It's official. Hyrum got the snip yesterday!
What a guy! So either we'll have a June or July baby next year (since we've been leaving things to fate), or we're done at 4 kids.
Now, before you pat him on the back too much for being man enough to put his privates under the knife, I'll remind everyone that I'm the one who gave birth 4 times and required surgery to repair the damage after the 4th, and during the recovery of that surgery, I went through pain equal to childbirth (or greater than for me since I always get an epidural for childbirth) 8 times in one day, and several times on other days. I've had stitches in my nether-regions twice, so in my book, that gives me a "get out of a gynecologically painful visit free" card!
Hyrum, being the ever-sensitive-to-my-needs husband he is, took one for the team this time.
We didn't take this decision lightly. We've been thinking about it for a while, but for one, we couldn't afford it financially, and for two, we weren't positive we were done having kids. When we thought about it, I'd turn up pregnant, so we tried to stop thinking about it. Then, a few things happened that prompted our decision to do it now, rather than...whenever down the road,
1. By mere chance and strange coincidence, we found a way to do it for free through the health clinic and their grants, or something like that. Who knows when we'd have the chance later to do it for free?
2. I already know that 5 kids seriously strains my stress-limit (from when I had Talea and the 4 Garcia kids), so 4 seemed like a nice place to stop. I'm already 3 years past my planned stopping age and the varicose vein and sciatic problems that pregnancy has given me is getting worse with each baby. Yep, 4 is good.
The downside we found later was, when it came down to it, we had to go to Eugene (2.5 hours away) to do it, and it was at an abortion clinic. People were picketing outside, and being a pro-life person myself, I felt a little ashamed to be giving the business our patronage. I stayed in the car with the kids while Hyrum went in. He had to sit in a depressing environment with women crying and such.
But...the procedure was quick and easy, with the only pain being when he was given the numbing shot "down there" and the bit when he was manhandled a little by the doctor. I think I was cheated in the it's-his-turn-to-feel-some-real-pain department.
10 minutes and he was done!
No stitches even!!!
I definitely got the bad end of the bargain. His pain isn't even coming close to touching what I've gone through!!! Maybe I'll schedule him for a colonoscopy so he can catch up to experiencing my horrors.
Okay, I actually do feel bad...since it means he can't help out around the house for a couple days! And he can't shower for 48 hours. Yuck!
No, seriously, I hate to see him hurting even a tiny bit, but it is a relief to me that I'm not the one sitting in the recliner with an ice pack on my...well, you know. And I am just the tiniest bit glad that he gets to feel the pain for once. I mean, when I'm giving birth and I get to the point where it's time to push and the epidural isn't helping the pain anymore, he doesn't even feel bad for me! There I am, breaking down into tears, and he's getting excited! He says it's because he knows that the sobs mean the baby is almost here (afterall, he delivers the baby, so he's excited for that). Such a stinker!
Now he has to rest for a few days, taking his turn feeling what it feels like to turn his nether-regions into an antarctic war zone, bag of frozen baby lima beans and all (hey, they were the cheapest small bag of little veggies I could find). A couple days and he should be good as new!
Honestly, I'll NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS understand the guys who aren't tough enough to get the snip, insisting their wives do it instead. All the "no one messes with my manhood" and "I don't want to be neutered" and "I don't want any bad side effects" crud. Show me one woman who comes away from pregnancy and childbirth completely unscathed and maybe I'll listen to the sniveling. Actually, I still won't.
Friday, October 2, 2009
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4 comments:
Laughing so hard right now... I love you Tiana!! How is Hyrum doing though? Hope everyone is well. How did you come to the conclusion that you were "for sure" done with having kids?? I am not sure what that feels like?
I'm not sure what to say to this post...uh...congratulations?
Glad it was easy and painless for Hyrum though. Way to take one for the team Hy!
So, have to discovered if you are or aren't preggers yet?
John will be visiting Dr. Snips soon. I always wanted more kids, but now that Ella is 4 I feel good with being done. Plus I know 5 would push me over the edge.
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