Unapologetic about my Childfree Status

I recently underwent a procedure called laparoscopic tubal ligation, in where they cut parts of my tubes out

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I had wanted to be childfree for a long time. Ever since I was 22. I knew that I was too young to be able to undergo the procedure and I had no means to pay for it or insurance. So I was careful, I was on birth control (NuvaRing) and I tried to limit my sexual partners.

Dating was hard because most of the guys I would date either had kids or wanted kids. I nipped that in the bud because I knew what I wanted. Some of the guys were okay with it, there were others who took it personally or thought they could change my mind on the that. I literally thought that there were no men that had no kids or didn’t want them so I figured I would be spending my life alone. This is before I knew about the subreddit for childfree people (r/childfree). I then met my husband who was all for my choice on not wanting kids as he didn’t really want them either. It was all coming together.

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The one issue I had was the birth control I was on. NuvaRing has hormones in it and the NuvaRing made my moods…