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My daughter is pregnant even though her boyfriend says he had a vasectomy at 19 or 20 …he’s now 25. I don’t believe he had a vasectomy and why would he have had one at so young an age? He keeps telling her it must not have took. I believe he’s lying to her but [...]

I have read on different sites that you have to wait to have sex from anywere from 2 days to 2 weeks after the procedure. What could happen to you (if anything) if I did have sex or masturbate (doing either gently) only 2 days after procedure? In short’ will the vasectomy not hold, get [...]

From Marylin:- I tried to find information on your web site, but couldn’t. I am dating a gentleman that had a vasectomy about twenty years ago. When we have sex, there is no ejaculation. None at all! Is this normal? I thought men had ejaculation but it is without sperm. After vasectomy, men continue to [...]

From Kent:- I underwent a non-scalpel vasectomy 6 days ago. I researched the procedure and was familiar with the potential complications. I followed all of the pre and post operative instructions explicitly. Everything that I read stated that this particular procedure was quicker and nearly painless, but this wasn’t my experience. To start things off, [...]

From Shawn:- I had a vasectomy just over 3 years ago. In December I had a reversal. Since the reversal I have had a constant pain and tightness in my vas deferens and sometimes in the testicles. Sometimes it is very painful. It feels like the Vas deferens are just stretched tight. EVERY time I [...]

From Warren:- I had a vasectomy reversal 12 days ago and on the 10th night I ejaculated in my sleep, a little embarrassing. I am 33 years old with a VR 3yrs after the original vasectomy. We have 2 healthy children and got pregnant within days of starting, basically I sneeze, and my wife would [...]

Hello – I was wondering if you can tell me if there are procedures to retrieve sperm from a man who had a vasectomy in 1975? At age 61, my husband is now experiencing a lack of ejaculation. His urologist referred to this as Retrograde Ejaculation. This problem seemed to occur after a catheter was [...]

From Gary:- I had a vasectomy about 20 years ago. Now I am considering a reversal procedure, but not for the reason most commonly given by men – potentially fathering a child. My reason is entirely to change the quality of my ejaculate, and my orgasm experience. Over and over again I read this site [...]

From Mark:- Are “no needle” vasectomies different from the regular kinds? Are they more successful? The only difference between no-needle vasectomy (NNV) and conventional no-scalpel vasectomy (NSV) is in the delivery of the anesthesia. NNV utilizes a high pressure jet anesthesia tool instead of a typical small needle to deliver the local anesthetic. NNV has [...]