Committed: The Ties that Bond
with Angella Dykstra
I'm a mom of three, a professional accountant, and an amateur photographer and writer. I am not a marriage expert. But my husband and I take "Til death do us part" seriously, and here I'll be sharing how we keep our marriage strong while we both do that insane work-life juggle.
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I was minding my own business at work on Wednesday when the coworker from the office next to mine knocked and my door and asked me to open the email she had just sent me. It was an email with a photo attachment. I opened it up and then sat there, head down, shaking with The Giggles.
Once she left, I threw it up on Twitter, with this description:
A coworker just emailed me this photo. I’ll let it speak for itself.
You’re welcome.
(It was my most favorited/retweeted status EVER. Thank you, Northhampton General Hospital.)
When pondering what to write about today, my husband said I should ask what kind of birth control you guys use/recommend. Because we all know that the “rear entrance” method isn’t one, right? RIGHT?
As for us, we knew going into our third pregnancy that we would be “done” with three kids. When our daughter was a few months old, he went and had the “snip, snip.” Or, a vasectomy if you aren’t hanging out with my Dad. People will ask me if we’re having any more kids and I have a pretty standard response: If I were to get pregnant, I’d have some explaining to do.
Pre-kids, I took the Pill and between kids I charted my cycles (Yes, really).
What kind of birth control do you use?
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When I was pregnant with #3, my husband went and had it snipped. Not so much because we were done with having kids (he originally wanted 4), but because he was done with MISERABLE PREGNANT WIFE!! Just kidding…sort of. And what’s with people still asking if we’re planning to have more kids? My youngest is 13. Heck no, I’m not starting down that road again at this point !
Procrastamom | September 30th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
I had the Essure procedure done when Preston was 7 weeks old, which means we are DONE. I’ve met quite a few post-vasectomy babies and I wasn’t about to chance it, knowing how crazy fertile I am.
I’ve used almost everything else in the past (condoms, depo, the pill, IUD) and I hated all of them.
Mrs. Wilson | September 30th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
It’s funny to think of the money I’ve spent in the past on pills and condoms only to have us not get pregnant when we want to. I was always very terrible at remembering to take the pill anyways. If I ever find myself in the position of needing to use birth control again, I’d hope I could afford a hysterectomy. I know that sounds extreme, but my mother had one when she was still in her 20’s and she’s never regretted it once. Periods are such a pain.
Carrisa | September 30th, 2011 at 11:43 pm
We use the pray and pull method. I realize it’s typically called “pull and pray”, but I say it the other way, as there’s no sense in praying if it’s too late!
I was on the pill for 5 years and that was enough. I was always very inconsistent, which makes it unrealiable.
While the goal is not to get pregnant, it wouldn’t be a bad thing.
newlywed | October 1st, 2011 at 1:18 am
I think it counts… ?
Sadly condoms are a part of my life again because after having children I never went back on the pill. Correction - I recently went back on the pill but kept forgetting to take my pill, so no I’m off it again. I guess I’m not as scared as I was when I was 18 of getting pregnant? We’re not ready to make any drastic no-more-baby decisions yet…
Loukia | October 4th, 2011 at 12:04 am