# Ladies how would you feel about an unexpected pregnancy in your forties?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-would-you-feel-about-an-unexpected-pregnancy-in-your-forties/616877>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 26, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-would-you-feel-about-an-unexpected-pregnancy-in-your-forties/616877 "2012-03-26T20:52:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-would-you-feel-about-an-unexpected-pregnancy-in-your-forties/616877/101 "2012-06-22T18:19:49Z")

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> [@lance\_strongarm](#):
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> Why not just get a tubal ligation?

I am having my husband get a vasectomy instead. Much less invasive for him than me. And, while he is not looking forward to the pain, he is greatly looking forward to being waited on for a few days.

(It’s next Thursday.)

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-would-you-feel-about-an-unexpected-pregnancy-in-your-forties/616877/102 "2012-06-23T18:35:23Z")

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nm I already posted and forgot about it.

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