What can my husband do to be more fertile if he had a vasectomy 13 years ago and the doctor said there is only a 5 percent chance of us getting pregnant?
If the vasectomy was done properly, there should not even be a
5% chance of getting pregnant, as this procedure is the most
effective way of preventing pregnancy short of a hysterectomy or
abstinence. The best thing to do is to have your husband see his
physician and have a semenalysis performed, where they can
determine whether or not he has any sperm in his ejaculate. Often
after a vasectomy, the body recognizes sperm as a foreign substance
and "attacks" it with antibodies; this is why vasectomy reversals
don't work a good deal of the time.
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Dr. B.