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Originally Posted by N8ture Girl 
Another question to ponder is men ask, or just let their wives be on some form of drug for birth control and women accept it no problems, but when a woman asks a man to get a 30 minute, one time procedure they get all worked up about it. For you men that have been faced with this what were your first thoughts when you were asked?
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Being on the birth control pill was what I wanted and my husband had no objections since neither of us wanted children at the time. We didn't consider a vasectomy during those 15 years I was on the pill because we thought we might change our minds about having children. After 15 years passed, it was time to either start a family or do something permanent to prevent pregnancy. We decided we were happy without kids and MrLM had a vasectomy without hesitation since my continuing with the pill was not advised by my doctor.
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Men, do you have any thoughts or concerns about your wife having to be on a drug to prevent pregnancy? Or have you just really never thought about it before?
Women, are you concerned about the long term effects of the method of BC you use? Do you feel that the benifits(benifits other than pregnancy protection) outway the negative?
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Neither of us had safety concerns about me being on the pill. It wasn't until after I'd been on it so long that it was determined that women didn't have to take the strong dosage I had been on all those years; a lower dosage was just as effective and didn't carry the risks that were later discovered. So we didn't see the pill posing a threat to my health. (I was on the pill from 1970 through 1985.)
The benefits of the pill were definitely worth it. One of my greatest fears was becoming pregnant and how I would handle that if it happened. The pill rid me of this fear. I loved its high rate of protection against pregnancy and knowing when my period was going to start. I was so glad the pill was available to me at that time in my life.
LM