Ask the Doctor

From Joanne:-
Thank you Dr Karpman for this site, it must help lots of people and we appreciate your time. My husband had a reversal in December and has waited for a month or so before commencing sexual activity. The first few ejaculate were very different to normal. It was very gel-like and gritty. [...]

I was reading your topics about women getting pregnant after their husbands had a vasectomy. How could they get pregnant after a vasectomy? Should married couples have sex with a condom, even though the man already had a vasectomy?
I would like to get married and have sex someday, but I would hate to be [...]

Is it possible for young men to get vasectomies between the ages of 21-24. What’s the success rate? What type of questions should I be prepared for if they ask me around that age gap?
Any man of legal age and sound mind can get a vasectomy. However, most physicians would question the intentions of [...]

From Camden:-
I understand that a vasectomy will not affect my hormone levels, or ejaculatory experience. Between ejaculations, I seem to feel a build up in my testicals which is relieved following sex. Because of the mechanics of the procedure, it seems these sensations would change. Can you address whether this is the [...]

From Bob:-
I have had a vasectomy and my question is about oral sex. Before my vasectomy I would experienced a (very pleasant) sucking sensation from my testicles which I no longer get I wondered if this lost experience has a physical cause and if the lose is experienced by all men.
The pleasure from oral sex [...]

From Janea:-
My husband had his reversal October 22nd and just had his first semen analysis on December 29th. They told us he had less than 1 million sperm per mL, it was too low to calculate. His volume was 1.8mL. They said he had 35% motility and 50% normal forms and 50% abnormal forms. Could [...]

From Sam:-
I have a boyfriend and he has undescended testes and we plan to get married. I want to have kids, does it mean that he is infertile or can he have kids? I am really worried.
Men who have undescended testicles have a higher risk of having fertility problems than their counterparts with normally descended [...]

From Niels:-
On Friday (three days ago) I had a non-scalpel vasectomy. About an inch of each tube and the ends were closed with stiches. My doctor said I have to wait 14 days after the procedure to do sexual activities again. But what about mastrubation / ejaculation? I have no issues, just very minor pain. [...]