Trying to conceive after Vasectomy Reversal

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Can you feel the vas deferens?

Posted 06/16/2013
This may sound like an odd question, but my husband had a vasectomy in 2010. We had a positive test in 2012, and semen analysts confirmed he was still having vital sperm, with low mobility.

The other day he was showering and asked me to feel his stuff. It feels like both side have grown back together, but I'm not sure how that's even possible!?!? So my question is, is it possible to feel that?

                            **Bitter Jet**

          **JuSt EaTiNg AnD tAlKiNg Sh!t**

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Posted 06/16/2013

It's possible to feel it if you know what you're looking for, I guess. I don't know that you'd really be able to tell if it had healed back together though.  Even a tiny little gap would keep the sperm from flowing, but wouldn't be big enough to just feel, KWIM?

When we went in for our pre-op appt DH was explaning exactly what the V doctor did, how much he cut off, etc.  Our VR doc was a little concerned that maybe there'd be too much gone to be able to reattach it so she was feeling around to see how much she had to work with. She said I could probably feel it too but I never bothered to try.

It can definitely grow back together, but it depends on how the original doctor did it.  If he snipped a lot and cauterized the ends (as ours did), it would seem unlikely at best.  But stranger things happen every day.


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Posted 06/16/2013
Thanks :)

I'm not sure how much was cut away, but they snipped and he has clips or something like that on the ends... I was just worried because 2 years after we had a positive test, but it wasn't a viable pregnancy. Now three years later he says it feels like it grew back... I'm just going to have him see a urologist.. :) t

                            **Bitter Jet**

          **JuSt EaTiNg AnD tAlKiNg Sh!t**

Posted 06/17/2013

When my Dh had his VR, it was done by a urologist, he was told that after a V they usually do close back together. That's how they sometimes fail. It's just whether the ends are closed up to stop stuff from passing through. He says to find the right spot, he just grabs the vas deferens and then feels for the lump of scar tissue. Cuts that off and then reattaches. He just needs to get a SA to find out for sure though.





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