A man in Shikoti village, Kakamega has been left mouth-agape after his wife got pregnant despite him undergoing a vasectomy procedure.
A vasectomy is a form of male birth control that cuts the supply of sperm to semen. It's done by cutting and sealing the tubes that carry sperm.
Speaking during a TV interview, Medgclay Salano, 36, noted that they decided that he should undergo a vasectomy after plans to prevent a third pregnancy failed.
He says that after having two children in 2015, they resorted to family planning methods since they were content with the two twins they already had.
However, during the COVID-19 period, his wife, Beryl Akinyi, 33, conceived again, leading them back to the drawing board to find better measures for preventing future pregnancies.
At this point, the two who have been married for 12 years settled on vasectomy. Fast forward to July 12, 2022, Salano underwent a vasectomy procedure at a hospital in Navakholo. He says a non-governmental organization funded the operation.
"We thought about other family planning methods and in most cases, when you think of that, you always think about women. My wife has been using contraceptives since she was 21 years when we got married. I felt it was a burden to her. So we said what can we do to have a long-term solution, she proposed a vasectomy and we agree on that. I was very free with it, and I felt it was my responsibility as a man,
"Doctors did a permanent and irreversible process. The vasectomy was done on July 12, 2022, at the time, doctors assured me that I would be safe after 20 ejaculations which is about three months," he stated.
Months later, his wife missed her period. The two, however, ignored and assumed that it was just a case of irregular periods.
In December, the two visited a hospital for a pregnancy test and confirmed that Beryl was indeed pregnant. They agreed to keep the baby who is due in June.
Salano recounted that doctors explained that his wife may have conceived again because there were sperms left inside the ducts or the procedure failed.
He says the doctor who performed the operation directed him to conduct a sperm count to establish what happened.
On her part, Beryl claims that when her pregnancy was confirmed she was still in denial. However, she confidently expressed that they both trusted each other and despite the recent mishap, there have never been trust issues in her marriage.
“We trust each other and we are believers so there have never had issues of fearing the other party might be up to something bad,” she stated.
