To snip or not to snip ??

[august]

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[august]

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[Happymumzy]

my DP hasn't had one, we are pregnant with #4 at the moment and we think this is the last! but i would not let him get the snip just in case we change our mind! instead i am getting that needle thing every 3 months!
It would be a very hard decision! and i don't envy your position! maybe just wait a few years!
The other reason i don't want him too, is well what if we don't work out and he finds someone else and he decides he wants more??
I don't think that will happen but yeah!

IMO i would wait! then in a few years time if you still don't want anymore then sure!
Sorry i can't be of any real help!

[1CrazyMoose]

If ur having any doubts then hold out for a little while longer till u are sure. We have just had #2 and want another then we are considering dh have the snip but we want to be more then 100% sure so if we have any doubts I will get the marina (coil) again it lasts 5 years and isn't expensive. Consider your all ur options first. Good luck

[smog]

havent had the snip but when my second child was about 3 we decided that was it. i probably could have gone either way but dh was positive. we made the appt and at the last minute i panicked and wouldnt let him go. im so glad we didnt go ahead with it. it was more his idea than mine all along but i thought i was happy enough with the decision but when push came to shove i wasnt. i then spent the next yr trying to persuade dh to have a 3rd baby and eventually he came round to it. so we did:D and he is the lovliest little boy ever. i cant believe how i could have ever imagined my life felt complete without him, my dh feels exactly the same. there has never ever been one moment of doubt that we made the right choice. and we are now on to having #4:D
and there has even been speculation that we may go on for #5:eek:
i say go with your gut feeling not your head.

[Opinionated]

If in doubt, choose another method of contraception. There is plenty of people now going the IVF route because they had the snip and changed their mind.

There is lots of really good contraception methods out there. I have friends who swear by Mirena, and I have heard the implant in your arm is good too. Both are long term and most importantly, reversible.

[Bnbub]

I dont know much about it- but cant u get reversable ones????

[nat278]

YES we regretted it for sure.

My DH had the snip and we were 110% sure it was right thing for us at the time because DH suffered depression and although he is a wonderful father couldn't cope with anymore kids, DH and I both had not a doubt in our mind that it was right at the time but in only 12 months our lives had changed so much (DH got new job, we moved and DH got counselling/treatment for his depression) that we have just paid $4500 to have it reversed in July and are both soooooo super clucky for another (actually DH keeps telling me he wants twins :laughing:).

DH will not get the snip done again I will get another implanon or something...

[Opinionated]

I dont know much about it- but cant u get reversable ones????

You can TRY to reverse them, but there is no guarantee it will work. There is a reason they are considered permanent.

[TripleTime]

If in doubt, don't do it!

DH is going sometime soon. There are some days I feel like a mother 1 would be nice but in reality, it's not an option. There is no way I can care for myself when I'm pregnant, let alone anyone else. Chances of me making it to full term are slim to non. The risks are just to great.

[cocoalbert]

My DH had his Snip done yesterday. We decided before we had kids that I would give birth then he would have the snip.

We have two beautiful children but we don't want anymore. We discussed that even if we won lotto and money and support wasn't an issue we both did not want anymore children.

I am so proud of DH for doing it, he said it was uncomfortable but not so bad, he was most worried about the needle but he said the needle at the Dentist is worse.

[Noahmischiefsmum]

Cocoalbert, Im so glad that ur on the same wavelength as ur dh. I battle with my hormones over having more, but dh is just as uncertain.

I know I'll probably be on birth control for the rest of my (fertile) life. :thumbsdown:

But I think it either party have any doubts then you should probably wait. Then again, I know when I don't want something and it's taken away I immediately want it back. But that's just me.

[kiwigemini]

I agree, if in doubt don't do it.
We thought 2 was enough. WRONG! We had to do IVF, and although very lucky, I wouldn't wish that journey on anyone. But in saying that, it was all worth it for our little guy. I would love one more but DH says no.:rolleyes: