What is the effectiveness of a vasectomy?
Vasectomies are far more effective in general that a woman having her tubes tied. Also, within 6 months of birth, apparently having your tubes tied is only about 80% effective (something to do with the hormones). Having a vasecotmy does also not come with the surgery risks of a tubal ligation. My hubby had a vasectomy shortly after our daughter was born (we were 36 and 40, already have a blended family with 4 children, so a sensible deicision). We did research all of our options, and the vasectomy is 99.99% effective. You just nee to make sure that before relying on the effectiveness of the vasectomy that your husband goes and has his sperm sampled around 6-8 weeks after the vasectomy to ensure there is no sperm. Apparently it takes around 12 ejaculations to get rid of any sperm already produced in the tubes, and once that is gone, obviously any further sperm does not pass through, and in fact takes itself back into the body where it is absorbed. My husband had a couple of minor compli
