Wow, a BIG BC goof-up

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Registered: 09-14-2004
Wow, a BIG BC goof-up
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Tue, 10-19-2004 - 2:19pm
Wow, this is just strange. Wanted to share this with you guys.

My friend`s parents, after deciding that although they love their big family, 7 kids were enough, opted to go the permanent route of BC. Her mother got a tubal ligation...6 months later, she was pregnant again. So, after baby #8 was born, they decided to go a step further and her father got a vasectomy. 10 months after baby #8 was born and she stopped breast feeding...guess what? She just found out two days ago that she`s pregnant with baby #9.

This just blows my mind! Of course, her parents aren`t too mad - they believe that babies against such odds must be gifts from god but..uhm..whoa. Guess it serves to remind us all that no BC method is really 100%. (And, yup, they had their surgeries checked out by other physicians. They`re snipped where they`re supposed to be, but were told "these things do happen from time to time.")

Any thoughts? I, personally, can`t imagine 9 kids - and two of them post-"permanent" birth control surgeries! The proud parents now joke that they`re superfertile and can pretty much get pregnant just by looking at one another. Not sure what they`re going to do after this baby in the way of BC!

Sorry, I know this isn`t exactly Q&A but since it`s dealing with BC, I figured this was a pretty good spot. I just can`t believe it..haha..

Lena

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Registered: 12-30-2003
Tue, 10-19-2004 - 2:40pm
Eeek! That is WAY scary! I wonder if DF followed up with 2 semen analyses several months apart to verify that he was sterile? Those little swimmers can hang around for quite a while. I think I'd be talking with the doctors about deep discounts on repeat operations.

      Jill