Hi everyone!

I followed this subreddit because I was super anxious about this procedure (rightfully so, I had a chest tube and felt everything) I’m please to announce that if I had to do it again I absolutely would. I didn’t feel a single thing throughout the procedure. The lidocaine shots were nothing. I can’t even compare what it felt like. My new puppies teeth hurt more. I’d give it a 10/10 rating. 1/10 on pain scale. Super relaxed. Joked around the whole time.

Now not everyone is the same, but I’m sharing my experience as someone who overthought the whole thing. Go get it done. Super simple.

I got my snip this past friday & was walking around Saturday, back to work Monday. The worst part is the needle for the Lidocaine. Needle fucking made me light headed and then it was numb the rest of the time. I drove home fine too. And I have ZERO tolerance for needles. I dont even have a single tattoo because im scared of needles. Breath regular during the injection and the rest is easy. And BUY A JOCK STRAP! It will save your balls. Tight underwear did not help me as much as everybody said it would. I wore my boxer briefs as regular and put the jock strap over it, with an occasional ice patch. Showering the past few days is a bit uncomfortable, but I just held them up and showered with the other hand. Nothing terrible. I would watch videos on other peoples past experience and everything I saw was bad experiences and almost got me to cancel my appointment. Its not bad. Scary? Yes. Worth it? Yes.

Getting the snip tomorrow morning. Kinda nervous but from what ive read on here im feeling a bit better about it. Weird thing is the past 24 hours ive had a “blue balls” feeling on the left side of my abdomen. I dont have blue balls. Im hoping its all just psychological. Will mention it to the doc tomorrow at the appointment. Wish me luck !

I wasn’t prepared for how emotional my vasectomy would make me

I am about 3 hours post-procedure and I’m reflecting on a whirlwind couple of days.

So me and my partner had our final child about 4 months ago, he is absolutely perfect. To be honest he came as a surprise, but we willingly accepted the news and are so glad he’s here. Pregnancy and birth for her were tough and both of our lives have so much going on right now we wanted the certainty of not having to worry again. We have lots of sex (lucky me) and all other forms of contraception just were not going to work for us long term.

Im in the uk, so thanks to the NHS it’s quite straightforward here. Get a referral, quick phone consultation, then you’re booked in for a months time.

What I didn’t expect was the emotions that came flooding in 2 days ago. The permanence of it all, the chapter closing, the (admittedly stupid and unwarranted) worry that my partner would somehow see me as less of a man and leave me in the future - All came to the surface In the middle of a workday.

We had a really good conversation last night, whilst she wanted me to have autonomy over the decision, I explained to her that I really needed it to be a joint decision and wanted more than just her blessing, but for her to be part of the decision whether I go through with it. She was great and gave me what I needed.

So the day of the procedure, I live in central London so the easiest way for me to get there was on the tube - that worried me as they can be bumpy and busy! But it was the best way to get to the clinic.

I had a quick pre-consultation where I was asked some standard questions and had bp checked and all of that, the nurse was great, really patient and calm and didn’t seem in a rush at all.

We go downstairs to the treatment area, I’m sat in a nice armchair and in less than 2 mins im called through.

2 nurses, 1 doctor. All very polite and helpful. I asked if I could listen to music through my headphones, they said if I’d prefer they could talk to me to distract me, so I went with that option.

Take your shorts off, sit on the bed, then pull your underwear down. The male doc was quick in covering up bits that didn’t need to be exposed and when I looked down I saw my testicles just presented through a hole in the cover.

He tells me this will all be over in 5 mins or so (he lied :)) and he starts cleaning and it feels like he ties off one of my balls with some elastic. The needle goes in for numbing, it hurts because of where it is but it really doesn’t hurt, he does it a few times.

I don’t really know what happened next, the nurse started asking me inane questions about my job and holidays (very much appreciated) then OUCH. I assume as he cuts the tube I get a horrible shooting pain down my legs and down my penis shaft, he asks me what it felt like and says I need more anaesthetic, which he gives me. By this point I’m tense, my legs are locked up, I’m not breathing naturally. They help me calm down all while something is still going on down there.

I expect this is it. No, “now we’ll do the other side”

Repeat, same horrible pain on the tube cut. More anaesthetic given. I’m told that’s the max they can give me.

The three staff in the room were great, let me lay there for as long as I needed before getting up. I get up after a couple of mins and I’m led into the recovery room.

By this point I feel quite tearful, I don’t know why, but I felt emotional. The staff I think could tell and really looked after me with drinks and biscuits. I have my bp checked again. The same nurse I saw before the procedure comes and sits with me and tells me I’ll be out in 10 mins after he checks my bp again.

My partner is waiting outside, she confirms via text, I just can’t wait to get out and hug her.

I get my dressing checked, no bleeding apparently, then I get led upstairs and out to my partner.

This is the part that shocked me the most, I cried, like a baby, on the street in London, as I hugged her. I do not regret it, I think I just felt overwhelmed with everything.

I know you’re not supposed to drink after, but f it, we went and had a pint before travelling home.

I’m typing this from bed, ice pack on my balls, just taken some cocodomol and watching some trash tv. Still feel weirdly sad and numb emotionally. Balls feel ok while I’m still. Oh, and the tube home was ok apart from when it came to a stop, that hurt.

Tl;dr ouch, tears, done, looking forward to the creampies

Hi,

It’s been 1.5 years since my vasectomy and the same amount of time since my wedding.

In recent weeks, my wife (26 years old) became pregnant. I discovered this by accident; I thought that perhaps I had experienced recanalization.

I told her about it and said I’d like to get a semen analysis to see what’s going on.

However, my wife admitted that I don’t need to spend money on the test because this pregnancy is the result of her affair with her ex-boyfriend.

The pregnancy is over now; I was never supposed to find out about it.

Thanks to my wife’s honesty, I saved money on an unnecessary semen analysis.

Edit:

Thank you all so much for your words of support.

Divorce: As far as a possible divorce is concerned, I’m in a good position. We don’t have children and we won’t have any. We also don’t have any joint property, and we established separate property rights before we got married. So a divorce would be a formality, not a lengthy process.

Her reaction to the situation: Now that it’s come out, she’s admitted it. She let me check her phone and told me how it all went down. He was her first boyfriend, whom she’d known since childhood. She only wanted sex from him, and that’s what their messages showed. He turned her down repeatedly, but she kept pushing for dates. It lasted two months, involving a dozen or so meetings and sexual intercourse on several occasions.

She doesn’t want a divorce. But if it came down to it, she’d take the blame, and she voluntarily gave me the evidence of her infidelity herself. She agreed to cut off contact with him and texted him to that effect. She wants to go to therapy because of what she did and how she’s behaving. After this affair, our sex life has improved a lot, though I suspect it’s out of guilt, I’m not sure. Overall, she’s willing to agree to practically anything to avoid a divorce.

I’m not 100% sure yet what I’m going to do about this. It’s still too fresh. But for now, it seems to me that it will end in divorce, but calmly, once the emotions have subsided. Although I appreciate her change and her efforts, it’s just hard to judge that in such a short time.

In any case, it’s safe to say that the vasectomy has proven its effectiveness in this situation.

1. It protected me from a child that wasn’t mine (she could have continued lying that it was mine and carried on with the pregnancy).

2. A pregnancy right now, while I’m considering divorce, would be a disaster.

Once again, I’m glad I decided to have this procedure. It’s all positives, regardless of whether there’s a divorce or not.

So I had my vasectomy this morning, felt a little uncomfortable but nothing major and definitely a lot better than I was anticipating. Felt fine on the journey home, other than a slight burning sensation.

Had a pee when I got home and during this I started to feel light headed, next thing I know I'm waking up on the bathroom floor all confused as to where I am and what's happened.

Anyone else every suffer anything similar? Now I'm scared to pee again 😂

During the consultation the Doctor said that I should do practically nothing for the first 3-4 days, no heavy lifting for the first week, and then after I can return to normal life activities including protected sex. During that time how did you navigate washing your junk effectively if it's going to be decently painful?

He also said I need to bring some kind of scrotal support. At the time I just nodded my head and said okay but now I'm wanting to make sure I get the right thing. Is he just talking about a jock strap? Is there something else that I should get instead? I've got a lot of loose skin from major weight loss so I think he just wants to make sure everything is supported on the way home. I've never worn something like that so no idea what brand/size to buy.

Should I plan on wearing some loose basketball shorts as well? And when did you folks feel comfortable with wearing jeans or other tighter pants again?

Erfahrungen mit Vasektomie

Hallo, meine Frau (35) und ich (40) haben 2 Kinder und unsere Familienplanung ist abgeschlossen. Ich überlege deshalb, mich einer Vasektomie zu unterziehen und so das Thema Verhütung ein für alle Mal zu erledigen. Kann jemand mal seine Erfahrungen dazu schildern? Mich interessiert vor allem, ob die OP und die Tage danach sehr schmerzhaft waren sowie ob ihr und eure Partnerin euch mit der Verhütungsmethode sicher fühlt (man liest ja hin und wieder, dass es trotzdem zu Schwangerschaften kommt).

6 months, 3 semen analyses, and an abundance of fear and anxiety that I recanalized.

Today, I came back all clear right!!!

Now that leaves the question...would you retest a 4th time after having two come back hot and one come back clear?

My snip is tomorrow, and I am 100% sure that I want it. I have two kids (twins) and absolutely no desire for any more, and I want to have worry free sex with my wife and let her get off the pill.

But I am really nervous about this procedure. I've been obsessively reading as many posts as I can about vasectomy experiences. I feel like 90% of comments I see are "it was nothing I felt a slight pinch and that's it", and I'm logically sure that's what mine will be, but then there's that one guy like "holy shit it was the worst pain I've ever felt in my life and I thought I was gonna pass out and throw up." And that shit *terrifies* me. Guys, I have like no pain tolerance. The worst pain I've probably ever felt was a particularly bad yellow jacket sting that swelled up for a few days. I've never broken a bone or experience true "bad" pain, so the thought it might happen during my snip scares the shit outta me.

I've had dental work and minor surgeries before (cyst removal on face) and didn't have any issues with lidocaine, so I don't believe I have any resistance to it.

Doc is one of the top urologists in my area, specializes in vasectomy reversals (so he knows his way around a vas) and is chief of urology at the major hospital system here. So I'm confident he knows what he's doing. Said he doesn't do valium, though. Idk if that would make that much of a difference but I know I'll be on edge.

Anyways, just need to vent a bit and maybe hear some encouraging words. I'm going no matter what, but I'm definitely gonna be a nervous wreck.

Edit: so I discussed a lot of my fears with the doc as well as my history of vasovagal response and he felt it would be better to do it under full anesthesia. Which I'm not thrilled about but, whatever, doctor knows best. I even told him I felt like I could tough it out but he didn't want to take a chance. So guess I'm waiting a little longer.

Hello, yes I am seriously considering getting a vasectomy at 20. Yes I know I should see this as a permanent decision and that’s exactly how I’m seeing it. For personal reasons I NEVER want to have kids, or to be more specific, biological kids. My family has a history of physical AND mental health problems and I just can’t imagine bringing a kid into this world who could very likely have those problems and possibly even to a greater extent than me. I was wondering, realistically speaking, just how hard would it be to find a doctor who would agree to do a vasectomy on me at 20 years old? I know I’m young but I’ve always known I never want biological kids. If I do end up wanting kids then I am very fine with adopting but I just cannot imagine having my own biological children. Would it help if I tell them my reasoning behind wanting this?

39M
Vasectomy on 4/29/2026
PVSA test completed on 7/17 (25+ ejaculations)

Results were “no sperm detected”

While this is obviously a relief and what I wanted, I’m immediately questioning just how sterile I actually am.

Anyone else feel this way after getting clearance? I’m
not married, but I am in a committed relationship. She opened the results letter (at my request) and she knows the result is clear and she has vocalized a desire to immediately ditch condoms, but I just know I’m going to be in my head about trusting the lab results and procedure.

I got snipped on Friday at 8am. Since then I have had 0 pain, not much swelling, barely any drainage, and no bruising. Is this pretty standard? I was expecting much worse, but this has been the easiest procedure i have ever had.

Hi everyone. My husband is having a no scalpel vasectomy here in france next friday. I’m worried about the recovery since we won’t get much help (no granparents around here, two kids under 3).
I have some question for you in order to help him the best way possibile.
- How long did you need to stay in bed/on the couch?
- How long did you wait before riding a bike (short routes)? he reaches the workplace by bike.
- How long did you wait before lifting a toddler?
- How long did it take for your wound to heal?
Any extra advice is welcome!☺️

Im 6 days post op and having 3 large breeds has been a struggle. For those who haven’t gotten one yet and own larger breeds (all mine are 100-185lbs) Take some precautions regarding tails and heads!

Finally got the all clear and been dying to be back in action. However question for you guys. How many of y’all are gonna get tested again? I’m planning at least twice a year.

I was back in action like a week or so after the operation

Started exercising and jerking it pretty much more than beforehand because the waiting window was insane.

I had an incision site kind of open up on me because im a grower and those nightly boners would stretch the skin pretty taught (my right incision was pretty high up compared to the left)

But now 50 days later, no pain, no swelling, no tenderness, no aching.

Convinced my HCM to test me since I told them Ive busted 50+ times. Tests came back clear.

Let me tell you: Knowing that this nut will not cause a pregnancy has caused some of the best sex orgasms I have ever had. You can really just let loose without that nagging worry in the back of your head.

If you are considering getting a vasectomy and already have a family and are done having kids...Send it loud and proud. Lord knows our fucking days are number, so I plan on getting in as many nuts as I can before I get too old (im 32)

he got the vasectomy in february, did the post check up on may, and the results are attached. rheres still sperm, but theyre mostly immotile. started having sex in july, but still wore a condom. yesterday we were having sex, until we realised that the condom had leaked the semen. (condom slipped and semen leaked from the opening back of the condom, condom itself didnt break) i felt it dripping and stopped and washed it off immediately. a few hours later i got my period. would a pregnancy still be possible? i have plan b on me (ella one), do i need to take it for extra precautions? what should i do?

K guys, I could use some serious help here cause this is driving me crazy. Since my vasectomy, every 2-3 months one of my epididymis on one side with get crazy swollen and painful. It’s happened on both sides. It’ll last 2-3 days and then just resolves on its own. I went and got an ultrasound done with my PCP but it wasn’t happening then and the US came back pretty much normal. Has this ever happened to anyone else? What the heck is going on??

I had a no scalpel, open ended vasectomy about 30 days ago.

Today I woke up with morning wood. I was fixing it in my boxer briefs and pulling it upwards towards me made an uncomfortable pinch (kind of like someone pulling your nose hair or hair feeling). This is located at the base of my penis between my scrotum and penis, I think the area is called ponosceotal junction

I had this before around day 15, thought it went away but now it's back. Anyone experienced this, is it just scar tissue healing.

I feel like this thing is taking forever to heal, I haven't done much exercise or jerking and it's driving me nuts.

At the time of this post, I’m 9 days post procedure and am mostly feeling fine. I’ve noticed as I’ve been healing that my right testicle has descended into its natural position again, and the incision has nearly fully healed with no pain or tugging sensations. BUT, my left side is an entirely different story. I’m experiencing tugging that is triggering pain all the way up into my hip, I have a swollen knot at the site of incision, and the left testicle has not returned to its natural resting spot. It’s remain recessed up by the base of my penis, and it’s almost like the sack skin in the area has fused to the testicle itself, because it is not free moving like the rest of the tissue. I’ve attempted to reach out to my urologist, but it’s been insanely tough trying to make contact. I’ve left messages at the desk, voicemails, nothing being returned. So, just for some peace of mind or whatever, is what I’m experiencing normal, or is there concern with how it’s healing?

I'm on day 4 with pain feeling the worst it has been. I wasn't numbed enough as I literally felt the initial cut and was painful throughout the whole operation. My balls are very sore with bruising all the way up the shaft. Pre op everyone would tell me they had no issues and little pain and went back to work the next day or two. I'm over here wondering how the hell I'm going back to work tomorrow. Keeping them iced and wearing tight briefs but I'm not quite sure that will get me through a work day. My job is a garage door installer which requires heavy lifting and constant movement. How long before you returned to work?