How to Get Pregnant If Your Partner Had a Vasectomy

Circumstances change throughout life, so a man who previously had a vasectomy to prevent himself from impregnating a woman might change his mind and wish to conceive a child. This is a major decision. Getting pregnant after your partner has had a vasectomy might prove to be a difficult journey, but it can be done with some time and expense.

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      Determine what type of vasectomy your partner had. Usually, the vasa deferentia (plural of vas deferens) are either clamped off, tied, or cauterized. On rare occasion, the small tubes that are the vasa deferentia will grow back together, allowing pregnancy to occur. If this is the case, it will happen within a few months of the procedure--with no other assistance needed.

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      Talk to the doctor who performed the vasectomy. There are surgical methods to repair the vasa deferentia and make them functional again (i.e., vasectomy reversal). According to Planned Parenthood, factors include how long it's been since the vasectomy was performed, the method used, and whether antibodies against sperm have developed.

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      Consider using donor sperm if reversal is not an option. This requires either intrauterine insemination, in which the donor's sperm is washed and injected through the cervix into the uterus, or in vitro fertilization, where an egg is removed from the woman and is fertilized in a petri dish with the donor sperm. The sperm can come from a known donor or an anonymous source from a sperm bank.

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      Schedule a consultation with a reproductive endocrinologist or urologist. If you are not open to using donor sperm but your partner is unable to have a vasectomy reversal, there are still options for using his sperm. Since vasectomy doesn't affect sperm production, there are still sperm available in the testes or epididymis; these can be removed and used for in vitro fertilization.

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