Vasectomy reversal

aftersomeadvise

I'm looking for any advise and recommendations from anyone who has been through a vasectomy reversal. Can anyone recommend a clinic to contact? We have just decided we would like to try to have a child together but as we don't know anyone who has been through this we don't really know where to start.

thanks

Upsidedown_Bear

I'd speak to your GP first although they are rarely funded by the NHS.
You might find this useful:
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/contraception-guide/Pages/vasectomy-reversal-NHS.aspx

meritaten

your GP is your first port of call. while its unlikely it would be done on NHS (though there are exceptions), your GP may well know of reputable clinics or Private Hospitals with a good reputation.

Lunar_Eclipse

Your GP.

I know someone who has had it reversed twice (!) and successfully conceived a child on both occasions.

geoffky

A friend of my wife met a guy ten years older than her and he had a vasectomy after his children from his marriage that sadly ended.
He had it reversed and she is now 8 months pregnant and over the moon..

fluffnutter

My friend got his vasectomy on the NHS, got it reversed on the NHS then had another one. On the NHS again. They said 'no more'. Not surprising really.

Tenyearstogo

I can't believe vasectomy reversals are available on the NHS. What a waste of public money. There's no excuse.

We had to go private for my husbands vasectomy as my area would not fund permanent contraception on the NHS. Obviously they'd fund contraceptive pills, condoms, coils, births and abortions.

aftersomeadvise

Thanks for the replies. Could anyone please recommend a particular clinic? We have sought GP advise but he has never dealt with a reversal before so was unable to recommend anywhere. At the moment we're just looking through Google :-/

fluffnutter

Sounds like a bit of a rubbish GP! Can't he even refer you to the local fertility specialist at whatever hospital(s) he deals with? Even if you don't get funding, that's still a good place to start.

rpc

Please bear in mind that reversals can be rather painful and have a low chance of success.

Your best bet is to look up the private hospitals in your area and see what services they offer. You don't say where you are, so there is no point in giving you a list because the clinics might be hundreds of miles away

JimmyTheWig

Doesn't really answer your question, but have you considered adoption?