Babble, a parenting site, has posted an extensive article about men having kids in their golden years. The piece does a pretty good job of exploring the personal, financial and social aspects of older men having kids via vasectomy reversal. As the father of a vasectomy reversal baby myself, I found the article fascinating.
Recently, I came across a press release stating that the “Center for Male Reproductive Medicine boasts a vasectomy reversal success rate of 98% and is recognized as one of the best facilities in the world.” The problem is, I’m not buying it for a minute. As I discussed in my post on vasectomy reversal success [...]
Dr. Bob, a Seattle area vasectomy reversal specialist, has offered a free vasectomy reversal surgery to someone who emailed him, complaining about the cost of the procedure. Here’s a snippet of the complaint: I am highly disappointed with the fact that your coding on the web implies that your procedure is affordable, do you honestly [...]
I’ve been struggling with how to balance a couple of things on My Vasectomy Reversal. I want to share our personal story, in the belief that it will give hope to others. I also want to report the latest in vasectomy reversal news and research, yet the latter interrupts the flow of the blog, and [...]
There’s a new article about vasectomy reversal at MayoClinic.com. It’s a good introduction to the subject, and has a fascinating section at the end where they look down the road towards future technologies that may improve vasectomy reversal success rates: Researchers are developing robotic instruments for use in vasectomy reversal and other delicate surgeries. Although [...]
A New Zealand couple has created a website to raise money to cover the high cost of vasectomy reversal. The couple, Maria and Brian Wright, live in New Zealand, where the public health system will cover the cost of the operation… “but candidates are assessed using a points system and end up on a waiting [...]
Heavy science warning here as we cover an article from UroToday, The Kinetics of the Return of Motile Sperm to the Ejaculate After Vasectomy Reversal. I’ll do my best to translate the gobbledy-gook. First, let’s get our language straight. Patency, in terms of vasectomy reversal, means sperm is present in the semen. This is important; [...]
I came across this abstract the other day, discussing which is more cost effective — vasectomy reversal or IVF: In men with prior vasectomy, microsurgical reconstruction of the reproductive tract is more cost-effective than sperm retrieval with in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection if the obstructive interval is less than 15 years and no [...]
A new study shows food affects fertility, finding that men who don’t eat their fruits and veggies have lower sperm motility. The results were pretty astonishing. In the research, which compared infertile to fertile men, 83 percent of infertile men had a low intake of fruits and veggies, defined as fewer than 5 servings a day, compared [...]
A University of Cincinnati news release today stated… "Men who’ve chosen the most permanent form of birth control—vasectomy—and now want to have children should consider surgical reversal before they pursue artificial conception methods, according to a University of Cincinnati (UC) urologist. Doing so, says Ahmad Hamidinia, MD, could result in faster pregnancy and save [...]
