<p>Maybe guys are afraid of something like this happening:
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<p>I think it’s each couples decision to make. I have had a number of miscarriages. Getting pregnant was never my problem.Unfortunately staying pregnant is. My last 4 pregnancies were high risk. I was on bed rest and in and out of the hospital with each of those pregnancies.Even with the good care we lost one of our sons. I had our youngest at 39. My doctor told me that if we didn’t use some type of birth control I would probably be pregnant again with in a year.BC pills were not a good option for me because I have high blood pressure. So DH made the decision himself to have a Vasectomy because he didn’t want to risk my health with another baby. I did bring up the fact that if I died and he were to meet someone else that he might want more kids. But he said 3 kids were enough. Again it’s whatever works for each couple. </p>
<p>My brother had his snipped and said it freed him up and he had better sex life than before the snipping. His wife and him had an oops after 2 kids because one form of birth control failed. My husband had his snipped after hearing he better sex life part :D. He didn’t argued with me after I found the doctor, my own urologist, which was recommended through a local radio show.
But I think it kind of shocked him when the procedure was done, he said there was a lot of blood, scared him. Before this , my husband had never visited any doctor for anything and maybe that explain why.</p>
<p>Really, @Pizzagirl? Forget the debatable issues of taking it then, like taking extra hormones, etc. Let’s just stick to all the possible side effects the manufacturers list. And let me put it another way, I would not take ANY medication with potential serious side effects, unless medically necessary. I have no medical necessity for birth control. Some people do, but many don’t, and I don’t think it’s fair that their partners/husnands should just expect for them to be on a medication (with serious side effects) that they don’t need, which is all OP was saying. </p>
<p>Well then they should talk to their partners or husbands rather than just acting like this is some kind of male-female fairness issue. Only women get pregnant.</p>
<p>Pregnancy and birth carry a lot of risk too. </p>
<p>One of the side effects of birth control pills is that they protect women against ovarian cancer, for up to 30 years after they stop taking it. While the increased risk for breast cancer and cervical cancer stops as soon as the woman stops taking the pill.</p>
<p>And as you get older, estrogen protects you against heart disease. The number one killer of women.</p>
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<p>Expecting “equality” or 50-50 shares is a fantasy when it comes to birth control and pregnancy. </p>
<p>Not sure if it’s entirely true for all women. My mom was taking HRT after her ovaries being surgical removed(not necessary), the side effect is she had to take more medicine to control her heart problem, which I don’t remember she had and then she had lung cancer but she never smoked. I think BB had once posted a link that taking estrogen might increase lung cancer. It was a while back, I don’t think I can find it now.
Edit to say, I’ve found the link see below.
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<p>Taking estrogen is not an iron clad way of preventing heart disease, but it is scientifically accepted and well known that it does help protect women against certain sorts of heart disease. I would never take just estrogen without getting my other hormone levels checked, and taking additional hormones like progesterone, pregnenolone, testosterone, DHEA, etc, if necessary. </p>
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<p>Exactly. It’s about balance. Unopposed estrogen is what causes a lot of these problems. Busdriver11, I know you’ve mentioned being on BHRT; that’s the route I’ve taken, too. For other readers, BHRT was not used in the WHI study, and so one needs to look beyond that study at studies using BHRT to get more specific results. There are plenty out there that speak to its safety record when used properly and appropriately for each woman, depending on her own personal medical history.</p>
<p>A lot of what’s in the media regarding the use of hormones is based on the WHI study. One flaw with that study which many doctors do not take into consideration when prescribing or not prescribing, is that the average age of women in the study was 64 years old. Women at that age are just going to be at higher risk for a lot of things opposed to someone in her late 40s and 50s. </p>
<p>Maybe they didn’t have them back 20+ years ago.</p>
<p>If someone confuses a vasectomy with a circumcision,they have bigger problems to worry about.</p>
<p>BHRT? Yes, it’s been around for that long. The Climara patch, for example, has been available since 2004.</p>
<p>Rofl, jym!!! :D</p>
<p>Climara patch (at least the one I had) isnt available anymore. Now have to use the combipatch.</p>
<p>She died 1996 so she must have taken them since 1987-1988 time frame. My guess it was not available then.</p>
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<p>Well there is speculation (probably more than speculation) that homone-based BC methods are linked to cancer. </p>
<p>“If someone confuses a vasectomy with a circumcision,they have bigger problems to worry about.”</p>
<p>Ha! That’s for sure.</p>
<p>Then again, if one is expecting their surgeon to just remove the foreskin and they wake up with the entire organ removed, makes me wonder what the surgeon was smoking. Not legal yet in Alabama.</p>
<p>Good for you on the BHRT, @teriwtt! It’s not just living well into old age, it’s living WELL in our old age.</p>
<p>DrGoogle, I think teriwtt is right, BHRT has been around for awhile. However, I think 20 years ago people were using the horse urine estrogen replacement, and even now I believe it still is prescribed. While BHRT was around then, it was expensive, uncommon, and for the wealthy. It is much cheaper and more available now.</p>