Need Vasectomy Info

I'm sorry, i'm a lady, but my husband and i are thinking seriously about [him] getting a vasectomy. Anyone have any experience with this? Can you tell us what the process is like, what to expect, etc? He says he'll do it, it's the best option for us (our third kid is on the way, lol), etc BUT he doesn't seem comfortable at all with something so drastic. What are the risks, side-effects, etc? Will he be emotionally scarred for life (lol)?

Thanks

 

I assume thats where they stick a tube in his penis so when he cums the sperm goes somewhere else right?

 

there are a few different methods... http://www.vasectomy.com/ArticleDetail.asp?ArticleId=2&DoctorId=3 had a good article about the different methods.

I'm sorry to say I don't know much about vasectomies either, except that it's much easier than the woman have her tubes tied and far less risky.

 

No Green, it's where they cut the tubes leading from your testicles to your prostate.

Apart from keeping tons of bags of ice around for a bit apparently it's no big deal.

I intend on jogging home from mine just to say I did.

 

I never want that to happen.

 

It's the only surefire way to ensure you never have other kids.

 

and it is a lot safer for the man to do it than the woman. You're only 15 Green, we're both younguns. What if in your 50's you've already had 12 kids with your wife and she doesn't want any more, and you two can't afford any more? Most doctors are very wary about performing vasectomies on young men because they're too young to decide on kids and all that - opinions on it changes

 

In Canada they use a formula. Age + number of kids

They won't do it lessn you have kids. I tried in my early 20s they wouldn't do it.

 

It's not that big of a deal. NO scars, A bit of discomfort (Note: I did NOT say pain exactly) I had to do it because our 3rd was on the way, and it would have affected her health if I hadn't.
These days, ther ARE reversable (Within a certain amount of time)
Keep ice around for at least 3 days.

 

For you younger guys, they Cut the tube from your nuts so you can still ejaculate, just not fertilize her egg. (NO more babies!)

 

how old is he? alot of doctors wont do the procedure if he is young,

 

Michelle, you and your dh are young, make sure when you go for a consultation you tell them how many kids you have, and how close together they are.

Of course, most men who are young are told, "Oh, you might get divorced and find a younger womyn who wants more kids, then what are you gonna do?" I know four guys who were actually told this by urologists who do vasectomies.

Damn, I wish my dh would have one. One less worry. We have FOUR kids (6 pregnancies, that I know about, two miscarraiges) and I get pregnant at the drop of a hat. We are in our 40s, so I am sure he could get one, but he's afraid it will make him impotent.(There is no risk of a vas causing impotence, but he's scared.) I have given him info, but he won't do it. It's his body, so now HE has to handle the birth control. My body is plumb worn out, so I can't really use any method. And I have had surgery on my uro-reproductive tract too many times and have too much scar tissue to even consider a tubal ligation.

Terrified I'll be one of those womyn having my last baby at 48.

 

my husband just plain won't get one. even though it's so much less invasive for him, and his recovery time is so much reduced from what it would be if i got a ligation. but since he just cannot bear the idea of a needle within 2 feet of his nuts, i guess i'll be going for major surgery instead, since i'm incapable of using birth control pills or shots, and my cervix is too rotated or tilted or whatever to make caps or diaphragms work. and i don't want the risk of another pregnancy like this one. i'm kinda irritated. i'm thinking he's just being selfish. hopefully i can get my doc to do it during my c-section if there's no complications.

 

My man has already decided that he wll have it done when the time comes. We have 2, and are not sure yet about being finished.. (he is 33, I am 32)

 

If men had to go through anything like childbirth, they wouldn't be SO AFRAID of a tiny little needle and scalpel near their "boys." Sheesh, it irritates me, too. Bear has plenty of freinds who have had them, and they all say it is no big deal. With a womyn, a tubal ligation is major invasive surgery, and the complications are high (one of which is cutting blood supply to the ovaries and causes early perimenopause, which is never talked about by male doctors) and the vasectomy has few to no complications.

I don't understand the fear. I've been flayed like a fish (major surgery) more times than I can count. A small incision isn't a big deal.

 

major sore point for me. dave's like super man, until it comes to his nuts. then he's hiding behind my higher pain threshold, which he won't acknowledge at any other point during our relationship, being a man and all.

 

LOL, again, KC, I think we married twins who were separated at birth.

 

yeah, so when i go for my c-section i'll have my ligation then. SHOOT! i forgot to confer with my doc. i dont' think it'll be a problem, since he knows my history.

 

RE: hopefully i can get my doc to do it during my c-section if there's no complications.

Shouldn't be a problem, but I mean sheesh, a vasectomy is no big deal.

 

i know! but, oh well. i can keep arguing with him about it, or go ahead and have my procedure done and save my life.