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A vasectomy is a minor surgery to block sperm from reaching the semen that is ejaculated from the penis. Health officials say it is one of the most effective methods of birth control.
While semen will still exist after the procedure, there will be no sperm in it.
In the United States, roughly 500 thousand men have vasectomies every year.
We reached out to a few Caribbean men to get their thoughts on the procedure, here’s some of what they had to say.
Dexter, 42- Trinidad and Tobago
I have six children and I want more so me aint cutting nothing. I does mind my children…
Dave, 39- Antigua and Barbuda
Vasectomy? No ma’am! You ever seen the show Botched? Do you know what it is to get botched down there? I am not risking it. If she don’t want to get children then she will do what she have to do because….
Roger, 59- Trinidad and Tobago
This will only be used for what it has to be used for. Why tamper with something that doesn’t need…fixing? There are many other contraceptive options, so no miss, I never have nor will I ever consent to anything like that. She could take pills or she could get…fixed. Not me, no thank you!
Joe, 28- Dominica
The bible say be fruitful and multiply so just so I going to disobey that then? If any woman I jamming get pregnant we will deal with it because I not having no vasectomy and she not taking birth control, those things not good.
Nathaniel, 42- Grenada
I not doing that!
Raymond, 56- Grenadian living in the UK
I was 20 years old when my son was born. The year he turned five, his mother and I broke up and she made it very difficult for me to see him. As much as I love my son, that experience hurt me, I got very turned off and bitter. I will not go through that again. Relationships start off nice and sweet, you think it will last forever but then it doesn’t and the children suffer or the man suffers. So yea, that’s why I had a vasectomy and I have no regrets at all. The actual procedure wasn’t at all what I expected. There was no pain and just a few days discomfort afterwards… it’s been years and everything still works quite well, if you know what I mean…
Darren, 35- Trinidad and Tobago
Nothing will be snipped here. I don’t want children, ever, so I do my part to make sure I don’t have any. If one of my friends sleep over they always get a Plan B before they leave. If they don’t take it and the worst happen that’s on them. I did my part. Vasectomy nothing!
Phillip, 42- Guyanese living in Canada
It’s funny that you asked that. Not ha ha funny, but you know what I mean. I had a vasectomy around 6 years ago. At the time I was married to my work and didn’t want to run the risk of fathering a child I just wasn’t ready or willing to be there for. I’m engaged now, and my fiancé has no idea. My stance hasn’t changed, I still don’t really want children but I haven’t told her.
Ted, 42- Trinidad and Tobago
As youngsters we both dreamed of having a big family but with the economy what it is and getting worse every day… There is no way we can comfortably support more children. We have one daughter. When we first started to discuss more permanent birth control, the initial idea was for my wife to have her tubes tied but it was extremely difficult to get health care professionals to agree to do it, because she was so young and only had one child. She was told she would need to get my permission… my wife is a feminist so you can imagine how that went… Anyway, it was only after we got similar responses at three institutions that we started to look into alternatives. I’m glad it worked out the way it did because compared to tubal ligation, a vasectomy is a walk in the park. It’s a simpler procedure.
Julian, 32- Jamaican living in the US
I’ve never researched it or anything but I don’t see myself ever opting to get a vasectomy. Maybe it’s because of my Jamaican upbringing, but even though I don’t want children, I don’t want to interfere with anything that could affect my manhood. There are other methods of contraception right? Let’s try those…
Samuel, 40- Trinidadian living in The Bahamas
I was the third of 14 children and I knew very early that I never wanted children of my own. I had the procedure done when I was 26 years old, no questions were asked. In the Caribbean, we need to rethink our archaic approach to contraception and reproductive health. You didn’t ask this but I’m sharing anyway… My sister had her seventh child when she was 42 years old, but her request to have her tubes tied was denied. Think about it, it’s a woman’s responsibility to protect herself right, from pregnancy and whatever else… A man could get a vasectomy, with very few questions being asked but a woman asking to have her tubes tied is given a list of reasons why she should not AND is also told she has to get her husband’s permission. When my sister told me that I was floored. I’ve since learnt that this is quite common, at least in Trinidad. Imagine that, a full-grown woman has to get her husband’s PERMISSION to do something to HER body. Madness!
Nick, 24- Trinidadian living in the US
They call me the Trini Nick Cannon, that should answer your question…
