Comments on: Ultimate Birth Control

By: b

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:43:13 +0000

I have heard that most guys really would never change their decision. I’m really beginning to think that this may be the way to go. Thanks!

By: b

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:39:45 +0000

I certainly like the idea of having a prescription for sitting around and doing nothing for a few days. I think I just need to get over my commitment issues.

By: Ben Murphy, TheFatherLife.com

Ben Murphy, TheFatherLife.com — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:37:52 +0000

I’m in my early 30′s and we’re about to have our third child… and I have every intention of getting the snip sometime in the near-ish future. One time deal, done. The wife doesn’t have to worry about birth control… Just seems practical to me. -B

By: Hockeyman

Hockeyman — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:45:50 +0000

I got snipped a few years ago after my second daughter was born. It was easy, not overly painful, and I drove myself home. Because you’re sore for a couple days the prescription is to park on the couch all weekend and take some pain meds when needed. Find a good sports weekend and have it done prior. Beer, pain meds, sports, and a genuine excuse to do nothing. I had it done on a Thursday and the very next Wednesday I was back on the ice playing goalie for my hockey team. I never missed a game.

I knew for a while that I only wanted 2 kids and my wife agreed. I am quite happy with the setup now as I could not handle the duties of another baby. I’m done with diapers and I’m never looking back. My wife and I had a deal, if she had a c-section in round 2 she would get tied or else I got snipped. In terms of afterwards pain, I won.

My logic boiled down to knowing 2 was all I wanted. No matter what, I was done after 2. No matter what unfortunate things that may ever happen, neither of them could or would be replaced. If my marriage failed and I met someone years later that wanted kids of their own, I might consider reversal, but more than likely take the hint that it was not the right person for me. Vasectomies can have natural reversals on their own, although rare. If that happened and we got pregnant again, I would know we were supposed to have another child.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:31:53 +0000

I had a vasectomy about a year ago and it was the best decision we made. We have 3 kids and did NOT want another one so this was the only solution that we saw would work. The procedure was smoother then I thought it would be as I am a TOTAL wimp when it comes to needles and stuff like that.

By: MileHighDad

MileHighDad — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:16:44 +0000

The eternal question after kids, to swim or not to swim.
Me personally, I still swim. the wife does the BC.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:07:10 +0000

I seek to find ways to avoid pain down there–that’s just me though. We use birth control and although we are done having kids we don’t think a miracle mistake kid would be so horrible.

By: ciara

ciara — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:56:39 +0000

my ex and i decided that we didn’t want anymore kids after our 2nd daughter was born. we both had one child each from previous relationships. when i found out that it was going to take 3 mos to be totally clear and that we would have to use other birth control, i decided i would get the tubal done. i was definitely on the page of not wanting more kids. plus, my ex was a total wuss. he said, ‘you don’t know how sensitive my balls are.” lol whatever. wuss, i say.

no one ever expects a death or a divorce to happen, but it does. it did in my case. when i found out that my ex was expecting a child w his gf of 3 mos (at the time), i was a bit pissed. not because i really wanted to have babies, but the fact that he could, and that if i ever wanted to, i couldn’t unless i tried a reversal which usually doesn’t work out too well. i got over it after a minute (o.k. maybe it was longer than that), but do you see what i mean?

so, all i can say is, think about it and think about it hard. the decision has to be right for you, but know what you’re giving up going into it.