I had the big V back in 2007. I have two kids. A boy and a girl. Honestly, if I had to choose between a vasectomy and getting a cavity filled at the dentist, I'd choose the vasectomy. It was way easier. They gave me a valium to take before the vasectomy. I didn't feel a thing. The worst part, was when my ball hair was growing back a few days later. Kind of like having one of those Wal-Mart cactuses in your pants. It was itchy. Two weeks later, and it was like nothing happened. I haven't had any pain since. I never went back in and had a sperm count done either. We just took our chances. Almost four years later and she hasn't been pregnant. I guess it worked. My wife loves it because she doesn't have to take birth control any more and she feels better.