I hope you enjoyed my birth control poll. Thank you for all the responses. We had quite a wide variety, including some surprises. I wish all of you success in your reproductive endeavors, whether you’re trying to create babies or not.

The topic is on my mind these days as the birth of our second son approaches (four weeks from today). Two children seems like a good number to us. We’ll take up exactly two rows on most roller coasters, fit easily into any four-door car, maintain a one-to-one ratio of parents to children, have tons of fun, have time to be heavily involved with both of them, and (we hope) be able to help both boys with cars and college when they get older. Plus, after the difficulties of this pregnancy, we don’t want to go through it again. If we ever change our minds and want to add to our family again, we will adopt instead.

Our family-size decision leads us to another one: permanent birth control. It’s time for me to start thinking about the old snip-snip. I’ve done some research and watched some videos, and the procedure seems to be highly routine and very effective with only minor discomfort. Sitcoms like to joke about how the very idea scares most men, making them feel less adequate somehow. Maybe it’s just the target area for the surgery that makes them squirm. Perhaps I’m weird, (OK, I know I’m weird!) but it doesn’t really bother me. Right now we’re planning on scheduling V-Day for sometime in the spring. Sorry if that’s TMI, but if you’re a regular here, you’re probably used to it by now. =)