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Getting Pregnant

I want to know how possible it is to become pregnant if the woman AND the man both had surgeries to prevent this. I got pregnant after my bf had a vasectomy 7 YEARS AGO!!!!!! Neither one of us were wanting more children. Now I want to take my own precautions by having my tubes tied, burned, cut---whatever it takes. If he is still producing sperm after all this time, what will that mean if both of us have had the surgeries? AND do men have to go back for a second time around and have the surgery AGAIN???? I don't think that's possible, but I was also naive enough to think I was "SAFE" !!!!  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I was sure that vasectomies are sure thing too. However, they are NOT!!! My bf had one and I was happy that we don't have to worry about anything. However, I just found out that I'm pregnant. I now that I did not have sex with anyone else, so it can only be his. I didn't know that you need to have a sperm count done after to make sure. He did not do that.  He's a doctor himself and I was convinced that he took care of everything. Only now I've been reading more on it and found out that those surgeries DO FAIL!
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I would question whether your boyfriend had the operation at all. Vasectomies are normally very dependable (unless the doctor was a complete fool of course, but your boyfriend would have gotten someone pregnant by now..not just you), and after 7 years, it is not even likely that he suddenly started producing sperm again.

If you have the surgery, then you should not have to worry about pregnancy again.
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