Vasectomy reversal success??

[terrier141]

Does anyone have experience of this? Hubby has just had it done and we are nervously awaiting the outcome!

Hi dh has booked himself in to see Dr Dawson on Monday so hopefully he will get a date for his vr soon fingers crossed.

Hi KateDD - yes I am still going ahead despite everything (as long as we have some money anyway) This is a rest of my life decision and hopefully lack of funds will be temporary. I cant afford to wait (approching 35) so Fuck it! Even if it fails at least I will know I did all I could to try.

Linz I want a full report of the scan and I'm sure it will all be fine xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sunshine, fab let us know how it goes

Terrier - where are yooooooouuuuuuuu?

That's kind of how I feel, I'll already have a 6 year gap if the baby was conceived tonight so am not hanging around, MIL will go mental though i'll be damned if it works and damned if it doesn't. Just trying to stay cool about the whole thing.

Keep in touch girls it sounds like things are heading in the right direction for all of us !

We have an appointment on Wednesday, am terrified and suddenly have very cold feet again.

you're bound to feel apprehensive, it is a massive thing after all - but imagine if you dont go throufh with the app on wednesday ....soon enough all the feelings of wanting a baby will surface again. Just do it, you'll be fine

Am very excited and nervous for you! I cant even get to see my consultant til February then he will refer me arrggghhh the waiting is killing me x

Thanks pink, I need a kick up the backside.

Hi girls, well Im officially back with you - having finally bothered to fix our internet connection after all this time - and I have to say I really have missed you guys - corny i know - but I do find it a source of really good support and advice.

Where do I start??

Linz - please let us know how you get on with the scan - we want to experience it all with you (hold your hand in a virtual kind of way!). I have to admit after reading Pinks honest reaction to your news i echo what she felt - I was so jealous I cried uncontrollably all day - but thats just my general raection to news of anybodys pregnancy lately, and I am genuinely absolutely thrilled for you, and want regular updates xx
Also my ex dh has just announced to our kids that his new wife is pregnant AGAIN (the baby is only 8mths for christ sake) - you can imagine how I felt hearing that news!

Pink - I shut facebook down cos I thought people would think I was rude not replying to their messages - but now Im back online I might set it back up. Hope all is well with you, I imagine you are fed up with the agonising wait for appointments!

Katie - hope you are well and that all goes well with the appointment - good luck xx

Sunshine - Hi! Hope your appointment goes well, keep us updated!

Hope I havent forgotten anyone! Love to all xx

Hi everyone

For sunshine, and anyone else who arrives here for advice about vasectomy reversal...My partner has his reversal at Gatwick Park hospital, it is a Spire place and the doctor was Michael Swinn. It was a microsurgery, and the doctor said one side worked fine but the other had been cut too close(or summat) so he wasn't sure about that one. I'm not sure what it cost. We weren't able to get it on the nhs - I suppose because he has two children from his sociopath of an ex...

That was back in May. Since then, he has given two samples; one in the summer that showed something like 20% motility and 10% normal forms. The second sample from early November was 30% motility but only 2% normal forms I don't know why they are getting worse! He had had the snip about seven years before getting the reversal.

Anyway, we were satisfied with the hospital and treatment; my partner had no complaints, and I would recommend them, despite the disappointing outcome so far.

hey terrier its great to have you back - must admit I was a bit scared after I posted my honest thoughts that everyone would be horrified and think me an evil hag

Glad its not just me that broke down and sobbed about the news (you can imagine DH's face "what, so a person off the internet you've never met got pregnant....oh erm ok")It gutted me cause I thought I have been waiting the longest, I'm very british I guess and have some kind of mental queue system going on that clearly DH's tubes/sperm are not obeying LOL! But seriously I dont resent your pg just wish it was me.

KatieDD glad the kick up the bum helped!

shm - yours sounds similar to mine

anyhow, keep in touch girls xx

Hi back from Hartlepool. Dr Dawson was very nice, but whoever did dh v in the first place made a mess of it left side is probably beyond repair but he was going to try something (cant remember what) in order to reduce the pain dh gets on that side at times, but cant give any guarantees it will work properly as far as getting pregnant. The right side is not to bad and said he hopes to have a 80percent success on that side. Feeling a bit deflated about the hole baby thing now, he goes in on the 3 March for op.

its funny sunshine, nearly everyone I have spoken to about vas reversals has been told the same thing - "one side is really badly damaged" you do start to wonder if they all say it a s a bit of an insurance policy

TTry not to get too down hearted about it. xx

Thanks Pinkmook.
I suppose it really comes down to how good his swimmers are at the end of all this no point worrying about any of it just yet.

Sunshine, have you thought of going straight for IVF ?

My DH has had a vasectomy but I don't want it reversed mainly because I know I only want the one baby and therefore would have to have him snipped again afterwards but also because I couldn't bear the waiting every month wondering if it'll happen.
I'm going to have 2 goes, costing £4k (hoping it works first time of course) and that'll be my lot, but if the tubes have been damaged, sucking it out at source might be a better option for you too.

sunshine - I agree with pink - my dh was told exactly the same thing about the one side being botched and all that. We've been trying for almost 8 mths now and Im starting to get quite miserable about it.
Think maybe katies got the right idea going straight for IVF - unfortunately the pot of money has run dry in our house so if the reversal doesnt eventually do the trick then we are out of the game (unless I win the lottery of course!)
Anyway thats not to say that you wouldnt be as lucky as our welshlinz and get pregnant really early on.
Anyway, Im convinced that both myself and pink will be announcing pregnancies very soon as it bound to be our turns now, we've waited long enough!

We decided to ttc for six months more, hoping that his little guys will sort themselves out, and then if nothing has happened we'll look at assisted conception

It's ironic because having a sprog was his idea, not mine; but once I started envisioning it all, really imagining having a child, I got really into it as well. He already has two from his previous marriage and they decided they had enough (she had three from her first marriage as well) so he got snipped, though at the time he wasn't completely sure, he says now. Two years later she got pg by the neighbour anyway... she then left the marriage, so my partner now completely supports her and her SIX children, and I can't even have one without all these problems. Ah well. Life is funny I guess.

I'm kind of like, hmmm, maybe I'll check out that neighbour myself....

My honey is enthusiastically taking zinc to get the little guys going, but I don't think he could deal with cutting out coffee!

Oh trust me, my friends very hot 25 year old son said if he can't get you pregnant I'll have a go. It took me a good minute to remember the right answer was no bugger off ;-)

wonders if very hot 25 year old's are available in nhs fertility clinics

Well today went well, Dh has big enough balls apparently, the nicest thing anyones ever said to him {fhmm]
I'm booked in for tests and blood tests next week.
The consultant wasn't at all concerned we were going straight for IVF, thought it was a good plan, so that was a relief.

Katie I'm pleased it went well for you both today

Hi all, great to see you back Terrier x The threads been busy these last few days. Took a while to read through the posts

KatieDD, I'm so pleased that today went well. When will you have your first try ? Crossing everything for you xx

Sunshine, I know exactly how you feel about getting deflated when you came back from seeing the consultant. I somehow expected him to be more positive but found him more or less saying 'you'll be lucky if this works'. The whole experience is a mixture of highs and lows but in my case I've been extremely lucky so far ( fingers crossed ) and I'm so glad we went through with it. Hope all goes well for the op. It will soon come around xx

I'm aiming for May/June for my own weird reasons for the first attempt but DH is having his part done asap to ensure his sperm don't get any older.
Was absolutely gutted when he said we didn't have age on our side, I'm only 33

KatieDD you're the same age as me - cheeky bugger! as if 33 is ancient! Call me cynical but I dont trust consultants who are making money out of IVF any more than I trust them who are doing reversals...they all seem to say stupid shit like that to get people grabbing their wallets more readily

Any way nice to see it busy on here. How are you feeling linz?

hi all,

pink, i'm fine thanks. Was starting to feel much better these last few days but since last night the sickness has come back with a vengeance !! And I've caught Dh's cold so feeling very sorry for myself today

Very nervous and excited about Thursdays scan. Just praying theres a little heartbeat there and everything is ok xx

Hope everyone is ok

Never mind Katie , I was 36 when I fell PG first cycle ICSI with DD ! It can happen quite easily - these (male) consultants are cheeky sods .
Good luck with the scan linz !

Thank you Babbi, I really appreciate your post, I am getting a bit obsessed with the whole thing now, worrying when I should be relaxing more than ever which is daft isn't it.