“I don't want bravos or thanks, I've already taken a very long time to do something basic and simply responsible, frankly I'm ashamed that it took me so long.
I just want it to be seen more as an option for guys.
On May 8, Adrien took up his pen on Twitter and recounted what prompted him to choose vasectomy.
“In these times of questioning abortion and women's rights, it seems like a good time to tell you.
Motivated by a non-desire to have a child, he realizes that he has always left the burden of contraception to his partners.
“Women are fertile for a short window once a month.
Men all the time.
It's a conclusion that came a little too late, after a little too much cowardice.
But finally, belatedly, I took my responsibilities.
It is not fair to impose on the woman to bear the burden of contraception alone.
And even less in a couple where both partners are sure they don't want/no longer want children.
When to let the woman keep a copper contraption in the womb or swallow pills while having to think about it EVERY DAY and enduring significant side effects.
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Conclusion made, the thirty-something makes an appointment with his doctor, then with a urologist.
A legal reflection period of 4 months is imposed on each person wishing to perform the operation.
121 days later, Adrien is sure of it: he doesn't want a child.
“I went to the clinic, on an outpatient basis (= I went out during the day).
Necessary preparation: shave the genital area.
To be fasting.
And that's all.
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The operation lasts about thirty minutes and is reimbursed by Social Security.
As for healing, it takes about ten days.
In the first three months after the operation, men are still considered fertile.
A spermogram in the laboratory will suffice to confirm that the procedure is working properly.
“I am sterile” announces Adrien.
“For people who don't want/more children and who are certain of it: there really is no excuse for doing this.
It is fast, not very restrictive, without side effects and effective.
On the other hand, contrary to what is often put forward, vasectomy is NOT (really) reversible.
It is considered that a reversion operation works only 40%.
The procedure must therefore be considered final.
If you have any doubts,
you can also freeze sperm.
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The approach is still confidential in France where the law authorizing it dates from 2001. Only 1% of French people use it.
Twenty times less than in Anglo-Saxon countries such as England, the United States or Canada.
In France, however, demand tends to tighten.
"It's weak because we're starting almost from zero since it was banned 20 years ago, but it's really starting to develop," says Éric Huyghe, professor at the Toulouse University Hospital and head of the andrology committee within the hospital. French Association of Urology (AFU).
Too many men confuse fertility and virility and equate vasectomy with castration when not at all.
It does not change the libido, there is no risk of erectile dysfunction and ejaculation is completely identical”.
What Adrien confirms:
It didn't change my sex life.
It just makes her calmer.
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