i’m married to a man and i have a kid. we are currently looking at more “long-term” birth control options. two of the most secure birth control options you can find are tubal ligation and vasectomies. tubal ligation is often referred to as “tying the tubes,” although today they are more likely to do small cuts instead of physical ties. vasectomies are also done with either tiny clips or cuts. with these surgeries, your body continues producing hormones and eggs and sperm and all that jazz, but the baby-making materials will just… disappear en route, like a car careening off a highway that’s been suddenly demolished by a godzilla.
in the past few years, doctors have been recommending bilateral salpingectomies over tubal ligation, which is a complete removal of the fallopian tubes. again, body still produces eggs and hormones, but the eggs will just disappear, being subsumed back into the body every time they’re released.
these procedures are 99.9% effective. this means that they are almost 100% effective. almost.
1-2 people in 1000 will become pregnant within a year of a vasectomy.
and “according to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the rates of pregnancy after tubal ligation are: 5% in women younger than 28. 2% in women between ages 28 and 33. 1% in women older than 34.”
the rates of prevention are the highest with bilateral salpingectomies, but if you look it up, there are still people out there with unexpected pregnancies… even after a complete removal of the fallopian tubes!!! even after the highway has been completely demolished! these evel knievel fuckin eggs!
listen. i have also been on many different types of birth control, had three different IUDs; none of these worked with my body. so now we are at the point where we are contemplating snipping tubes to prevent pregnancy…
and these “permanent” methods are still not 100% effective.
being pregnant has made me more pro-choice than ever. there is literally no easy way to prevent pregnancies. there is no easy way to keep pregnancies, either. there is no guarantee that a pregnancy will reach full term, or even past the first 6 weeks (the most common timeframe of miscarriages). nature is fickle and entropic. we deserve an ounce of control over our bodies & our futures
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