How long will a vasectomy last? Is it possible to still get someone pregnant after the procedure?

A vasectomy usually takes about fifteen minutes. Yes you can get someone pregnant after a procedure but we recommend no unprotected sex until we have a semen analysis that is free of sperm. This usually takes about thirty ejaculations. The chances of pregnancy after a negative semen analysis is about one in two thousand.

Published on Jul 11, 2012

Yes, but the odds are very low--in the 1 in 2,000 range depending on the technique. No other non-radical birth control (such as hysterectomy, which would performed for another reason than birth control) can match this.

Published on Jul 11, 2012

Vasectomy is considered permanent sterilization. There is an extremely small chance--about less than 1 in 1000--of getting someone pregnant after a vasectomy, if the procedure was followed by a semen analysis and the results confirmed that there were no sperm in the ejaculate.

Published on Jul 11, 2012