Snippety-Do-Da! How One Man Engaged in Textual Relations During His Vasectomy.......

Bloggers Note: Yes, the subject of this blog has been contacted and consent has been given to share the following story. Also, I wrote this and planned to upload it earlier this month during International Childfree Day (August 1st), a holiday that celebrates those without children, but life and a much-needed vacation took priority.

Years ago before Chad and I got married, we had the conversation about whether or not we'd have children. At the time we decided that we'd try to adopt. For complicated reasons, most birth control is a tricky situation for me, so we concluded that Chad would get a vasectomy.

Yep. That's where this blog is going today. Strap in.

So Chad's procedure was going to be outpatient and on the morning of his surgery I had to work, it was early in the AM, we were not living together at the time and I can't drive, so it didn't make sense for me to go with him. Otherwise, I totally would have. Besides, if I had gone, I wouldn't have been able to write about this.

You're welcome.

Anyway, our story begins early on the morning of Chad's procedure. I'm sleeping in bed and get the following text message from Chad:

"Just arrived at the Dr.'s office and am checking in." At this point, I was glad the procedure was about to begin and began praying for a smooth operation.

About 10 minutes later I get another text from Chad.......

"It's so weird to not feel a thing but there is the smell of burning flesh in the room."

It was at this point that I realized, "HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, HE'S TEXTING ME THROUGH HIS ENTIRE VASECTOMY PROCEDURE!"

And he did.

Every NSFW detail.

Which is strange, unsettling and annoyingly entertaining before 7:30 am. I just didn't know how to respond.

It's not like I could have called him to have a casual chat. "Hey babe, how's it hangin'?" seemed a tad inappropriate.

Also, I would think that any sudden loud noises might startle the surgeon and suddenly you owe money for a vasectomy and bonus circumcision.

The procedure went off without a hitch, and Chad was fully recovered a few days after coming home thanks to a steady diet of pain meds and frozen peas.

So why did we choose to share this story? Two reasons, really. One, it's just a really funny story And two, we wanted to highlight our experience and mention that in the lead up to the procedure, although our doctor asked several times just to be sure, we were never denied the surgery because the doctor believed strongly that we'd "change our minds."

I often wonder if we didn't receive much blowback because it was Chad asking for the procedure and not me. Because being submerged in the childless world for the last few years, I've come across so many stories of women who know they don't want to give birth and having blowback from doctors that they will probably "change their minds later." Even when the person wanting the procedure is able to pay for it out of pocket.

And I never knew how important the freedom of choice was in this aspect of our lives until we went through our experience. To know what we want beyond a shadow of a doubt and have others believe and back us up.

For that, we are truly grateful and hope others experience the same thing.....

Minus the livestream. ;-)