My husband had a vasectomy about five years ago, but never went back for his final examination post surgery. I am about a month late, I am usaully always to the date. Is it possible that I can be pregnant? I really don’t think so, but would like to be sure.
Jasmine
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Could I Be Pregnant, Despite Vasectomy?
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Last Updated: December 13, 2014
Dear Jasmine,
By now you probably know whether or not you and your husband are expecting. If you are, (and you have been faithful to your husband), then the answer is obviously yes, there has been a re-joining and healing of the vas deferens, the tubes which were surgically cut, and a section removed at the time of your husband’s surgery. This is called reanastomosis. That’s why the man returns to his urologist for that three month check up.
If you are not pregnant you may have experienced a delayed ovulation, which may occur when a woman is under unusual stress. Unusual stress can delay ovulation. After the stress is relieved the woman usually ovulates. Once the woman ovulates her next period will start on average 13 days later, unless she is pregnant. Stress cycles are frequently long cycles. Women can sometimes develop long or irregular cycles in their early 40’s, sometimes even in their mid or late 30’s. This may be a sign of pre-menopausal changes, or maybe a hormone imablance. Over active or under active thyroid function would be one example.
I would recommend you find a Creighton Model Fertility Care Practitioner on this web site, and attend an Introductory Session to better understand your fertility as a couple. You can use the Creighton Model System to achieve or avoid pregnancy. The method effectiveness to avoid is 99.5. It also allows a woman to monitor and evaluate her gynecologic health. The biological markers, bleeding, mucus, dryness, observed and charted using the system telegraph the times of fertility and infertility in a woman’s cycle. Normal and abnormal events i.e. ususual bleeding or spotting, chronic discharges, which can occur during a woman’s reproductive lifetime are also communicated. Even if you depend on the vasectomy to avoid pregnancy, you can observe and chart for your own health.If you are pregnant because your husband’s vas deferens reanastomosed, you may want to use the Creighton Model System to avoid pregnancy after the baby is born. You may be very surprised about the positive effect the system has on your marital relationship!
Pat Poindexter, RN, CFCP, CFCE
By now you probably know whether or not you and your husband are expecting. If you are, (and you have been faithful to your husband), then the answer is obviously yes, there has been a re-joining and healing of the vas deferens, the tubes which were surgically cut, and a section removed at the time of your husband’s surgery. This is called reanastomosis. That’s why the man returns to his urologist for that three month check up.
If you are not pregnant you may have experienced a delayed ovulation, which may occur when a woman is under unusual stress. Unusual stress can delay ovulation. After the stress is relieved the woman usually ovulates. Once the woman ovulates her next period will start on average 13 days later, unless she is pregnant. Stress cycles are frequently long cycles. Women can sometimes develop long or irregular cycles in their early 40’s, sometimes even in their mid or late 30’s. This may be a sign of pre-menopausal changes, or maybe a hormone imablance. Over active or under active thyroid function would be one example.
I would recommend you find a Creighton Model Fertility Care Practitioner on this web site, and attend an Introductory Session to better understand your fertility as a couple. You can use the Creighton Model System to achieve or avoid pregnancy. The method effectiveness to avoid is 99.5. It also allows a woman to monitor and evaluate her gynecologic health. The biological markers, bleeding, mucus, dryness, observed and charted using the system telegraph the times of fertility and infertility in a woman’s cycle. Normal and abnormal events i.e. ususual bleeding or spotting, chronic discharges, which can occur during a woman’s reproductive lifetime are also communicated. Even if you depend on the vasectomy to avoid pregnancy, you can observe and chart for your own health.If you are pregnant because your husband’s vas deferens reanastomosed, you may want to use the Creighton Model System to avoid pregnancy after the baby is born. You may be very surprised about the positive effect the system has on your marital relationship!
Pat Poindexter, RN, CFCP, CFCE
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Pat Poindexter RN, CFCP, FCE
Pat Poindexter, RN, taught the Creighton Model of FertilityCare in the Los Angeles region, now retired
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