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sled, I am going next Friday. I am so freaked out. I picture my balls floating in the tub from being so swollen. Did your doctor tell you not to tub???How much down time did you have. I am going to a clinic called the gentle vasectomy clinic. They do a no scaple technique, which apparently eliminates downtime. I dont need stitches with this procedure. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, tell me that it didnt hurt. I feel like I am going to be sick.
I read about that no scalpel procedure. My doc didn't do that. He did the old fashion way.Here is a quick overview...Nurse tells you to get naked from the waist down.Nurse has you lay on tableNurse cleans your frank and beans with soap and warm water.Nurse then tapes your frank to your belly (so it's out of the way)Nurse then takes a bic razor, shaves your beans(dry)Doc comes in, sticks needle in one side of beans(vas), injects anesthetic.Cuts a hole in your beans, then pulls out Vas(vein). Clamps two sides, then cuts Vas,He then Cauterizes(I swear I saw smoke) each end, then stitches you back up.Repeat for other side.Then they stuff gauze around your entire package, then slips on a jock strap.Go home, sit on couch with ice in your crotch for 2 days. Get up only to go to the bathroom, and eat.My doc gave me perkasett(sp) for the pain. Which there really was no pain, only discomfort.I had mine done on Friday, and was back at work on Monday morning..Doc said to stay out of hot tub for 1 month (yeah right)..My stitches/cuts are almost cleared up, so I’m probably going in this weekend.Did it hurt.. Well no, it didn’t(only when he stuck the needle in)..It was mostly just an uncomfortable/invasive procedure.Good luck.
You can hot tub while pregnant. Keep the water at 98 degrees and you will not cook your kid. Normal body temp is 98.6 degrees so a tub kept at 98 is no problem.
think of the mucus plug as the cork in a bottle of wine. It is a thick chunk of mucus that protects the baby from the outside world so to speak. It also helps keep the baby in its place without arriving early. When it falls out it is discusting, that is usually the first tell tail that the baby is on route.