Three men had vasectomy in the last eight weeks, in the wake of the May 8 launch of the SODEX (Service Outreach and Distribution Extension Program) Mobile Clinic run by DKT Philippines Foundation and made possible by TRUST Reproductive Health Choices. Ron Domingo, Keith Reyes, and Azell Cagampan were all looking to get non-scalpel vasectomy when the mobile clinic landed near their respective homes.
They all went through the process of receiving the free permanent contraception procedure and were all individually interviewed about why they decided to get it and how it is changing their family life for the better.
All three (two Millennials and one Zoomer) have already been planning to get a vasectomy and have been looking for a safe way to get it.
All of them have decided they already have the right number of children, with Azell having six, Ron having four, and Keith having one.
They all saw how their wives suffered during their pregnancies, even more so during childbirth. Ron explained, “My wife miscarried twice, and this took an emotional toll on both of us. We have four kids already and that’s enough for me and my wife to raise them properly. Also, I do not want further complications for my wife who is already 45 years old.”
Keith’s ordeal is no less difficult. This working student witnessed how much his young wife, also a student, struggled while pregnant. Their backbreaking experience during those difficult months dealing with their parents, their classes, and work led them to consider vasectomy as the right option and to stop having more babies in the future. “I got a vasectomy for my partner. We’re focused on raising our firstborn who’s one year and eight months old now,” Keith definitively asserted.
Azell has been researching vasectomy since 2023 and it was only this June, by chance, that the traveling SODEX Mobile Clinic stopped by in Moncada (Tarlac), near his residence. Because Azell and his wife are okay with having six children, they both trooped to the site. After a 30-minute consultation with the healthcare staff, Azell had his procedure which took only 20 minutes. “Sobrang bilis,” (real fast) he exclaimed. Ron said that after two days, he was able to go back to work since he didn’t feel uncomfortable anymore. He swears it is a safe procedure and is better than spending more on other forms of contraceptives.
Contrary to the common misgivings among men, vasectomy does not affect one’s manhood or sexuality. Keith observed that most men do not get a vasectomy for this reason, fearing that their masculinity will be “on the line”.
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