Getting dh a vasectomy

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Since dd was born dh has been promising to have a vasectomy but hasn't got around to it. He's now asked me to find out how he goes about getting one and I don't know!

Is it available on the NHS, and can the GP refer him? Do we have to go to a vasectomy clinic and pay? What's the first port of call?

I'm not a troll, btw, I'm a regular poster but I feel really stupid at having to ask the question.

When we went, I asked the docor out of curiosity if I could have the female equivilent(don't know what it is icalled). I was told I could probebly talk a docor into it but only being 24 it would be a struggle. The docor made me cry, talking about my children like that but I do kind of understand why they ask.

My sister had her tubes tied when she was 24 because she had three children and thought enough was enough. She really struggled to convince her GP to even send her to see the consultant, and then had to fight for all she was worth to be taken seriously. She had all of the questions about what would happen if her children were to die too, and found it completely harrowing. I think they sometimes forget that you've been thinking about this procedure before you even make the appointment - it's not as if you decide these things on the spur of the moment.

i asked to have my tubes tied after the twins and my doctor said i might want more children later on

so i told dh that we were having more children unless he got his arse down the doctors he ran all the way. got a vasectomy.

I shall have to try that one, custy ...