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Post by VAN on Feb 12, 2016 14:12:27 GMT -8
I remember starting the pregnancy thread on the old forum.
I will start a vasectomy thread here! After two wonderful and stressful pregnancies, with 2 great kids to show for it... And my sister just had a baby 3 months ago, so yay, still plenty of baby around here!!
He got the big "V" right before the holidays and we are 2 weeks and one negative sample away from no more birth control pills again EVER.
I am so freakin' excited. But also wondering how my hormones (and moods) will hold up. And, I feel old.
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Post by zeke on Feb 12, 2016 16:36:06 GMT -8
Had mine at 29. April didn't want any kids, and this was how we solved that. I was nearly beaten to death in the Dr's office during the pre op consultation.
No complications or untoward difficulties. Took it easy with the lifting and pulling at work for a week. Seems like it was only 2 weeks total and a negative sample for us. They must be taking it easy on him.
Oh, and in New Hampshire, we were asked when we were going to have kids, by a 12 yr old girl. When we said we weren't, she looked right at me and said,"Why? You been fixed?" I am only hoping she had been around too many family pets.
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Post by rebeccad on Feb 12, 2016 20:40:56 GMT -8
We took that option. It has never bothered us in the least. But, then, after two difficult deliveries, I was NOT going to have any more, ever (actually, that was what I said after the first, too. But we did kind of want another, so we didn't take drastic measures, so...Kid #2). Now, of course, I'm eagerly waiting to never need tampons again :D Yeah, *I'm* old. Not you
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Post by yosemitegirl on Feb 22, 2016 14:24:29 GMT -8
HA! And remember I chimed in with basically "you guys are freaking me out, I'm not doing this!?"
I did, though, Dean was born 9/1 and is a chunky almost 6 month old. Will I have another? hmmm....not sure. But if we have another husband has volunteered for the snip snip after that.
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Post by VAN on Feb 28, 2016 16:20:07 GMT -8
A week without the pill and maybe I can turn my phone reminder off now. It's been set every morning at 7:30am for years.
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Post by amaruq on Mar 3, 2016 8:40:18 GMT -8
Upon seeing "snip, snip" I thought perhaps we'd be discussing the trimming of the other end of the male... system (i.e. the external end).
Then I was wondering how far some of those hardcore male ultralighters will go to snip off a few ounces...
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Post by tipiwalter on Mar 3, 2016 9:20:57 GMT -8
The only way this thread could have anything to do with Women Backpackers is that the less children they (we) have the greater opportunity we have to be outdoors for longer periods of time. Reproduction seems in general to kill the chance to stay outdoors for long trips. I wonder if the German Tourist---Christine Thuermer---ever had kids? She's out all the time.
I guess for us to really touch our Neanderthal-Nature Boy roots (and to help in overpopulation), all males should be snipped by age 20. And then with few complications get a pack and some gear and a tent and have at it.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 4, 2016 23:09:14 GMT -8
Actually, I think males should be allowed to reproduce only after the age of 35!
Too many children can definitely kill the ability to be outdoors, or at least to backpack. Two didn't stop us.
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Post by tipiwalter on Mar 5, 2016 8:06:42 GMT -8
Actually, I think males should be allowed to reproduce only after the age of 35! Too many children can definitely kill the ability to be outdoors, or at least to backpack. Two didn't stop us. You may be an exception. Many if not most men and women are busy with work and full time jobs to support their expanding families to get any substantial amount of yearly bag nights (let's say more than 100 per year). I guess it's always been this way except for our primitive tribal North American Indians who could both live outdoors and raise a family. Try taking 5 or 6 families to live permanently out into a national forest now and see what happens. The same thing that happened to the Sioux Indians living in the Black Hills in the 1860s and 1870s. And to your point of only allowing males over 35 to reproduce, well, they won't do this willingly and so maybe mandatory snipping might be advisable. From age 18 to 35 there's bound to be accidents of pregnancy and then you've got dead-beat dads, divorce court, custody battles, wage garnishment, overwork, meetings with planned parenthood, and 40-hour work weeks or worse. A 21 day backpacking trip into the Bob Marshall Wilderness? Nope, no can do.
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Post by rebeccad on Mar 5, 2016 11:54:11 GMT -8
TW, we are all exceptions around here. As is anyone who goes backpacking. What I see happening to too many is that a backpacker marries someone who doesn't. They go alone for a few years, then have kids, and they can't take the kid(s) solo (well, Tarol does, and Sarbar did when there was one, but that's tough). So they stop. We had three things going for us: we are both passionate about the outdoors, and come from families who camped, if not backpacked, as as a matter of course; we had the money to use "crutches" like a horse-packer for a drop-camp to allow us to spend a week (we could never have carried both kids and all the gear for that); and the 3rd thing is, as you note, time: my husband is a college professor, so we have more than the usual vacation time, since that's a 10-month job. It also requires a change in mind-set. We had to drop our ideas about high-mileage, major gnarly off-trail stuff for a few years, and (re)discover that just being out there really is good. There's no question that having kids can cramp your lifestyle, no matter what that lifestyle is/was BC. That's something that everyone *should* think about before reproducing, though the majority don't. And I realize that preventing men from reproducing before age 35 (and I'll say 30 for women; we mature faster ) (okay, it's really because our eggs get stale fast after that) would be impossible. Still, it might improve some things!
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Post by VAN on Mar 19, 2016 12:57:16 GMT -8
I have stopped backpacking (other then a rare night or two) in the last 3 years as I've had 2 kids. We take them car camping often though. I am looking forward to the day my 3 year old will hike more then .5 miles without complaining. The 6 year old will go 3 miles. Then maybe we can get back to backpacking, of course at low miles (never really did more than 7-10 in a day before anyhow).
As far as age of reproduction, I had my kids at 26 and 29. I was more than happy to have them before 30. We waiting a few more years until now (age 32 and 33 for my spouse) to be sure we were done before becoming sterile. I can't imagine trying to be pregnant now!
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Post by zeke on Mar 19, 2016 14:15:18 GMT -8
My step father was about 31 when my sister was born, and that is when he had his V. I was 29, nearly 30. I do think it is the best method to limit the size of one's family to whatever it is when the operation takes place. After about a week, there was no more problems with BC or my own discomfort. Can't say that about tube tying, or any other form of female BC. The best way to go, IMO.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 22, 2016 4:57:36 GMT -8
A week or so ago, I saw an article that there is a sharp rise in the number of vasectomies just prior to the NCAA tournament. Yup... that's guy-thinkin'.
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Post by amaruq on Mar 22, 2016 7:08:18 GMT -8
^ I don't actually get it. Why? What is it about NCAA?
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Post by zeke on Mar 22, 2016 9:50:09 GMT -8
^ Need to stay home for a couple of days, to watch the Madness.
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