Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Post-Baby Sex and Vasectomy - The Mamas Chat

So the Mamas were texting, talking about birth control after babies, and we decided our convo would make a way funnier blog post than one of us writing about it. So here you go: the Mamas discuss post-baby birth control, vasectomy, and a whole slew of random stuff. Like you do.


  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Wine at the ready...
    What are we talking about?
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Vasectomies? Snip snip mofo!
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Yup
    And sex pits baby
    Post
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    We're so going to include your DYACs and all Lisa
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Pits?! Lol, I was like 'arm pits are not sexy.' Got wierd looks in my house!
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Post
    They're totally not sexy. Especially men pits caked with deodorant.
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    So I do have a friend that got a vas (what the docs call it!) he owns a motorcycle shop, and was convinced the day after his surgery that he could change a tire. Now, every time we drink together, we hear about how one of his boys was the size of a grapefruit, and never went back to the way it used to be!
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    On my stars
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    So we're talking post baby sex and strategies for birth control (avoiding more babies). So how long did you wait until after your last baby was born to have sex?
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Cubby was 6 weeks or so
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    2 weeks
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Hahaha!
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    That's so beer drinking chat. For men
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    With the girls we did it at 4 weeks
    Before the doc checked me. Oops
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    We waited six weeks as well. Why did you wait as long as you did?
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    The doc had to check me after the csection to make sure I was healed and everything was ok
    I was very sore this time around and not as into it
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Do you think people with a C wait longer because of that?
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Did it hurt?
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Oh yes! The doc said if we didn't wait it would feel like knives in there
    I was dry this time. I feel like things haven't woken up as fast this time
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Wow! Am I the only one that feels like the third one walked out of there?
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    LoL only had 2 so I can't answer but Sage's birth was easier although I was sicker.
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Lol! Third one was easy csec but my recovery has been a bitch
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Is sicker a word? Heh heh
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    I'm still not 100%
    Lol
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    LoL mmm maybe?
    More sick, happy?
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Lol!! Yes
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    So what did you initially use for birth control?
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Stupid condoms
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    We were bad. Nothing. We have fertility issues so we went without an umbrella
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    I can't take birth control pills bec of the stroke risk so we had to use condoms as well.
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Talk about stupid, huh? Lol! Condoms since then
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    I felt 17 again
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Bahha "Get the condom honey or I won't touch you."
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Said mike LOL
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Did you decide you were "done" having kids?
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    For real! He's still questioning if the vas is 100%
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    We did. Definitely. No more unless adopted.
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    And what made you decide?
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Yes! Done. We got our girl
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    It was too hard on me. I almost needed a transfusion after this birth. It got scary. I've been preggo 5 times with 3 kids. We're ok with that
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    So that was the goal? What would have happened had Regan been a boy Robyn??
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Baby Craigslist would have been created
    Just kidding! We would've adopted a girl
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Hehe
    So we can choose between a tubal for you or a vasectomy for him, which did you choose and why?
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    We were just hoping for a healthy baby since we'd just lost a baby girl
    We decided a vas for him because my body had been through enough
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Him a vas, same here!
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    No other factors influenced your decision?
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    I mean I was poked, prodded..they even did an HSG, so thru could see if there was an obstruction in real time.
    Lol enough was enough
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    We've talked about surgical options but haven't yet done either. We decided vasectomy was easier because it was less invasive and expensive than a tubal.
    Vasectomy is office as opposed to in patient surgery for me.
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Yes that would be tough
    I think we still have to do it at the hospital but military works differently
    They told him it would feel like he was kicked in the nuts
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Mike already had it done, would he agree?
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Curious because one of our friends had it done and he said that he felt like dying
    Lol
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    It's an outpatient procedure, in on Friday and back to work Monday. It seemed easier than pumping enough for baby R, and being too drowsy from anesthesia to know when I could get back to normal.
    What?!
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Exactly!! Sailor isn't nervous about it but they told him he'd feel it and it would take a while to have no swimmers
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Yea that's what they said to is too. Although it took 4 months for the appt!
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Oh no! Really?
    They told us to wait to see if we met the criteria for it and then get the referral
    Business must be slow lol
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    What are the criteria??
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    How long we've been married, how many live births, how many miscarriages, our ages, our health.
    I think there was one more but I forgot it
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Robyn did they try to talk Mike out of it because of his age?
    When my Mike asked for the referral he had to get a bunch of tests done and then they found his heart issue and said they wouldn't do it until that was under control. So a lot of things could influence it.
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Huh. I wonder if they will do that for Sailor.
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Nope, once he told them he has 4 kids...they schedule him in! Lol
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    That same friend I mentioned earlier was 40 when he had his done and he had to watch a video about his 'decision'
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    What has his recovery like?
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    No way!! Like 'the moment of truth' at boot camp?!
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Oh wow, video scare? "So you want a vasectomy."
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    A video...sigh
    Sheesh
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    The friend or mikes recovery?
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Friend
    And Mike too
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Recovery in general
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    They told us a day or two for the soreness to go away
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Minus the grapefruit ball it was good. Mikes was speedy. We were stocked in hand with a jockstrap and frozen peas for the boys' swelling.
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    I heard about the jockstrap! What exactly does it do? Hold the peas in place or hold the peeps away from the body and clothes?
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    It's like compression to reduce swelling. First underwear, then jockstrap. Peas sat on top of the JS
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Oh yes, that makes sense
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    And then the husband sits on the couch with the peas on his crotch?
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Yes, and has to apply antibacterial ointment and gauze over the incision sites 3x a day.
    The procedure was in Jan, and said that it wouldn't be fully effective until April!
    *the doc
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    I wonder how many people don't listen to that and end up getting pregnant after a vas that isn't "done" yet.
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Last time I went in to get reg labs drawn mike says 'can u ask if how the sample is collected? Like do you bring your own material? Can you bring your wife'
    Eye roll
    Mike, dear, I think saliva would contaminate the sample!
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    LoL! Nudy mags?
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    I had that fear! Pregnancy tests were bought last month!
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Oh my!! I'm so nervous about that
  • Robyn Crowley
    Robyn Crowley
    Yeah, I wouldn't want to even touch a magazine that was used in that setting GROSS!
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Oh no
    Kinda like the herpes they found in those library copies of fifty shades
    Lol
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    Bring your own mags, silly
    WHAT LISA??
  • Lisa Almagro
    Lisa Almagro
    Yes!!
    They tested the copies to see why people kept complaining and they found herpes on the pages.
    There was a huge stink over it
  • Liz Solomon Wright
    Liz Solomon Wright
    OmG

    So there you have it - the dish from the Mamas on post-baby sex, birth control, and vasectomies. Don't you wish you could chat with us?