The best way to get pregnant from a person who has had a vasectomy is to have unprotected sex for up to 3 months after surgery, because during this time, sperm can still come out during ejaculation, increasing the chances of pregnancy.
After this period, the chances of pregnancy are minimal and if the couple really wants to get pregnant, the man must undergo another surgery to reverse the vasectomy and re-arrange the canal cut.
- However.
- Reable surgery may not be completely effective.
- Especially if the procedure is performed 5 years after vasectomy.
- As over time the body begins to produce antibodies capable of removing sperm when they occur.
- Which even decreases the chances of pregnancy.
- With reable surgery.
This surgery is performed under general anesthesia in the hospital and usually takes 2 to 4 hours, recovery also takes a few hours; however, most men can return home the same day.
Although recovery is rapid, a period of 3 weeks is required before resuming daily activities, including intimate contact. During this time, your doctor may prescribe pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs, such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen, to relieve discomfort that can occur especially when walking or sitting.
Vasectomy reversing surgery is more likely to succeed in the first 3 years, and more than half of cases manage to become pregnant again.
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In cases where the man does not plan to undergo canal reableing surgery or if the surgery was not effective in getting pregnant again, the couple may choose to undergo IVF.
In this technique, sperm are collected, by a doctor, directly from the canal that was connected to the testicle and then placed in an egg sample, in the laboratory, to form embryos that are then placed inside the woman’s uterus, in order to produce a pregnancy.
In some cases, man may even leave some sperm frozen before vasectomy, so that they can then be used in fertilization techniques, without having to collect directly from the testicle.
Learn more about how the IVF technique works.