The following are general stories, detailing the typical vasectomy experience. Some of the stories contain minor short-term complications.
Several years ago, my wife gave up her fourteen years of having an Intra-Uterine Device. Her experience hadn’t been perfect and any reinsertion had some risk involved. It was love/hate for me since it DID prevent pregnancy, but it had those damned nylon threads that hung out of her uterus, which I could feel. The … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I had a vasectomy. Strangely, I was less apprehensive about getting the surgery than I was about attending the consultation that preceded it a few weeks earlier. I did think occasionally about canceling, but it was more to do with the nervousness about being sliced open than the consequences of infertility. … Continue reading
I’m a 47 year old and moderately active. This is what worked for me. (and worked well, I might add). I got mine 48 hours ago. I got a keyhole version (one small central cut), vas were tied and cauterized. I got Novocaine (Lidocaine). That was the only minor pain during the operation. 20 minutes … Continue reading
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Donut-shaped pillowErgonomic Innovations Orthopaedic SeatI 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
Monday afternoon, at 1:15 pm I had my vasectomy. Today is Wednesday morning and I am now sitting on my couch with my laptop (in my lap) adding my story to those shared here. I would like to preface with this comment: Thank God for the information and stories shared on this website. The stories … Continue reading
I used your site extensively prior to my vasectomy (which I had today) and would like to put in my experience as I go through the next few months to hopefully help others. I believe there is an adverse selection problem when it comes to reading personal stories on vasectomy because most people only want … Continue reading
I wanted to add my story to help return the favor. I spent months perusing forums leading up to the big day… would I faint? Would it hurt? Will I be laying on a table for 2 hours writhing in agony? The day came Friday morning. Despite being extremely worried, I declined the Valium. I … Continue reading
My partner and I decided together over the summer that we definitely didn’t want any more kids and due to some complications using the mini-pill we decided on a vasectomy. We saw our G.P. and were recommended for an appointment. We are in the U.K. and the N.H.S. does vasectomies for free in most cases. … Continue reading
My wife and I talked for a few years about vasectomy, but she’d been on the pill, and later on IUD and it had been working fine, so we decided she’d use an IUD one more time (the particular one she was using lasts ~5 years). About 5 months ago she went in for the … Continue reading
After a number of years thinking, I finally decided that at the ripe old age of 48 years old I was too long in the tooth for having the selflessness required to raise any more children. My youngest being 14 years old. I fixed up an appointment to have a vasectomy. The day of the … Continue reading
In 1986 when nearing 30 years old my wife and I decided to opt for a more permanent form of birth control, with 2 children at the time we could not see ourselves wanting to keep raising a family after 50 years of age. So after consulting the physician, the appointment was made, bright and … Continue reading
View on Amazon Read our review We only recommend products we think are useful for our readers. If you make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.Background I have been with my partner now for a year, and some time ago we discussed me having a vasectomy.My partner has 2 children and I have 2, so we decided that although us having a child together would be fantastic, it probably wouldn’t be practical with 4 between us already. With the dangers … Continue reading
This is an article that I wrote that was published in The Globe and Mail in Canada a couple of years ago. Until the moment of actual searing pain, I had been led to believe by the brotherhood that the whole deal would be a cakewalk. When I was a boy playing road hockey on … Continue reading
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