Men without children often face difficulties getting a vasectomy. Our readers share their stories and experiences with the procedure while being childfree.
I am 22 years old and have no kids nor a significant other – this is strictly a scare-prevention tactic. I got a referral to a urologist who has a good reputation. It appears that the doc and I have the same birthday (he’s 12 years older), are both the oldest of a family of … Continue reading
Later this year me and my fiancée are getting married and the subject of children has come up several times while we’ve been together. She never wanted to have kids and I was never particularly keen on the idea so after many conversations, we decided that neither of us wanted kids so we needed to … Continue reading
My name is Nick. I am 25 and child-free. I had an open-ended no-scalpel vasectomy, with the upper ends of my vasa deferentia sealed with vas-clips, on June 20th, 2008, when I was still 24 years old. That was about 3 months ago. At 3 months post-op, I can state that I feel I have … Continue reading
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The idea of vasectomy had been kicking around in my head for some time, about as long as could remember, probably as long as I had known about the procedure. Not wanting children and hearing horror stories of accidental pregnancies and not trusting my wife (or anyone else for that matter) with birth control, I … Continue reading
I’m the kind of person that believes that the saying “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is just a pile of nonsense. Prevention is everything! And especially when it comes to procreating, when you’re a guy who just has no interest at all in it! Thus begins my odyssey. I’ve been … Continue reading
It may be too early to put in a story, but now seems the right time before the clarity is lost. I came out of a long relationship with an infertile woman, and I still have no desire to have children. At 39 I still look early 30’s and have some interest from some younger, … Continue reading
Let me start out with an introduction. I am in my early 30s, live in Florida, have been in a stable relationship for 6 years, and value my freedom. I don’t like the concept of marriage, I despise the idea of being responsible for a woman, and I hate the perspective of being bound to … Continue reading
Hello, my name is Jason and I am a 34-year-old Texan who has lived in Belgium for almost 5 years. I live in Belgium because my wife is Belgian and I chose to move here and be with her. I am going in tomorrow morning to have a vasectomy done and so I thought I … Continue reading
A bit of background, I’m 27, no kids, I never wanted any. Had a great childhood loving parents who are still married etc. I’d been kicking around the idea of vasectomy in my head for the past couple of years. I knew I’d wanted one but wasn’t sure when. My fiancé who I live with … Continue reading
This is the story of a successful vasectomy. I’m a 42-year-old bachelor who has long known he didn’t want to have children and decided that now was the time to get a vasectomy owing to a job change and impending loss of medical insurance. “Now or never” was my way of looking at it. I … Continue reading
My name is Joe. I wanted a vasectomy when I first found out that I could make kids whilst I was in special ED classes in school. My vasectomy was on march 17 2004. Because I was a slow learner I didn’t want kids like me or worse. I was 14 years old when I … Continue reading
Hi from Ontario, Canada. I got home from the hospital about a half-hour ago, after a stop at the local drugstore for antibiotics and Tylenol #3’s. I’m experiencing some discomfort but nothing particularly extreme, I’d describe it as a low-grade ‘achiness’. Well, we’d discussed this idea of a vasectomy, my wife and I, and decided … Continue reading
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I shared my story with Monica’s Her Own Woman site; I was an “early articulator”, I realized I did not want nor need to procreate fairly early in my life. With this goal in mind, I proceeded on a course that would finally culminate in having myself sterilized when I turned 19, yes that’s right … Continue reading
Hello. This is from my perspective, but my husband has been sharing it all with me! Background I am 33, he is almost 32. We’ve been married for four years and are childfree. First marriage for both, no children from any previous relationships. We didn’t experience any of the horror stories we’d heard about urologists … Continue reading
We’ve been married for 17 years, and have never felt the desire for children. We had a serious discussion about 5 years ago saying that if we were going to procreate it had to be soon as we were getting a bit old to be first-time parents. Well, we decided that we felt fulfilled and … Continue reading
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