Carmencita

One of my closest friends is thinking about marrying a divorce guy that had a vasectomy done. She has never had any kids. Are vasectomies reversible? I even wonder if she is going to reverse it in order to have kids with her.

Lauren_3354

I feel for your friend. She is in a real bind if the guy doesn't want to reverse his vasectomy. I have heard that vasectomies are reversable. I am thinking about making my husband get one after the twins. I am not sure if I want more than two kids. That is what we always planned.

Deenah

I don't think you can reverse a vasectomy; I think the procedure involves cutting tubes somewhere. Besides, if she knew beforehand that he had one, she must not be too seriously upset about it.

Karie

Yes you can reverse one, or so I think you can. I have a friend who is going through the same thing. They said they could still have babies. I thought it was by reversing it. I might be wrong though.

OliviaT

Normally if you get a vasectomy or get your tubes tied the doctor is going to tell you to be sure you don't want more kids. There may be a chance it can be reversed but it is probably a very small chance.

Shoey

I'm in pretty much the same situation. My husband was married before, and had a vasectomy done. Now that we're together we've decided we want kids. We've been doing a lot of research and have found outcomes of a vasectomy reversal to be very good! Chances are best if the man has had his vasectomy done no longer than 8 years prior to reversal time. The procedure is pretty expensive, but worth the cost..if it works. We're getting my husbands vasectomy reversed in March of 2011, and we're hoping for babies soon after. Good luck to your friend, Carmencita!

thejudge

Hey, I found some interesting information that I hope can be of help to you.

It mentions there are 2 types of reversals available:

Vasovasostomy and Epididymostomy

Vasovasostomy -This is an option if sperm are found to be present within the Vas Diferens (the tube that transports and stores the sperm) and is very successful - 75% - 95%. It takes about 3 months for the sperm to return when you ejaculate and a 40 - 60 percent chance of getting a woman pregnant in 2 years.

With a Epididymostomy is used if there are no live sperm present in the Vas Diferens and anf they have to complete a more involved operation that includes wearing a supportive cup for 6 weeks after the surgery. It has about a 60 - 80% chance of sperm returning, but takes up to 15 months. The pregnancy rate is lower as well around 30 - 40%.

Like Shoey said it can be pretty expensive, like $10,000 expensive so it may not be an option.

As mentioned before, the longer you wait the more difficult it can be. If you wait longer than 10 years, apparently it is a lot harder to get it back.

There is also surgical sperm retrieval which can still achieve the result, but is no where as much fun

thejudge

Oh, I did the research as a friend of mine had 4 girls (after the first girl he wanted a boy and eventually gave up). He went and got a vasectomy and 2 months later his wife got pregnant again.

On a positive 5 kids later he had a Boy

How she still got pregnant .... That's another completely different story