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I am 82 years old and still enjoy sex. For about 10 years there have been times when ejaculation occurred but no semen probably 40% of the time. Recently the spasms have been weaker and there is never any semen. Should I expect this at my age or are there steps I can take to [...]

From Olivia:- My husband had a vasectomy about 8 years ago. Since then, he’s had a lump on each tube where they were cut. Sometimes they hurt. What could be causing this and what can he do to have this fixed? Small lumps at the vasectomy site usually represent a sperm granuloma. Sperm granulomas result [...]

From Derrly:- My finance and I already have 2 children each from a previous marriage. His vasectomy was performed approximately 11 years ago. We are now thinking about having a child of our own. If a reversal was done correctly, what are the chances of getting pregnant. It has been 11 years since he surgery. [...]

From Melissa:- My husband and I got married in jan of this year. In march we discovered that I’m pregnant. The only thing that is not making sense is that he claims to have had a vasectomy 10 years ago. He went and had the testing done afterwards and the counts were zero. What are [...]

From Caroline:- I had a Postpartum Tubal Ligation 3 years ago, my boyfriend said that he had a Vasectomy, is there any possibility of Pregnancy? Is this unheard of? Ever since I have had the Tubal ligation my body has been mimicking the pregnancy cycle. I had even lactated. Is this Normal? Thank you for [...]

From Tiffany:- What a great site – thank you! I have been searching the Internet all week and we now have a new complication…just what we needed! My husband had his vasectomy last Friday (8 days ago). From the time he left the office, he was the size of a cantaloupe (no, I am not [...]

From Kevin:- I had a vasectomy on April 16th. My doctor told me he uses titanium clips for the procedure. I have been back to my Doctor twice since then with the suspicion of infection. The first time I went back was due to the increased discomfort to the touch of my scrotum around the [...]

From Clare:- Hope you can help. My husband had a reversal done six weeks ago. He has had a negative semen result where doctor said no sperm was present, however doctor said operation had went really well and was hopeful for left side where fluid was present. Are we just being impatient in wanting instant [...]

I had a vasectomy in November 2007, two segments of Vas Deferens were removed, ligated and cauterized. One for each testicle as shown and explained to me by the doctor during the procedure. I had a semen analysis Feb 08, Mar 08, Apr 08, and Jun 08, Each time showing many semen, the last time [...]

From Tina:- I was wanting to know if this question was true. My boyfriend told me that the reason why he doesn’t want to get one because he can’t go in the water afterwards. Like river water, pool water and sea water. he wants to wait until after summer to get one. and I am [...]