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Vasectomy and sex afterwards…

WHEN CAN WE GET DOWN TO BUSINESS IN THE BEDROOM?

There is a lot of information online about sexual activity after a vasectomy, often contradictory.

It is always worth discussing this with your doctor.

Much depends on the method used for the procedure. With older, more invasive methods, you may feel sore and consequently have no desire for sex for a long time! The healing process itself matters a great deal – with minimally invasive methods, wounds heal faster, but much depends on the patient’s own physiology. Certainly, if you are healthy, have no ailments and are not on any regular medication, you have a better chance of quick, trouble-free healing – and can therefore get back to action in the bedroom sooner.

Certainly, for a few days after the procedure (we recommend 3 days of abstinence to our patients) it is worth refraining from intercourse, simply so that healing can proceed undisturbed; for the next several days (up to 2 weeks) gentle positions are recommended, as with a pregnant woman, avoiding vigorous movements.

And once the wound has healed, you can give free rein to your emotions – remembering only to use additional contraception until the semen analysis.

We must remember that after a vasectomy, additional protection must be used for 3 months, so that previously produced sperm become incapable of fertilisation, and at the same time 30 ejaculations are needed to clear the natural sperm reserves.

Only after a semen analysis confirming the absence of sperm in the ejaculate can we give up contraception.

SEX AFTER VASECTOMY: EJACULATION – what happens to the sperm

After a vasectomy, ejaculation does not change – you still ejaculate, your semen has the same smell, colour and consistency – it just contains no sperm. To the naked eye there is no difference at all.

In patients who have had a vasectomy, sperm are still produced, but since the route to the penis has been cut, they escape into the scrotum and are absorbed by the body, just like other unneeded or dead cells.

Watch the film below about sperm and what a semen analysis involves.

Sex after a vasectomy – what is it like?

Questions about libido after a vasectomy (i.e. what sex will be like after a vasectomy) surprise no one. After all, we decide on the procedure precisely to increase our sexual comfort.

It’s high time to bust some myths. Libido does not drop after a vasectomy! The Journal of Sexual Medicine published the results of Australian research on vasectomy. It shows that sex drive does not decrease after a vasectomy, no erection problems appear, and the quality of orgasms does not deteriorate. What is more, men after a vasectomy are happier in their relationships – most likely because their fear of an unwanted pregnancy is reduced, but also because there are no more conflicts over contraception.

So you will still have normal erections and the same or an even greater appetite for sex. Only one thing will change. There will no longer be sperm in the ejaculate. Quite a few men after a vasectomy boast that their libido has increased, because they no longer have to think about protection!

Consider, however, whether you or your partner have a negative attitude towards vasectomy – if so, it may turn out that the satisfaction from intercourse on one side decreases after the procedure. That will, however, be a subjective psychological feeling and not a physiological effect of the vasectomy. Perhaps your woman wanted to have more children with you.