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

[dodgegirl]

Ok ladies u know I'm new to this so don't laugh at my dumb question! ! Haha. So my OH submitted his semen this am for testing. When we went for our VR consult with a urologist they suggested that he submit a sample, just to see if any of his swimmers are there, that maybe the vas grew back together on it's own? I guess that happens sometimes ? I think the probability of that happening is pretty slim, but you never know I guess. It sure would save us $7,000 !

 

[dodgegirl]

Is this thing broken? haha. Just surprised no one has replied yet, I thought some of you were on here all the time ! LOL
Just got results back on OH's specimen testing, the spermies were all sterile So looks like a VR is in our future.....

 

[Babybabyno2]

i never really heard of them testing the sperm first? no mention of this from our consultant, my dh had his vasectomy done 4 years ago, we are having the reversal done on the 28th august, strange but i am picking babies names in my head

 

[rdleela]

I think it was smart to do an analysis before spending the money on the surgery! We did the same thing, but we weren't dealing with a vasectomy in the first place...

 

[live_in_hope]

hey hunny, sorry ive been away on my hols xxx ive never heard of them testing before the VR but it makes sense i guess i guess it was a long shot to have any fertile ones there but good they took the tome to check : thumbup: xx

 

[dodgegirl]

i never really heard of them testing the sperm first? no mention of this from our consultant, my dh had his vasectomy done 4 years ago, we are having the reversal done on the 28th august, strange but i am picking babies names in my head

That is SO exciting ! :


Do you expect him to be recovering for a week? That's what I read, about a week off from work to recover...
I don't blame you on picking names yet, I already have a girl's name picked and already have some baby things accumulated

 

[Babybabyno2]

i never really heard of them testing the sperm first? no mention of this from our consultant, my dh had his vasectomy done 4 years ago, we are having the reversal done on the 28th august, strange but i am picking babies names in my head

That is SO exciting ! :


Do you expect him to be recovering for a week? That's what I read, about a week off from work to recover...
I don't blame you on picking names yet, I already have a girl's name picked and already have some baby things accumulated

Hi yes he's having it done on a Thursday, so will take the following Monday and Tuesday off also, hopefully he will be ok for work then.

 

[dodgegirl]

Oh that's smart! OK I'm sure it will go great ! OH and I talked briefly today about when we are going to have VR done and we are thinking this fall can't be soon enough for me! !

 

[live_in_hope]

yay as for work, it depends on what they do....my hubby is a painter and decorator with a lot of work going up and down ladders, think he had nearly two weeks off , but its down to the individual, infections are common and too much too soon can affect things and increase risk of infection. We were able to bd after 13 days just get him to keep it clean and take things easy, he will know when he's well enough to go back to work xx

 

[Mummyto10]

Hi i'am Jane my husband is Rob we have 9 children.
4 are from a previous relationship then rob and I have 5 children together.
Rob had the vasectomy done when our younger was 10 days old.
That will be 4 years this year.
I'am 37 Rob is 51 can the gp refuse to refer rob because we already have 9 children between us?
Also when you go private does it take long to be referred?
Thankyou

 

[live_in_hope]

hi there! Firstly wow! 9 children! and yay for wanting a vasectomy reversal! firstly, its pretty standard that they wont do a Vr on the NHS, i didnt have any children and they wouldnt do it for us either (hubby had 4 though).... Private was great and very quick.... Where abouts are you in the world? We are in England and I phoned up at the start of august 2010 and booked him in for 13th sept and I was pregnant by dec so it all happened really quickly and his reversal was 8 years after the original vasectomy! xx good luck on this exciting journey! Hope you get your 10th bubba! xx

 

[Mummyto10]

Awww thankyou for the reply
Wow that's amazing that you fell so quickly that's great
we live in Kent. Did your doctor have to do a referral? Or was you able to just ring the private clinic up and book it?
Thankyou

 

[rachy28]

You don't need a referral from your gp. Just contact a private hospital which specialises in microsurgical vasectomy reversal directly

 

[live_in_hope]

yep like rachy said! just find one you like and ohone them up. There are a few on the first page of this thread that people have recommended, i obviously would recommend mine, Dr harriss is a legend! xx

 

[Mummyto10]

Thankyou ladies we live Kent is there any good ones near there?
We'd much rather not go to our gp as we know they will try to talk us out of it. We only had the vasectomy because my family pushed us into it

 

[live_in_hope]

hey, theres one on the first page with a link to one in brentwood? Is that quite close? Itl be closer than the one on inottingham that we went to xx

 

[ElmoBumpToBe]

Hello ladies! hello to the new ladies!

6dpo for me on our first cycle since the op! I told my mum in the end, she wasnt pleased but i didnt get the really bad reaction i was expecting but im not bothered anyway its our life! X x

 

[Sparkles25]

We used mr swinn near gatwick. I can't comment yet as I'm not pregnant but he seemed to have good reviews x

 

[dodgegirl]

Anyone in this thread in the US? I'm on the west coast

 

[rachy28]

I think there's a spire hospital down that way, they do vr's