# A question about the vasectomy consultation process **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 19, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360 "2011-08-19T19:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360/41 "2011-08-22T22:35:16Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > If there is a weed wacker involved, I may have to reconsider this procedure!.. > [@Night Court](#): > > (some character): Harry, you really have to quit getting involved in everyone’s personal business! > (Bull, walking up to Harry): You’re right, Your Honor, If I do get a vasectomy, I’ll have a doctor do it! (walks off) > (Harry, defensively): He wanted to borrow my Weed Wacker!!! Um, that’s one way to save money??? ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360/42 "2011-08-23T05:48:36Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > If there is a weed wacker involved, I may have to reconsider this procedure! > > In all seriousness, though, I always think of the term “snip” when it comes to a vasectomy, but I don’t know what the actual process is. (I assume I’ll be told all of that during my consultation, but if someone feels like explaining, feel free to do so.) The Procedure changes a little with time. Use to be they just basically snipped the ends, stuffed everything back in the bag and sent you on your way. At the time I got mine done, they removed a section completely, then cauterized the ends of the tubing back a little with a laser because the old way often allowed the tubes to grow back together. What they do now, your doc will, or should tell you. If you do this, the doc will or should warn you of this, the first set of blanks you shoot off afterwards could be bloody. I knew and it still freaked me right the fuck out. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360/43 "2011-09-20T21:55:09Z")
Meant to come back to say I had my consultation last week. The doctor briefly asked my fiancee whether she had any interest in children and such, but that was the extent of it. After I’d signed the paperwork scheduling the procedure, we talked to him about what other people had said about needing wives or girlfriends to be on board with the procedure. He seemed to think that was really unusual and kind of odd. He said that if a husband comes in alone, he is going to assume he and his spouse have already had a discussion about it, but that his decision to proceed doesn’t hinge on that. I don’t know if he said directly whether he would still do the procedure even if the spouses weren’t in agreement about it. Anyway, I’m all set to get snipped. And I have to remember to buy frozen peas and jock support and to figure out a way to keep the cat from jumping onto my crotch when I’m sprawled out on the couch. Good times ahead! ---
**Author:** ![TheBori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@TheBori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBori)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360/44 "2011-09-21T15:39:29Z")
> [@cmosdes](#): > > I had mine 8.5 years ago. My wife was pregnant with our third at the time. > > My wife and I met with the urologist who asked us about how many kids we have, how long we’d been together and a few others I can’t remember. > > I don’t know if he would have done it without her consent. I didn’t really need to test that aspect out so I just had my wife come along for the consultation. I had mine 13 years ago when my wife was pregnant with our 4th boy. The doc asked my wife if she was ok with it..I think its more of a cover-your-ace kind of thing. My wife was more concerned …asking the “what if something happens to me or the boys?”. My response to her was: Well, if you die tragically, I’ll have 4 boys and wouldn’t want to add to that list, even with another woman. If you and the boys were to meet a fatefull end, I would be a basket case anyway…and if I did have more children I would forever be comparing them to my dearly departed brood. Not a good situation for anyone. So…snip. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360/46 "2013-01-20T21:02:34Z")
For one, you avoid zombie children. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360/47 "2013-01-20T22:13:01Z")
> [@jesuschars87](#): > > I have a question about vasectomy. > > What Are the Benefits of Vasectomy? :smack: You can have sex without worrying about pregnancy. And you don’t have to wear a condom, have your wife take pills, or check the calendar. And that jelly stuff that goes with the diaphragm tastes terrible. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![OurLordPeace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@OurLordPeace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OurLordPeace)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360/48 "2013-01-21T00:18:55Z")
I had one last Wednesday. I’m 30, single, and childfree. At the consultation, I explained that I did not want children, and the doctor was satisfied with that. I added, perhaps unnecessarily, that if my mind should somehow change, I do not have the hangups about adoption (racial and age concerns are illogical to me) that some people seem to have. There was nothing said about a partner. Why has adoption not appeared in this discussion? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360/49 "2013-01-21T00:47:45Z")
> [@OurLordPeace](#): > > I had one last Wednesday. I’m 30, single, and childfree. At the consultation, I explained that I did not want children, and the doctor was satisfied with that. I added, perhaps unnecessarily, that if my mind should somehow change, I do not have the hangups about adoption (racial and age concerns are illogical to me) that some people seem to have. There was nothing said about a partner. > > Why has adoption not appeared in this discussion? 1. Most people who don’t want any children the “normal” way aren’t interested in adoption either. 2. Adoption is not so easy a process as you seem to think. It’s very expensive, very intrusive, and typically takes years for an adoption to be finalized. The decision to adopt cannot be entered into lightly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-vasectomy-consultation-process/593360.md?page=2)