My Vasectomy Reversal

Now that it’s been a month since my vasectomy reversal, I decided it was time to get a semen analysis and see if anything was swimming. My doctor’s instructions said:

“…most people wait about 4-8 weeks after surgery if a standard vasectomy reversal was done on either one or both sides. If a vasoepididymostomy was done on both sides, it is preferable to wait 8-12 weeks after surgery before the semen is checked. Abstain from ejaculation for about 2-3 days prior to any type of post-operative semen testing.”

Notice that last part. Now this is all complicated by the fact that my wife is currently in her fertile period, and we want to be trying as frequently as we can. So the decision is to wait until next week to get the boys checked. That’s really too bad, because if the tests confirm lots of sperm, then we should be trying on a daily basis. If the tests show less than optimal numbers, or absent any evidence to the contrary, we try every other day. Oh well…

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