I’m going to use this post as a place to collect questions about either tubal reversal or vasectomy reversal. Below you will find a place where you can add a comment. That’s where to put your question. In fact, I am thinking of making this post the only place where comments can be added simply for ease of administration.
Now there are some ground rules and some caveats.
Asking About Free Reversals
First off, as much as I would love to be able to help everyone, I cannot tell you where to get a free sterilization reversal. Don’t ask.
I have written a post about the possibility of finding some ministry that can help with this but they usually have some religious restrictions and you may find you still have to put up some money.
Personally, while I understand that things are tight nowadays, and that for some people things will always be tight, I don’t know why anyone should think they should get such a specialized surgical procedure for free. Doctors that specialize in these operations spent lots of time and money achieving their skills. Why do you think one should give more time and money away because you have had a change of heart about something you did to yourself? And, yes, I include money as each doctor would still have to pay staff, drug costs, and facility costs among other things.
While this might seem harsh, just think if your boss wanted you to work and get paid nothing. (That does assume you are not a stay at home mom or dad who does not get paid anything for all the important work you do.) You wouldn’t like that, would you? Having a husband who does have to give hours to his company for nothing, I get very upset by this opinion taken from either viewpoint.
If you find such a generous soul you are blessed indeed. Treasure that doctor.
However, don’t be surprised if you still find you have to pay the staff fees, the facility fees, the drug costs, and anything else. If you find a doctor like this, he is probably just waiving his own personal fees. I have found one such doctor once and it was a one time thing.
So don’t ask where you can find a free tubal reversal or free vasectomy reversal. I don’t have an answer and even if I did, it might change before I could even post it.
Comments Are Moderated
Secondly, all comments will be moderated. This is my way to catch spam comments and there are lots of them on the Internet. What this means to you is don’t add comments that say something along the lines of “Nice post. I’m going to bookmark this and send all my friends here.” as that is a common type of spam comment. I will not allow it to be posted.
Asking About Reversal Doctors in Your Area
While I know a few doctors who work in the sterilization reversal fields, I sure don’t know every doctor around the world who might perform such a surgery whether they are skilled in it or not. So don’t ask about finding a doctor in your local region.
Now if you want to ask about Dr. X, whoever that might be, go ahead and maybe someone else will see and can provide an answer.
Enough Questions on the Same Topic Equals a New Article
If enough similar questions come in I will try to find the answer and create a post on the topic. Hopefully that will aid a few people seeking help.
That is essentially what I am using this particular post for – to collect questions that I can provide the answers for in another article added to this site. So what do you want to know about tubal reversal or vasectomy reversal? Is it about the surgery itself and what happens? Is it about what to expect after the surgery either right away or as time goes on? Do you need ideas as to how to get financing for your reversal? Add your question in the comments below.
What Do You Want to Know?
Lastly, I have a question for you. Is there anything you want to see added to this site that is not about sterilization reversal? What I’m getting at is that the reason you want a reversal is so you can have a child. Is there anything associated with having kids that you would like to see added to the site? Or what?
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Why Go Through Sterilization Reversal?
First you need to understand that sterilization is done through a vasectomy for men or tubal ligation for women. This is done to prevent pregnancy from happening for whatever reason. A sterilization reversal, then, is either a reversal done by nature, so to speak, or the reversal procedure conducted by a doctor at the request of the person who underwent the original sterilization.
Marital Status Affects Sterilization Reversal
If someone has gone through the surgery required to prevent pregnancies, why would you want to go through a sterilization reversal surgery? For many people, the reason is as simple, or as difficult, as a change in marital status.
With the American divorce rate standing at 50%, it is quite likely that a person who has been through the vasectomy or tubal ligation will not be with the same partner a few years after the original surgery was conducted. Alternatively, one’s present spouse may die and, over time, the remaining partner could remarry. Of course, this change in partners may precipitate a desire for children.
Other Factors Affecting Why You Would Want a Sterilization Reversal
Additionally, there are other reasons one might want to undergo a sterilization reversal. As sad as it is to even think of it, there could be the death of a present child or children. The news seems all too full of such sad stories. .
A few other factors which might cause the thought of sterilization reversal have to do with a change in religious beliefs or trying to regain a sense of masculinity or fertility. Maybe there has been a change in opinions on the size of the family.
Believe it or not, conflict within the family could lead to this costly reversal surgery. For instance, in families where the partners were having substantial conflict prior to the male’s vasectomy, the wife was twenty-five times more likely to request a vasectomy reversal than those whose marriages did not have such “substantial conflict”. Researchers neglected to determine whether this substantial conflict had to do with the sterilization or not.
Just goes to show, you need to be sure you want the original surgery in the first place. Think long and hard about it. However, should you have gone through either procedure to become sterilized and then change your mind, a sterilization reversal, whether through a tubal reversal or vasectomy reversal, is a possibility.
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What Are the Chances of Pregnancy after Vasectomy Reversal?
So you’re looking into getting your vasectomy reversed. But you and your partner want to know what are the chances of a pregnancy after vasectomy reversal surgery is completed. On average, your chances are 50%. So it’s a roll of the dice.
However there are some factors which play into this roll of the dice in determining your pregnancy chances.
Factors Which Affect Chances of Pregnancy after Vasectomy Reversal – Time Is the First
First and foremost is the time since the original vasectomy operation was completed. If it’s been less than three years, almost every man can expect to have successful return of sperm flow and normal sperm count. Only three out of 100 will not. Furthermore, you will have a 75% chance of actually fathering a child.
The longer the time delay since the original procedure, the less likely there will be a successful return of a normal semen flow with an attendant pregnancy. The most quoted figure is that after 15 years there will only be a 72% chance for the semen flow and a pregnancy after vasectomy reversal will be 30%.
While age does not play as big a factor into pregnancy from a man’s viewpoint, it does still have a role. After 15 years, you are going to be older with lessening testosterone. See more about this below.
Additional Factors That Play into Pregnancy After Vasectomy Reversal
There are some other factors which can affect your chances of having a successful pregnancy after vasectomy reversal, besides the time period since the original vasectomy. These can include:
1. the skill of your doctor – how many reversals does he do in a year, how well trained is he at the form of surgery he uses (see 3. below),
2. complications since the original surgery – have there been any obstructions formed in or damage done to the epididymis (part of the male anatomy where sperm undergo some maturing) requiring a more extensive type of vasectomy reversal surgery called a vasoepididymostomy,
3. macroscopic vs. microscopic vasectomy reversal – for macroscopic surgery there is a shorter surgical time and it doesn’t cost as much but there is a bit of a lower success rate,
4. where the original vasectomy was performed – was it in a straight area of the vas deferentia, are the pieces left to be joined close in size (the vas deferens vary in size), how much of the tubes were removed (the longer the tube, the better the success rate), and
5. do you and your partner have previous children – one study showed pregnancy after vasectomy reversal was 80% in such couples whereas men who had a new partner only had a 17% chance of having a child.
Time Again in Pregnancy After Vasectomy Reversal
One further point that all these figures about the likelihood of pregnancy after vasectomy reversal seem to lack, with regards to the time since the vasectomy factor, is this. It is the simple fact that you and your spouse are older as well.
If it’s been less than three years, you’re most likely less than three years older yourself (easy enough to figure) and still quite vigorous (one would expect).
If it’s been 15 or more years, you are 15+ years older as well and so is your spouse (unless you have a new one and then she is generally close to your age). You are just up against the biological clock, especially in regards to your spouse. As it takes on average one year after the vasectomy reversal surgery, and can take 2-3 years before pregnancy happens, that biological time clock can be a big factor. Take that into account in making your decisions because there are no guarantees of a pregnancy after vasectomy reversal.
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