Vasectomy is a permanent solution to unwanted pregnancy. Sterilization in men is called vasectomy. This is a minor surgical procedure that usually takes a few minutes to finish right in the office of the surgeon (not in the hospital). On the other hand, female sterilization is a full-blown surgical procedure which not only involves a lot of risk and pain, it is also comparatively very expensive.

Why Pregnancy Occurs After Vasectomy

The most common complaint after vasectomy is that couples still have to deal with unwanted pregnancies. Is it possible that vasectomy failure can be so rampant? Actually it is not the vasectomy which causes the failure, but the lack of follow-up with the correct post-surgical procedure.

The surgeon will recommend to check for sperm presence in the semen for at least eight weeks after the surgery. This is because many times sperm remains on the ducts and it takes time for the sperm to be flushed out completely. Until the test results are totally negative three consecutive times, the couple should adopt extra precautionary methods such as contraceptives.

Not only does this sperm count procedure reduce the vasectomy risk factor, but it can also be a good indicator of whether the surgery was a success or not. There have been cases when after six months of positive tests the vasectomy had to be re-done. Thankfully, the couple followed the surgeon's instructions to the letter, and hence the failure could be detected without exposing the couple to the vasectomy risk of unwanted pregnancy.

The only actual vasectomy risk is the possibility of causing pregnancy after the operation is done. Couples usually intimately rediscover each other post-vasectomy since they do not have to fear the possibility of unwanted pregnancy any longer. Hence, they choose to ignore the post-surgery sperm tests, only to discover later that the vasectomy risk is indeed real and can happen to anyone.

It is important, rather very important, that the couple tests the semen for sperm for at least eight weeks post-surgery. Only when the doctor will confirm to you that the semen has indeed become sterile can you enjoy sex with your partner without fear of any vasectomy risk. This does not involve only pregnancy, but also the possibility of the vasectomy failure. Both the problems can be detected through the first eight-week semen monitoring program.

So what do you do? Do you follow the prescribed procedure or would you like to take the risk of a vasectomy failure?