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Done Having Kids: Vasectomy, Tubal Litigation, and Other Options

May 26, 2012   Health

What to consider about tubal ligation, vasectomy, and other options.

By Eric Metcalf, MPH
WebMD Feature

Some people reach this point in their lives after having many children. Or one child. Or even no kids at all. Some are in their 30s or beyond, and some have made up their minds even earlier.

Though their circumstances vary widely, millions of men and women have asked themselves these same two questions that go hand in hand: Do we have all the kids we want and need? If so, which one of us is getting “fixed”?

This him-or-her question should be decided with great care. For couples weighing whether they’re ready to permanently prevent pregnancy, here are some important questions to ask.

Who’s Making These Decisions – and Why

Men have one option when they want to permanently turn off their baby-creating hardware – also called sterilization — and women can choose from several. For men, the option is a vasectomy. A doctor cuts and seals off the two tubes that allow sperm to travel from the testicles to the outside world.

Women can have a tubal ligation, also called a “tubal” or “getting your tubes tied.” Her fallopian tubes are sealed off, keeping her eggs from meeting any sperm. Or a doctor can do an in-office procedure in which he inserts tiny devices into the tubes through the uterus, blocking them permanently.

Women take the leap nearly three times as often as men, says Sonya Borrero, MD, an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh. She researches reproductive issues and counsels female patients on their contraceptive choices. According to the CDC, about 16% of reproductive-age women had opted for tubal sterilization in 2002, compared to 6% whose partner had had a vasectomy.

“Some women feel that it’s their body and they want to have control of their fertility and they aren’t open to the negotiating process. They say ‘I want to make sure I don’t have any more kids,’” Borrero says.

However, men may have many reasons to shoulder the decision, says Grace Shih, MD, MAS, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She does research on the role of men in reproductive decisions, and also performs vasectomies.

“If a woman has had difficult pregnancies, that’s where men may feel like they have more responsibility. Or if women have difficulty using hormonal contraception, men may feel like this is their chance to contribute,” she says.

Him or Her? How to Make Sure

Though this decision can bring relief and freedom, it can also lead to regret and conflict for couples. 

Discussing the following issues with your partner — and yourself — can ensure you’re making the right choice. These questions may be uncomfortable to ponder — but they may help you be clear about what’s right for you.

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More College-Educated Women Having Children

May 5, 2012   Drug News

FRIDAY May 4, 2012 — An increasing number of college-educated American women in their late 30s and 40s are having children, a new study shows.

The findings may represent a turnaround from previous decades, when the trend was for college-educated women to have fewer children, the researchers noted.

They analyzed long-term national data and found that childlessness among college-educated women peaked in the late 1990s, when about 30 percent had no children. Between 1998 and 2008, the proportion of women in this group who did not have children fell by about 5 percent.

“We may be seeing the beginning of a new trend,” study co-author Bruce Weinberg, an economics professor at Ohio State University, said in a university news release.

“One of the major economic stories of the second half of the 20th century was that highly educated women were working more and having fewer children. It is too early to definitively say that trend is over, but there is no doubt we have seen fertility rise among older, highly educated women,” he noted.

The data do not reveal whether older, highly-educated women are leaving the labor market to have children, or are continuing to work.

The fact that fertility treatments have become more accessible and affordable in recent years may help explain why more women in their late 30s and 40s are having children, the researchers suggested.

However, that’s not the only reason.

“Although our estimates are not exact, it is clear that there was an increase in older women having children even after taking into account the fact that fertility treatments are more accessible and affordable,” Weinberg said. “Fertility treatments contributed, but it isn’t the only factor.”

The study appeared online April 23 in the the Journal of Population Economics.

More information

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers tips for a healthy pregnancy.

Posted: May 2012



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Official Xbox Magazine are having a Breakdown and it’s really funny

September 14, 2011   xBox 360

The good folk over at Official Xbox Magazine UK have not only had a fancy new redesign of their site, oxm.co.uk, but they’re also delivering some LOL worthy videos to accompany it.

A new monthly video named The OXM Breakdown had us chuckling throughout and we’re already looking forward to the next month’s episode. So brighten up your day by clicking the play button above. WARNING: Video may contain grown man dry-humping a HD-TV.  

September 14, 2011

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Student arrested, accused of having gun on school bus (Reuters)

August 19, 2011   Odd News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – An Anchorage high school student was arrested on Thursday after he was found carrying a loaded gun on a school bus, authorities said.

The 19-year-old had a .22 caliber handgun with him as he rode a bus from a local high school to a nearby vocational-education center, Anchorage School District officials said.

“As the student was getting off of the bus, the driver noticed the student had a weapon,” said Heidi Embley, the district’s spokeswoman, adding that police were called and the student was turned over to their custody.

The incident comes a day after Florida police arrested a 17-year-old boy who they said had material to make pipe bombs at his home and planned to cause mass casualties at his Tampa high school.

In that case, Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor told reporters that Jared Cano had hoped to “cause more casualties than were suffered at Columbine.”

In the Alaska incident, no injuries or threats were reported, the school district said.

The Anchorage student, identified as Bryan Briggs, was in jail on Thursday facing a charge of misconduct involving a weapon, Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Marlene Lammers said.

The school district said in a statement it would be seeking to expel Briggs under a zero-tolerance policy concerning weapons.

(Reporting by Yereth Rosen, editing by Dan Whitcomb and Cynthia Johnston)

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Kevin Federline Is Having Baby Number 5

April 5, 2011   Drug News

All he had to do was convince a POP MEGA STAR Britney Spears to take a bunch of drugs with him for a few years have 2 kids and BOOM get custody of the kids.  Let me tell you that was the wisest 4 year investment anyone has
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