The Vasectomy Reversal Wives & Girlfriends Club. aka (VR WAGs)

Hi,

My name is Gail, I just came across this thread and thought I would join, I hope you all don't mind.

I am married with two children, 20 and 15. My husband had a v after my son was born and after about 10 years or so, we felt that we would like more children and that we both regretted it very much, my husband was only 24 when he had the v. We wanted to have a VR but at the time we were told in Ireland that our chances were very poor because of the time that had elapsed since the v, so we put it, or at least tried to put it to the back of our minds and then we heard about microsurical vr and that gave us new hope. Anyway, after alot of saving and research we eventually got enough money together in May of this year and finally traveled to Nottingham were the hubbie had a vr with Duncan Harriss. My husband is due to have his 3 month Semen Ananysis on 13th August and our nerves are gone!! Mr. Harriss said that even though it was 14.5 years since the vasectomy, technically the operation went very well and was deemed successful, but it will all come down to the SA results and hopefully a BFP soon!!

We are both just turned 39 and I had my 21 day bloods done which confirmed that I am ovulating and healthy, so at least that was good news, but because of my age we both started taking Vits Pregnacare last week and I plan to buy a fertility monitor after the SA, providing the news is good. They are a bit expensive so we didn't want to invest in one till we got the results.

Anyway it is great to find a thread like this and see that there are so many other people in our situation. :thumbup:
 
Quick update,I was able to get the time off for my surgery from work with out any problems. I just said that my DH and I were going out of town for the labor day holiday weekend and were going on vacation. I didnt have to get into the surgery and my infertility stuff, thank goodness. I would rather keep that information private and avoid comments and gossip from co workers.

Other than that I have a 4 day weekend and I am off tomorrow and Monday. MY DH and me were supposed to go up north to visit my family at my in laws camp that they have on a lake this weekend, but due to my upcoming expenses with my pending surgery and IUI we are in a savings mode and are putting away as much money as possible. We are trying to avoid extra expenses and traveling 8 hours drive alaways ends up costing alot. I feel bad about not going to see my family, but I am not getting any younger, and time is not on my side, since i put off this surgery and infertility stuff for too long now!! I have to make it a priority and get it started!!
 
Hi,

My name is Gail, I just came across this thread and thought I would join, I hope you all don't mind.

I am married with two children, 20 and 15. My husband had a v after my son was born and after about 10 years or so, we felt that we would like more children and that we both regretted it very much, my husband was only 24 when he had the v. We wanted to have a VR but at the time we were told in Ireland that our chances were very poor because of the time that had elapsed since the v, so we put it, or at least tried to put it to the back of our minds and then we heard about microsurical vr and that gave us new hope. Anyway, after alot of saving and research we eventually got enough money together in May of this year and finally traveled to Nottingham were the hubbie had a vr with Duncan Harriss. My husband is due to have his 3 month Semen Ananysis on 13th August and our nerves are gone!! Mr. Harriss said that even though it was 14.5 years since the vasectomy, technically the operation went very well and was deemed successful, but it will all come down to the SA results and hopefully a BFP soon!!

We are both just turned 39 and I had my 21 day bloods done which confirmed that I am ovulating and healthy, so at least that was good news, but because of my age we both started taking Vits Pregnacare last week and I plan to buy a fertility monitor after the SA, providing the news is good. They are a bit expensive so we didn't want to invest in one till we got the results.

Anyway it is great to find a thread like this and see that there are so many other people in our situation. :thumbup:

Welcome to thegroup and good luck to you!! :dust::dust::dust:

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Hi everyone!
My partner and I just went to see our new fertility specialist, who told me to continue with my clomid 50mg despite my partners low sperm count of 3million (8month post VR). He said we CAN still get pregnant, his motility is good!
I feel very hopeful again.
I'm scheduled for a HSG, after my AF...anyon had one?

Hope this clomid works!
 
I just had an HSG last week, it was not fun at all! Click on the link to my journal and you can read all about it...But it was worth the pain to find out that my tubes are good!
 
Hi everyone!
My partner and I just went to see our new fertility specialist, who told me to continue with my clomid 50mg despite my partners low sperm count of 3million (8month post VR). He said we CAN still get pregnant, his motility is good!
I feel very hopeful again.
I'm scheduled for a HSG, after my AF...anyon had one?

Hope this clomid works!

Hi here is a link I made when I had my HSG, lots of girls talk about their experiences and than I talk about mine.Good luck!!:flower:

https://babyandbump.momtastic.com/p...ingogram-added-update-pg4-outcome-my-hsg.html
 
Welcome to the group GailnJohn! Glad your hubby's VR went well :). We actually chose NOT to have SAs done post VR (far too stressful and wouldn't have changed the outcome) but instead started on Wellman Conception and pregnacare. We bought our own microscope and would have a look every now and then - hubby had busy looking swimmers, so we crossed our fingers and hoped that one would eventually make it! I would reccomend the preseed/concieve + with softcups after DTD. Good luck huni!!
 
These are the vitamins that worked best for my DH, and he saw improvement in his count and motilty!!!

Fertilty Blend for men..... Good luck!! :dust::dust:

https://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2134277&cp=11516183.2104776
 
Chatty B: what kind of did you get? We'de like to purchase a sperm microscope thing...
 
These are the vitamins that worked best for my DH, and he saw improvement in his count and motilty!!!

Fertilty Blend for men..... Good luck!! :dust::dust:

https://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2134277&cp=11516183.2104776

How long does it strt to take effect?
 
These are the vitamins that worked best for my DH, and he saw improvement in his count and motilty!!!

Fertilty Blend for men..... Good luck!! :dust::dust:

https://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2134277&cp=11516183.2104776

How long does it strt to take effect?

My DH took them for a little over a month before his SA and he took them at a higher dose than instructed, He took 3 instead of the recommended 2 a day. I would suggest donga higher dose as well to get the best results, about 3 to 4 a day should be good enough!!! :thumbup: Good luck!!
 
Chatty B: what kind of did you get? We'de like to purchase a sperm microscope thing...

I found this microscope on the web link below. I thought about getting it but I never did, it did get good reviews!!

Micra Sperm Test for Sperm Count and Motility



https://www.early-pregnancy-tests.com/spermtest.html
 
Hi girls, I have been having some health problems lately. I have been having really bad dizzy spells that started going back a little over a month ago, and they have started to get worse over the last week or so. I am not sure what is wrong with me, I do have some theories but I cant be totally sure. Of course I am in my 2ww and dizzyness is an early prego symptom, but I haven't gotten anything definate on my HPT's, a few faint positives but they faded, so i didn't trust them. I need to make a DR appointment ASAP but it is hard 2 find the time, and I haven't had a chance to find a good primary care physician here in the new state we moved to yet since the 2 years we have been here, so I have to just pick a random in network DR and hope that I like them. I am really nervous that something is wrong with me and I wont be healthy enough 2 do the surgery, or that I have an illness that could make pregnancy difficult. I am really regretting my decision to put off having a baby , and doing the surgery as long as i have been. Plus I was starting to feel like things were really going good for me and DH, with us both working and moving forward with our plans to have a family. I feel so scared something is going to go wrong, because something always done when things in your life are good right?? :cry:

I am wondering if some of my symptoms are my nerves and just getting anxious about the surgery, because I have had panic attacks in the past. I must admt i am not as skinny as I used to be and working out hasn't been a priority in a while, so I am sure my health has suffered.... sigh...
 
Welcome Gail! :hi:

Wannabe - I would be nervous too and I know when I get nervous I get myself sick so maybe you should go to the DR and see what's going on with you. Try to stay positive on your surgery you are much closer at having a baby after it. Don't let the negative thoughts get to you. We all deserve our babies. Hang in there. Once you hold your baby none of this will matter. :hugs: :hugs:

AFM, no period yet! I am usually right on 60 days I know that is long but for someone with PCOS it seems normal. I don't know if I should call the clinic. I do have an appointment on the 28th. Maybe I'll wait couple of more days.
 
wannabe...I'm sorry to hear you havent been feeling well. Like Happy said, the nerves and anxiety are bound to make you feel out of sorts...but just keep thinking positive :)
 
Hi girls, well AF crashed the party on Friday afternoon well I was at work, on CD28. I am okay with it though and I figured the HPT's I did were false positives since the positive lines were faint and faded away in time as the test sat. I knew my upcoming surgery was inevitable, because it would be too easy to get a BFP without having to go under the knife... sigh.... Well hopefully after the surgery I will be fertile myrtle and will popping out kids left and right like it is a sporting event...LOL.... All my husband will have to do is stare at me too long and I will be pregnant...LOL

As far as my health, I am feeling better, dizzy spells are lessening over the last few days. I stopped taking my multi vitamins and my acid reflux medicine because I wasn't sure exactly what was making dizzy. Well I did some research online and I read that my acid reflux meds have several side effects, one which is making you dizzy, and also prolonged use of them stops your body from being able to absorb iron and vitamin B, also a lack of Iron can cause dizzy spells. I have always taken an iron supplement in addition to my multivitamin, because I often feel tired and run down, i think i might have an iron deficiency. SO the other day I went back on my iron supplement and my multi vitamins, and started taking a B-vitamin and within hours the dizzy spells slowed down, and I was feeling better. I have totally stopped the acid reflux meds altogether though because I think they were the main cause of my dizzyness. I have been taking them for a couple of months now on and off, and the package warns not to do more than a 2 week cycle at a time,so i think I over did it, even though I was breakig up the dosage taking the every few days and not everyday.

Hopefully I will continue to feel better. I was going to go to urgent care or the ER at one point because of how shitty I was feeling, but since i started to feel better I never went. I do need to find a primary care physician close to home so I can get a routine physical and have a close bye DR that I can go to when I am not feeling well. I have never gotten around to getting one since we moved to this state, in the almost 2 years we have lived here, I just never got around to it, I miss my old DR in the state I used to live in, she was really good.
 
Hello everyone. My name is Sheena. I've read many of your threads, and would like to share my situation. My DH has two children from a previous marriage. He had a vasectomy 7.5 years ago. I have no children. DH had a VR last month (July 6th). Doc said procedure went well. We are just waiting on SA results. First SA is in 4 days. I'm a nervous wreck. I'm sure many of you have been at this same point, and I'm hoping you can shed some light onto our situation.

Should I expect first SA to be promising if the procedure worked? My husband is so nervous about the possibility of bad results.

Thanks!
 
Hi, everyone, been awhile since I posted; I really hope all you ladies, whatever path you are on, are doing good!!!

Update on my situation, DH is having his surgery on Sept.28th (tentative). He's having a Vasoepididymostomy to by-pass a blockage. We'll be able to start TTC'ing on October 28th, really hoping my next few cycles go a bit long and I'll ovulate that week! Right now it's looking like I'll "O" the week before Oct.28th. I know it's a long shot those first few months post-surgery, but want to squeeze all the "tries" in that we can! I just hate wasting each cycle right now.

Anyways, for more of an update on me, feel free to stalk my journal, link below!

Best of luck to all you ladies!

Oh, and my DH is playing with our brand new microscope today! He's a photographer, so he bought one he could attach his camera to for some cool pictures! Still waiting on slides, though, to do a proper SA! :) I'll let you ladies know how it goes!
 
Welcome Sheena :wave: Don't be too alarmed if the first SA isn't great - there are plenty of ways to boost sperm count and quality. If you have a read back through the thread you'll see the various supplements etc that have worked for the rest of us. Good luck! I remember the nerves well :)

:hugs: Sorry the witch got you wannabe, and that you've been feeling poorly. I'm glad you have seemed to find the cause for it, and hopefully you'll feel better soon.

Good luck for the upcoming op rdleela! Sending lots of :dust: Have fun with the miscroscope :lol:
 

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