vasectomy: yes or no?

My partner had it done not long ago and he said it was fine, he was swollen and bruised for a few days but that was it. A vasectomy can be reveresed by the way thought I would let you know that.

Hi Eureka, I admire her husband for this decision. he loves her wife so much to submit himself for a vasectomy. i worked in an organization that advocates for reproductive health and family planning. vasectomy is easier than bilateral tubal ligation. it can be done even in a non-sterile room. it is a simple procedure where the vas deferens is cut and tied. there is a specialized instrument to be used to do the said procedure. it's now called no scalpel vasectomy or NSV. after the procedure the man can go home. he only needs a band aid for the small wound. the procedure lasts for only 10 to 15 minutes.

Hi, your friends husband really has guts. I would not advice him to do that but he may need to have kids in the future, I am not saying anything bad would happen to him and I hope not but no one knows tommorrow. There are a lot of birth control options and your friend can look into them that is good for her

Hi eurekafemme, for my own opinion, why not if they will agree of cutting the tube then why not do it. Since they have decided to stop bearing a child then I suggested to do the operation.

It makes me want to cross my legs so no scissors weedle their way in there. I would be uncomfortable with that. The same goes for the gal piece. I don't know what we would do instead. Anything but cutting us up anyways. Ha ha.

i agree with it. i think its very fair because women go through 9 months of carrying the child then we give birth. why should we have to sacrifice our bodies once again? hopefully my husband will agree with a vasectomy because lol.

My husband had one after i had our third child.We had decided long before that that 3 was the maximum.His little operation took maybe an hour with a local injection and he walked out of there and drove home.If i had my tubes done,i would have been fully sedated,opened up and had a longer recovery.To me,having 3 children was hard enough on my body so why should i put it through more.There are different ways of getting it done and some ways can be reversed but we opted for the cut,where a piece was removed so it can't join back..no chance of any more pregnancies!

Hi eureka! It is a difficult question to answer. I think if your friend's husband wants to go for vasectomy, there is nothing wrong in it, even if it is irreversible. I think it is between a couple to decide who wants to go for permanent birth control method. I can understand your point that many would prefer that their wife should go for Tubectomy operation. What is your opinion on this issue? Deepak

i told it once to my wife, that after giving birth to our third child, i would go for vasectomy. but even my wife doesn't want to do it, she rather go for ligation and now she is. we both know that vasectomy has some sort of disadvantages. one for sure, the strength of a man will never be the same after operation. i also know one friend of mine, who had regrets after her husband undergone vasectomy operation. he was a carpenter and as we all know, it is something that needs more strength. but now, he can only do lighter works. my friend had said that husband does not even have enough force to fetch a pail of water. so, i will not go force vasectomy. i work for my family and i only work for them. how will my family be if i cannot work well.

A vasectomy is easier for men to recover from than a woman, plus it is less expensive. Here it is done in the doctors office so no need for the expense of a hospital. I understand what you are saying, closing the tube means the end of giving life, but the husband and wife both agreed that they were done having children. Honestly, I think it is a smart choice because raising children isn't always easy. I have a large family myself (my choice) and had a huge garden to support them too. I think people have to look at the economics of the choices they make.

I think that is one of those things that is up to each couple to decide on their own... it was nice of him to volunteer for that though...a lot of guys wouldn't bother... if they already have all the kids they want then i'm all for them doing it...but if i was married and my husband had any doubts at all i wouldn't expect him to do anything to his body that he didn't want to...and i wouldn't do anything to mine that i wasn't comfortable with either.

i am on the positive side so it's a yes... well, when couples here in Philippines decided to stop having kids it is always the woman who must have the ligation. Isn't it a bit unfair for us ladies? Now I don't want to sound like a stereo typist here... But maybe it is the best decision of that guy to have vasectomy instead of the woman having ligation... Let us admit it, Guys are ego men. So if your husband say he would rather have vasectomy than you having ligation, THEN GIRL... how lucky can you get?