2014 with Mr Harriss. All went well and Harriss was adamant that we would conceive regardless of the fact that hubby had 100% antibodies. After doing research I just wasn't satisfied with that, so we also had a SA with the NHS and they said that his antibodies meant that "immunological infertility is highly probable"
So that brought us to the London women's clinic in Durham, the doctor there was also adamant that these antibodies wouldn't stand in our way, (on this third SA they where around 96 percent) but we are on to our 19th cycle now of trying as for the first one was spent with him healing and we missed my ovulation. One thing that confuses me somewhat if this fertility doctor thinks we will conceive is why do we need to have Icsi with the IVF? Anyway that's where we are, saving for our treatment that I think we might be able to start maybe August time X

Hi reversal baby,

Welcome.... The boards are a little quiet these days but I'm sure many of us are still lurking somewhere or another! Scary how similar our stories are... We were initially given an 'all clear' letter from Mr Harriss and weren't told about the antibodies until I pressed for the full report. He was adamant this wouldn't stand in our way but with many months of well timed ttc it worried me ( annoyed husband!) despite his protests we went to a private specialist here (we are British expats living in KSA) but we again were told it may take a little longer but no reason why we shouldn't conceive naturally while having all the basic bloods and ultrasounds for me and being given the all clear! It's so bloody frustrating as this just confirms to the husband that we still have a good chance whereas me, after reading countless articles and being a lot more realistic know it's more like a 1-2% chance..... I agree with the whole isci thing and would prefer to get on with this option, atm we aren't financially in the position and with the hubbys warped sense of reassurance he's not interested in any further tests or 'help' to conceive... I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that it's just not going to happen on our current path and still feeling very niggled that we weren't given some more details about the supposed antibodies that 'don't' have an effect on me getting pregnant!

Rant over...... Congrats tropicality! I still enjoy hearing the sucesses as it keeps that % in my sights! 😁🎉

Wow can't believe how similar are stories are. I can't really get my head around why he would lie to us but it seems that he has. I know another couple, same Dr, everything good except antibodies. No pregnancy, and the NHS has also told them the same as me. That this deems him infertile. I would get an SA done on the NHS so that hubby can see the report for himself to get him to the same place that you are at. To be honest we are in the same place financially, but we got lucky, hubby got a company car and we where able to sell ours which has given us a good start. Is egg sharing something you have considered? If you where comfortable with donating your eggs the treatment is a fraction of the price. We are thinking about it. X

Well, the hubby announced yesterday that he thinks it's time to get another SA done.... Woohoo! (I pretended to brush it off tho, I have learnt that men often have to feel like they are leading the charge lol) here in KSA it's like the American medical system and although we have top healthcare cover, it doesn't cover fertility treatment at all, because we both have previous children I don't think the nhs would have helped us in the slightest anyway!!! If we have to go down the isci route and egg share is an option I wouldn't be against it, I guess we will have to cross that bridge if hubby agrees we are going to go down that road! ( he's anti getting help, he says if it doesn't happen naturally he doesn't want to pursue it as between us we already have four, just none together. ) I'm hoping a second SA will give us a glimmer of hope, even 95% antibodies means there's a chance one could get through! I'm not pushing the issue with him any further at the moment, he is going to need to decide for himself as I don't want him to feel like I'm railroading him and taking his options away... Unfortunately he was very open with me when we met that he had a V and at the time, was against reversal! He knew I secretly wanted one together so agreed the VR but on the understanding that there was to be no more messing with nature after that.... Keep me posted on your progress/ decisions, it's Good to know I'm not the only one in the same boat although I wish we Wernt all facing this difficulty! X

I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm pregnant! It's brand new so I'm scared to death but I guess it is possible after all despite the antibodies!! Just wanted to give you some hope!!! Wishing you all the best and will keep checking back xx

Congratulations! And much deserved..Me too...I'm now 7.5 weeks. Fingers crossed for you, and wish you a happy and healthy nine months.

Hello all. Just an update. We are still ttc. Oh vr was sept 2015. He is having his first sa on 21st this month so fingers crossed all is well. It's been so frustrating waiting every month and planning dtd around ovulation times etc!! It hasn't helped that my periods have become extremely erratic...... From 32-34 (normal for me) to 60 days!!! Have had bloods taken and awaiting results. I'm 33 so hoping it's not the beginning of the menopause 😳 How is everyone else doing on this emotional rollercoster that is ttc?? X

P.s congratulations on the pregnancies xx

Hi jellybean, I'm still here ttc 4months after MC and cycle4 ( ov today!) like you, we have 4 between us already

I am sorry for your mc jomalones 😥 I've never ever know what it's like to have problems conceiving and that dreaded tww emotional up and down. Only now I can sympathise to some degree.....only time will tell I suppose. I'm trying not to get too fixated on the whole thing and it's particularly difficult to know when I'm ovulating anyway with my periods being so irregular. Good luck with your tww. Xx