Well, I said I would come back and write how DH's vasectomy went, so ...
DH didn't end up having a vasectomy until today. We had it booked in February, two weeks after my c/section and decided it was too much stress until I had recovered so that at least one of us could drive. So we rebooked it for late March and the day he was meant to have it I got really sick with gastro and couldn't get out of bed and then we have just been busy ... BUT today, finally, DH had his vasectomy.
He had it about 10am and the apart from some abdominal muscle pain, he feels fine. No other pain or soreness. The abdominal pain is because the doctor pulls on the tubes to make sure he is cutting out the right thing. A piece of tube from each side is sent off to pathology and the tubes are tied off with nylon cord that doesn't dissolve (to make a reversal easier apparently). DH said the doctor forgot the anesthetic for the one side when he was doing the tubes so he could feel the tugging quite painfully but only for a second and couldn't feel anything on the second side.
It hasn't stopped him doing any of his normal daily activities so far. He didn't work this afternoon but he has taken the whole week off - not for his vasectomy just because he needed a bit of a break and time to get his head together. He booked his vasectomy because he was having the time off anyway. The doctor told him lots of guys drive home after the procedure and some even go back to work.
It really doesn't sound that bad. I'll let you know how DH goes over the next few days. The stitches will take a few weeks to heal and he has to have a follow up test to check that there is no sperm but apart from that, 48 hours and he should be completely normal.
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