Does it really take 50 ejaculations before being cleared?
Sep 22nd 2009adminGeneral questions & Post vasectomy semen analysis
From Ken:-
My doctor told me that he believes that it takes 50 or so ejaculations to clear out the sperm. He told me to work toward that number and come back in 2-1/2 months to get tested. It has been 3 weeks and I am up to 40 ejaculations. The question is what is more important, the number of ejaculations or the amount of elapsed time? Or are both important?
The number of ejaculates is the most important determinant for sperm clearance after a vasectomy. Simply waiting for the sperm to die and to disintegrate will take much longer than completing the required number of ejaculates. The studies have shown that all of the sperm can be cleared from the ejaculate in 24 ejaculations. Fifty ejaculations might be unnecessarily high.
Moonraker on 08 May 2010 at 5:14 am #
I didn’t do anywhere near the number that my doctor told me to do before I gave my two sperm tests, and I was clear. But what is IMPORTANT is that you register as “no sperm count” for TWO tests, so that you are “officially” sterile.
If I remember, I think my doctor told me to do a test after 15 and 30 ejaculations. Good grief. I may like wanking off, but I do have better things to do.
Patrick on 24 Jun 2010 at 12:49 am #
I just got my test results after at least 50 ejaculations over 6-7 months and i still have a sperm count of 3million sperm per m/l. Doc says come back after another 20 ejacs, which would put me well over 70 shots to get clear. Is he taking the piss out of me?