Dr Jacqueline Coombe
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And I guess the thing that shocked me about them, so typically they're like, okay, don't have sex within seven days of having the vasectomy.
But it takes three months for sperm to completely clear.
And so I've heard of people who have said, well, we had a vasectomy and then we had sex and we got pregnant.
Like, did it not work?
And it's like, well, yeah.
No, it did work, but it takes a while for that sperm to clear and for it to work.
So I think it's around three months.
It's a lot.
Especially when people are getting vasectomies postpartum.
Yeah.
Do we really?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, it's better than nothing, right?
Yeah.
So the typical use rate is around 80%.
So it's not
Not terrible.
It's better than not doing anything.
And actually, it surprises me every time we do research with people and ask them what contraceptive methods do you use.