# Ask the guy who just got a vasectomy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686 "2010-07-31T15:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/1 "2010-07-31T15:20:08Z")
As I’ve said in a couple of thread about children, I do not like kids. I have one seven year old son who despite being smart, well behaved and free of genetic defects (other then being my son), has done nothing to change my stance on the matter. So a couple of weeks ago I decided to get a vasectomy. Everything went pretty much as the doctor described. However, there was more bleeding than I anticipated. It’s not a lot of blood just more than I thought would be. I’ve changed the dressing three times and I there’s no more blood now. The doctor’s office was freezing; coupled with some anxiety I had going in and I couldn’t stop shaking during the procedure. The procedure itself was mostly pain free. The shots of anesthetic hurt like hell. The doctor begin before the local had taken full effect and I felt him pulling on my testicle. I now know what they did to William Wallace in the torture scene in Braveheart. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/2 "2010-07-31T15:35:27Z")
have you had any of the 2 zero results yet. is shooting blanks a major mental thing for you yet? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/3 "2010-07-31T15:45:38Z")
Are you in a monogamous relationship? If so, why not ask your SO to get her tubes tied? Was your child a broken condom baby? If not, why the jump from conventional birth control to going under the knife? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/4 "2010-07-31T15:53:09Z")
Johnpost, I just got it done yesterday. It’ll be four weeks before I take my samples to the lab. Clockwork, Yes, I’ve been married to my wife for 10 years. She didn’t get her tubes tied because she wants to have more children. No, our son was planned. I knew I didn’t like children before he was born but everyone always says it’s different when it’s your own kids. Well, it isn’t. Lastly, I don’t like condoms and my wife didn’t like any of the options available to her. We’ve been using the pull-out method since our son was born and I was done playing the lottery. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/5 "2010-07-31T15:58:17Z")
> [@El\_Nene](#): > > Clockwork, Yes, I’ve been married to my wife for 10 years. She didn’t get her tubes tied because she wants to have more children. Who’s the lucky father? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/6 "2010-07-31T16:02:28Z")
🙂 She’s slowly coming around the idea that more children would be a bad idea. This deal just gives her big kick forward. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/7 "2010-07-31T16:54:58Z")
So, **El Nene** - any noticable vas deferens? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/8 "2010-07-31T17:25:06Z")
I had one that went bad. Walked like a cowboy just off a horse for a month. Fucking doc decided he’d rather do it fast than right. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/9 "2010-07-31T18:02:23Z")
Good GOD - that WAS a bad one…err… **Carmen.** … ---
**Author:** ![simple\_homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/10 "2010-07-31T18:45:39Z")
I had a vasectomy about 11 years ago. No problems, and it does not bother me to be shooting blanks. Having a vasectomy was one of my best decisions. El Nene, just give it a few more days, everything should be fine ---
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/11 "2010-07-31T18:50:30Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I had one that went bad. Walked like a cowboy just off a horse for a month. Fucking doc decided he’d rather do it fast than right. Jusus! How much of a hurry could he have been in? It took my doctor all of ten minutes to do mine. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/12 "2010-07-31T18:53:28Z")
> [@simple\_homer](#): > > IEl Nene, just give it a few more days, everything should be fine Thanks Homer, right now, it only bothers me when I sit up. It’ll be a load 😃 off my mind when I start shooting blanks. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/13 "2010-07-31T19:24:08Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Are you in a monogamous relationship? If so, why not ask your SO to get her tubes tied? Have you ever been in a relationship with a woman? Jesus Christ, why don’t _you_ ask her to get her tubes tied? Have you considered basic anatomy? A tubal ligation is way more invasive and it’s a much more major surgery. According to Wiki, there is 40X higher likelihood of complications. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/14 "2010-07-31T20:01:22Z")
It’s always better in a relationship for the one who doesn’t want the kids to be the one to get fixed. If they were to ever split up, she might want more kids, but he’s not likely to. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/15 "2010-07-31T21:40:33Z")
> [@El\_Nene](#): > > Johnpost, I just got it done yesterday. It’ll be four weeks before I take my samples to the lab. so do you still have a package of frozen peas on your nuts? what aftercare instructions were you given? for how long were you told not to have an orgasm? how long to you hope to hold out? ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/16 "2010-07-31T21:43:29Z")
OP, you’re entitled to your feelings on fatherhood, but I really, really hope that for the love of all that’s holy, that you never let your kid know he wasn’t particularly wanted. Fake it if you have to. You ain’t gotta love him and you ain’t gotta be grateful he’s in your life, but pretend for his sake if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/17 "2010-07-31T23:53:59Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > OP, you’re entitled to your feelings on fatherhood, but I really, really hope that for the love of all that’s holy, that you never let your kid know he wasn’t particularly wanted. Fake it if you have to. You ain’t gotta love him and you ain’t gotta be grateful he’s in your life, but pretend for his sake if nothing else. Not to mention that kids don’t stay kids forever. Someday you may find that your son has grown up to be a cool person that you will be happy to have in your life. I give you kudos for sterilizing yourself to be responsible about this situation. I hope that your wife understands how serious you are about not having any more kids and is really okay with that. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/18 "2010-08-01T01:02:23Z")
so do you still have a package of frozen peas on your nuts? Corn actually. what aftercare instructions were you given? I was only told to put ice on it. I was given a prescription for vicodin. I’ve taken five of the 30. I don’t think I’ll be needing more. for how long were you told not to have an orgasm? The doctor said not to touch myself or others for a week. how long to you hope to hold out? I’m already twitchy. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Nene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@El\_Nene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Nene)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/19 "2010-08-01T01:11:32Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > OP, you’re entitled to your feelings on fatherhood, but I really, really hope that for the love of all that’s holy, that you never let your kid know he wasn’t particularly wanted. Fake it if you have to. You ain’t gotta love him and you ain’t gotta be grateful he’s in your life, but pretend for his sake if nothing else. He wasn’t an accident. He was planned and I love him more than anything. I don’t have to pretend to like him, he’s a wonderful little boy. I just don’t have the patience for another. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686/20 "2010-08-01T03:32:32Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > > > Are you in a monogamous relationship? If so, why not ask your SO to get her tubes tied? > > Have you ever been in a relationship with a woman? Jesus Christ, why don’t _you_ ask her to get her tubes tied? Have you considered basic anatomy? A tubal ligation is way more invasive and it’s a much more major surgery. According to Wiki, there is 40X higher likelihood of complications. I was just curious if he’d considered asking her to do it. Calm down. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-got-a-vasectomy/548686.md?page=2)