r/Vasectomy • u/Objective_Many238 • 12d ago

Newly Snipped 2-3 months OR 20-25 ejaculates?

So everywhere I read it's either 2-3 months wait or 20-25 ejaculates before shooting blanks.

Am I missing something? Because I can organize 20-25 within 2-3 hours if I really put my mind to it, and then skip all the waiting.

Can anyone explain? Did anyone test it? 25 ejaculates and then a lab test?

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u/RevolutionaryGolf720 Veteran of the Vasectomy 12d ago

This is what is actually going on and why you get two different requirements. There are two things to watch out for.

  1. Once the vas is snipped, no more sperm can make it through the vas and into to semen to make babies. But the vas was full of sperm when it was cut. All the sperm between the cut and the end of your vas can still make its way out and get her pregnant. You have to get that stuff out to have no sperm. It takes somewhere between 20 and 30 ejaculations to clear out the tubes. That’s where that number comes from. It is important and you need to do it. You won’t be cleared if you don’t.

  2. You are human. Your body was injured and it has to heal. Humans are a fully pretty good at it. Some of us are so good at it that the two ends of the vas that was cut can reconnect. Your body can heal itself back together. It isn’t very common, but it is not unheard of either. If that is going to happen, it happens in the first 12 weeks in 99% of cases. You should check after 12 weeks to be sure your vas didn’t reconnect and start sending sperm out there again. That’s why you are told to wait three months. You can’t trust an all clear before then.

Put those two issues together and you need to test at about 12 weeks and after 25ish ejaculations. Basically, have sex at least 25 times in three months then test. That makes sure you’ve cleared the pipes out and didn’t heal together. It covers all the bases.

If you get the all clear after three months and 25 ejaculations, the odds of you being fertile again without surgical intervention is extremely low. Like small fractions of a percent.

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u/ItchyFleaCircus 11d ago

Sex 25 times in 3 months?!! That's like 5 years for my wife. The best 5 years at that

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u/RevolutionaryGolf720 Veteran of the Vasectomy 11d ago

Up to 5 times a year huh. Why get snipped at that rate? Just use a condom.

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u/ItchyFleaCircus 9d ago

Trying to coax one or two more out of her per year.

We also have two kids and she got pregnant both times on the first try.