A Journey To Laparoscopic Bilateral Salpingectomy
It all started when I first had sex and was so afraid the condom would break and I’d get pregnant that I rarely enjoyed it. I knew about birth control pills when I was 15, but, in order to get them, I had to go to the doctor. I also knew about hysterectomies and I wanted a permanent solution to birth control.
At 15, I knew I never wanted to be a mom. It’s like how people choose or don’t choose certain professions. Just like I didn’t want to be a mother, I didn’t want to become a doctor, or firefighter, or math teacher. There’s a lot less expectation of the job you’ll have when you’re older. It’s not questioned when you say, “I have no interest in becoming a brain surgeon.” People just accept it, like, “Yeah, that’s fair.” No one interrogates you: “Well, why not?” Or “You’ll change your mind when you’re older.” If you don’t want to become a doctor, it’s accepted as truth. As fact. But when I said at a ripe ol’ age of 15, “I never want to have kids,” they ALWAYS doubted it.
Luckily, I had supportive parents. I don’t remember them once challenging my vehement desire to avoid having kids in any way possible. Sure, maybe they secretly thought I’d change my mind. I was 15, after all. My frontal cortex was still developing.
