The following are general stories, detailing the typical vasectomy experience. Some of the stories contain minor short-term complications.
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
I would like to publish my entire experience for others – I found the stories most helpful over the last few days, attempting to get mentally prepared. Thursday, March 9th: The Night Before I am having surgery tomorrow, and I have to be honest – I’m a bit surprised at how nervous I am. So … Continue reading
My wife and I will have been married 17 years this coming June. We have one child a 10-year-old boy who is the absolute center of our universe. My wife had a very difficult pregnancy with 23 hours of labor, preceded by 6 weeks of bed rest. Her water broke but she didn’t immediately go … Continue reading
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Donut-shaped pillowErgonomic Innovations Orthopaedic SeatHi 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
I had scheduled a vasectomy procedure because I am 40 years old, have two children, and don’t want any more. It was time. I had heard the stories of swollen testicles, intense pain, long recovery, etc. I decided to research the effects myself and found your site very helpful and encouraging. My vas was scheduled … Continue reading
Below is the start of my vasectomy story for you to put up on your site under personal stories. I’ve found others’ stories really helpful, so I’ll do my part. As you see, I’m going in tomorrow (Sept 22) so I’ll get back to you with the results. September 21, 2005 I’m going in tomorrow … Continue reading
For what it’s worth, I would like to share my experiences with your group. I am thankful to have found your site before I had my vasectomy done. It was very reassuring to go back and read to see if I was alone in this or if everything was normal. I had my vasectomy done … Continue reading
I am 43 years old and am having my Vasectomy on the 1st of September 2005 at Kaiser Medical Group in San Diego, CA. Kaiser first asks you to attend a Vasectomy class, where the procedure is discussed, questions are asked and you sign your consent form. In California, you have a 30-day consent that … Continue reading
Just found your site and wanted to give a report on my vasectomy. My wife had a rough pregnancy in 2003 with our son, putting her in cardiac care for several days following a C-Section. This was enough to make us decide not only would a tubal ligation require similar surgery and the same potential … Continue reading
Billy is a translator based in Denmark, who works from home via the Internet. In the Copenhagen high summer, the early morning commuter train was almost empty. A girl getting on looked at me, took in my foreign appearance, shoulder bag, and set expression, thought better of it, and got off again. You could hardly … Continue reading
I’m from the sunny and beautiful Mexican Caribbean Islands. 40 years old with 3 kids. and a lovely wife, married 15 years ago. I had my vasectomy performed yesterday. I decide to do this about 15 days ago when I heard an advice at the local radio news. Here in Mexico we have periodical “Vasectomies … Continue reading
I had the snip 26 years ago at the age of 35 while living in Dubai, U.A.E. After fathering three children in six years I decided that sex for me in the future was going to be of the recreational type only. I approached an Egyptian Professor of surgery at the Kuwait Hospital in the … 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.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
December 12, 2004 After much thought, consideration, and research, my procedure is Wednesday morning…I booked this appointment a month ago and wasn’t sure if I was going to keep it. I have never had an operational procedure done in my life other than having my wisdom teeth removed. (That experience was quite painful and wasn’t … Continue reading
Let me first start off by giving some background information on myself. I’m 37 years old with two kids, 17 and 10, from a previous marriage. I’m now remarried and my wife should not have children. The childbirth process would be a danger to her life and so would any unnecessary surgery. For that reason, … Continue reading