i had a vasectomy about 10 years ago. do i have any options about giving my wife a child?
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If you don't want to reverse the vasectomy then your best option is sperm extraction.  Many people have had success with this in the past.  Your vasectomy is still intact which means you still can't get her pregnant the tranditional way.  Your doctor will check your sperm and if they are good swimmers then it is like artificial insemination, you insert the sperm and they go to work.  Good luck!
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Forever. Dude you just had your manhood sliced ... you can't ever recover from that. In fact have a vasectomy practically makes you a woman. It's true. Men can produce sperm, you know who can't? Women - and guys who've had a vasectomy.
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Vasectomy is a minor operation that is usually done at a doctor's office or at a clinic. You are awake during the surgery, which usually takes no more than 30 minutes. First, the hair is clipped from the scrotum. The doctor injects a local anesthetic into the skin of your scrotum to numb it. Then the doctor makes one or two small cuts in the skin of the scrotum through which the tubes are gently lifted out. The doctor cuts the tubes, and may remove a small piece of each. The cut ends are tied or sealed with electric current. The openings in the scrotum are closed with small stitches. After a short rest (usually half an hour) you can go home.Sperm are made in a man's testes. During a man's ejaculation the sperm travel through two tubes (vasa deferentia), mix with semen, and come out of the penis. If the sperm enter a woman and one of the sperm joins an egg, the woman will become pregnant. During a vasectomy, these two tubes are cut and blocked so the sperm cannot mix with the semen. Without sperm in his semen, a man can no longer make his partner pregnant.\n\nAfter a vasectomy, a man still has erections and ejaculates. The amount of fluid in his ejaculations is not different, except there is no sperm. The fluid looks and smells the same. A man's hormones, beard, and voice do not change. His sex drive and ability to have sex do not change. The only change is that he cannot make a woman pregnant.
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Yes, you can. My brother has 1 testis and he has 2 children a boy and a girl. Good luck.
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The world right now in May of 2006 is climbing toward 7,000,000,000 -- yes, billion -- people.  For health reasons, you have had a hysterectomy.  And now your husband wants another baby.  What do YOU want?  Do you have any children in the first place?  Have you or he had children together, or do you have children from previous relationships?  How much strain would this pregnancy put on your body and your relationship?  All of these questions and more, I'm sure, need to be considered.\n\nIn vitro may be an option, but it's expensive and very iffy, with maybe a 10% chance of impregnation at any one time.  At several thousand dollars per cycle and no promises, IVF is often an emotional rollercoaster, as people get their hopes up and then nothing.  Are you willing to go through, potentially, months and years of disappointment, dwindling finances and no child at the end?\n\nUsing a surrogate is a possibility, but surrogacy is fraught with emotional time-bombs.  Some surrogates want to keep the baby.  Mothers who cannot have children physically may be resentful and jealous of the other woman's ability to become and stay pregnant.  I don't know what the protocol is after a child is born from a surrogate, but it seems an extraordinary thing for a woman to give birth to a child and then just walk away, but I suppose that's how it's done.  \n\nUltimately if you don't have a uterus, you cannot have a baby naturally that I'm aware of.  You would have to use a surrogate, or you would have to adopt.  I'd suggest you do some research and reading first, talk this over with your husband, and talk it over with yourself, and think about what you really want.  \n\nIt sends up a big red flag to me that after a hysterectomy where your uterus is removed, your husband suddenly wants a baby -- and obviously you cannot do this.  Is it really a baby he wants, or something else emotionally?  Having a baby complicates relationships and never solves any problem.  Babies even when wanted bring stress to a relationship.  Perhaps some marriage counseling and/or some very honest talks are very much in order.  I wish you the best.\n\nGood luck.  Cheers, K
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http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vasectomy/HQ01049\n\nVasectomy: The right form of birth control for you?\nVasectomy provides a permanent form of birth control for men. Is it right for you? \nVasectomy is a surgical procedure that permanently makes a man unable to father a child (sterile). It involves severing and sealing the two tubes (vasa deferentia) that carry sperm from your testicles to your seminal fluid (semen). After the procedure, your semen will not contain sperm, so when you ejaculate during sexual intercourse, you'll be unable to get a woman pregnant.\nWorldwide, about 50 million men have had a vasectomy. Each year, approximately 500,000 American men undergo the procedure. More American married couples rely on it for family planning than on any other method except female sterilization (tubal ligation) and birth control pills (oral contraceptives). Because a vasectomy often can't be reversed, you need to carefully consider the pros and cons before choosing it.\nWho is it for?\nMost men who seek vasectomies have been married for at least 10 years. If you're considering a vasectomy, it's essential that you and your partner both want a permanent form of birth control. Vasectomy may be an option if:\n·You and your partner agree that you have all the children you want\n·You and your partner are unable or unwilling to use another birth control method\n·Your partner has a health condition that makes pregnancy unsafe\nYou may want to forgo vasectomy if you're:\n·Unsure about having children in the future\n·In an unstable relationship\n·Motivated primarily by a desire to please your partner\n·Young, with many life changes ahead\n·Single, divorced or separated\n·Counting on having children later by having the vasectomy reversed or freezing your sperm\nIt's not uncommon for men to consider vasectomy in response to a stressful situation such as an illness, financial setback, death in the family or birth of a child. Because the stress may be temporary, however, it's better to seek counseling or psychotherapy to help you cope than to undergo a surgical procedure you may later regret.\nBefore deciding on a vasectomy, you and your partner should consider its long-term implications. Ask yourself how you'd feel if you had a vasectomy and:\n·One of your children died\n·Your financial situation improved so that you could afford another child\n·You and your partner separated or divorced, or your partner died\nHow do you prepare?\nDoctors usually perform vasectomies in an office or family planning clinic. The cost ranges from $150 to $1,200, about one-quarter of the expense of the more complicated tubal ligation surgery used for female sterilization. Most insurance policies cover at least some of the cost.\nAfter choosing a doctor, meet with him or her to discuss the procedure, risks and potential complications. It's best to include your partner in this initial consultation.\nIf you're worried that a vasectomy might somehow make you less of a man, now is the time to bring up such concerns. Your doctor can reassure you that sterility won't affect your virility. Because the testicles continue to produce the same amount of the male sex hormone testosterone after a vasectomy, the procedure should have no effect on your sex drive or your ability to get an erection. A vasectomy will not affect your body composition and other male characteristics. You'll still have the same muscle mass, facial hair and voice. Nor should a vasectomy noticeably reduce the volume of your ejaculate, since semen consists almost entirely of fluids produced by the prostate and other glands.\nTwo weeks before and after your vasectomy, don't take aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others) and ketoprofen (Orudis) because they can thin your blood and cause bleeding. Instead, use acetaminophen (Tylenol) if you need to relieve pain.\nArrange for a family member or friend to accompany you to the office or clini
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A friend of mine went through this about 1 year ago. The main difference is the DEcrease of his quantity, about 10% less than what he ejaculated before the vasectomy.\n\nCheers!
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Try to harvest this side, you may be able to change an existing form.  (e.g child custody and visitation right).\n\nBut I would let a lawyer formulate this: especially in a life threatening situation (surgery) you need a lot more (and there is maybe also the sons mother involved).
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get married & have a child
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I had a vasectomy 20 years ago. The anaesthetic ensures that it does not hurt while the procedure is being performed, but it does ache afterwards. Nothing too bad, but you'll know that you've had a vasectomyfor a few days, after which it will be fine and you and your partner will have no more worries about unwanted pregnancies. Do remember that vasectomy is a procedure which will almost certainly render you infertile for good, so consider whether you are likely to want any more children before having it done!
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Sit back, watch your game, kiss half of your salary and your pension bye bye along with the house you live in, hope you like little one room apartments and be prepared for your children to hate you since you care so little about them.\nOh and get a vasectomy.
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A vasectomy has about a 99.9% effectiveness rate... meaning that, out of 1000 couples who use it as their only birth control, one will get pregnant after a year.  Usually, if the vasectomy is going to fail, it will happen in the first four months.\n\nSince his semen analysis came back negative, you are good to go.  If you are really concerned about failure, you can give it some more time and have another semen analysis done, but the odds are frankly tiny.
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Yes you can, but not common. If your partner never went back for his follow-up appointment after his vasectomy, then there is a possiblity he may still be fertile. He needs to have a sperm count done.
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it depends on how far in you are.  My wife had 2, the second one was a like a week further on, she said she was really sore from that one.  About the infant I can't tell you.  But it could really hurt you.  My wife holds serious regrets over what she did.  There's always adoption.  But besides that, she's got scarring on the inside preventing her from getting pregnant again.  It's something you really have to think about, if not now then 20 years down the road.
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Neither is 100% gauranteed.  My aunt got pregnant 10 years after having her tubes tied.  And I have heard of males still getting woman pregnant after vasectomy.  If you really don't want any more, I would say yes, you should both "get fixed" for the best protection :)
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my uncle a vasectomy reversal two years ago and he and his wife have just had twins , it worked for him!
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I had it done years back. Went in to the Doc. First of all I got shaved. Then the doc traced the outline of my left ball and found the tube just below the surface. Made a minor incision, then went thru the incision - found the tube and snipped thru it, cut a small section of tube off, then sealed both tube ends. Came out the incision & put 1 stich in to seal it. Job done! Took about 6 mins. Laid down for half an hour & then taken home.\nOnly very minor problem being (as the doc told me) about 3/4 hrs later felt as though I'd been kicked in the balls by a horse! Didn't  last long, up and running about like a spring chicken hours later. A week later went back to the hospital for a check and test. Doc examined his work, removed the stich, declared everything fine & sent me off for a test! This required jacking off into a small glass jar - like peaing for a urine test. Given a number to call the next day.  Called - declared negative, no more sperm will be fired.\n\nDon't know what they do today. However, understand they can now fit a tap & just turn the sperm flow off? When U want children, U nip in & they turn it back on. Sounds more like an auto check and sevice.