Honestly the worst part of mine was the 20-25 minute period after my prep and before the doctor came in. It was just me and my thoughts for an eternity
Finally had it done Thursday. Honestly not that bad. Procedure itself is mainly getting through the lidocaine injections. Recovery so far has just been occasional pinches down there with some general soreness. Hardest part has been keeping the 4 yo and 1 yo from jumping in my lap.
Joined the club about 2 hrs ago. Doc strapped my into a jock strap pretty damn tight. No sharp pains or anything since but just a general kicked in the balls feeling of nausea. Can't tell if that's just after effects of the surgery or if the jock is pulled too tight.
This thread is relevant to me. I got mine about a month ago. I was in the 1-2% of those pts who get an infection. I went back 5 days later because I thought it was getting weird, but the PA said it looked OK. About 2 weeks later I go back as my scrotum is like a giant ball and the smell was fairly putrid. Doc looks at it and tells me that he wants to numb it up and explore the area. He then proceeds to shoot it up with lidocaine, but then tells me it doesn't work that well in that area. He was right. He then uses tweezers and a scalpel for the next 20 minutes to clean it up. Not fun. My ignorance about what was going to happen is probably the only thing that got me through it. But it's looking good now.
Welcome to the 2% club I think I posted my balls a few pages back I still have a small hematoma in my sack 16 months later
Mine didn’t bother me much at all and I’m now shooting blanks. 10/10 would recommend and would do it again in a heartbeat
For those of you on the fence with this decision let me just tell you… nutting in my gf is the most amazing thing ever, ya’ll should try it. I mean wait
About to have my 3rd kid this summer to add to our twins. All born via IVF. Wife has been off birth control for 8 years with no natural pregnancies and IVF and IUI failed 9 other times. Drs have said my wife can’t get pregnant naturally due to endometriosis. I am debating joining this club because of the .01% chance we have a miracle baby at 48… the balls picture might keep me on the sideline.
I have a bit of scar t We weren’t in need of as much help but did need letrozole to help with our son. We then got pregnant with my now daughter 5 months after he was born with no help. You never know. We didn’t mean to end up with 3 but here we are…can’t have 4, though.
Same situation with my wife's cousin. She just had another baby. Get snipped, it's not that big of a deal. You usually only hear about the rare negative experiences
Even with the worst vasectomy in the history of modern medicine, I’d do it all again. No more kids is worth it.
Let me preface this by saying I love both of my beautiful children. BUT If my choices were between having a third or running my own sack through a pepper mill, I'm taking door #2.
Those aren't even close to comparable procedures. For anyone who is truly scared, call around and find a doctor who does the scalpel free procedures. Those allegedly cut down on infection risk and recovery time
From my research, I've found that as well. Also, apparently some doctors require spousal approval/consent to get the surgery. Which I found kinda odd
Oh I definitely plan to get it, was just making a joke about jbr's nutsack scaring off folks. #TeamNutInside
How long did the bruised sack last for y'all post vasectomy? I'm at day 10-11 and swelling seems to be done and basically no pain, but dark bruising still all over and seems to pop up in new spots when the other fade. Definitely won't be gone by 2 week mark
Within like 2 days the sutures catching on my underpants were causing more discomfort than anything going on inside my ballsack. Buncha backalley snip jobs ITT
get it done. There are various physiological reasons for why she may be more fertile after having a baby / as she gets older and hormone levels change, even though that may seem counter intuitive. I know a bunch of people that had “miracle babies” after their ivf baby took way too long to happen
I had to go to the dentist this afternoon and it was 10x worse than the snip. If you’re on the fence just do it. So worth it