Originally Posted by Martel

Somewhat more permanent, no?

I'll be the first to say that birth control screws up women's hormones more than it is worth (or can... my fiancee and I recently elected to go back to condoms and get her offa the NuvaRing because of various issues and have been thrilled with the results), but getting a vasectomy is only something to do if you are absolutely positively sure that you don't want to have kids in the future.

Female hormonal birth control has its downsides, but its a lot more convenient than anything else at the moment, and while we'd rather have normal/high sex drive while using condoms than low/no sex drive using hormones, we're definitely trying to find a way to not have babies and not have to use condoms either.