🦇 Protecting my bodily autonomy, November 11th 2024 🦇

Well, I did it. I found a place that will give me a consult to get my tubes tied. I’m doing the damn thing. I called around to 6 different laces that would schedule me onto their wait lists or who would have the availability to see me sooner than January 2025. Most of the places I called were either booking out too far, or over booked, or I needed a referral. But, then I got lucky. Finally, there was a place, in a city close to me that had an availability next week. Tuesday, November 19th 2024 I’ll be getting my consult to be getting my tubes tied! Granted, they weren’t gonna schedule me because I’m 29 years old, and they only perform this type of procedures on woman over the age oof 30, but I turn 30 next month, the month of December. They made an acception to schedule me anyways because I’m so close to 30. I’m thankful for that. 

I always thought about wanting another child. I have one biological child, and one stepchild. I thought I’d at least have one more in my lifetime, maybe try for a girl. But, that hope for another baby has been stripped away because of this country voting in the worst person imaginable. In my previous blogs I mentioned about a current abortion ban thats taken place since 45 overturned Roe V Wade and hoe the outcome of that has kind many woman thus far and will continue to do so if it goes federal. Right now its only law by states. So, before 45, now going to be 47 s back in office, if this ban becomes federal, I have to protect myself to every extent possible. 

My husband and I had a discussion about what steps to take NOW before 47 gets into office so the steps we can take now don’t get banned later. Cuz, ho really knows what he’ll do. So, we made the decision that I’m going to get my tubes tied and he is going to get a vasectomy. Why both? Because he doesn’t want to get me pregnant, and have the law against me or death caused by a pregnancy he partook in.  I want my tubes tied in case some wicked, vile individual decides to SA me at any given point. I’ll be damned carrying a rapist child I can’t abort! 

This is what we’re doing. I’m not the only one, were not the only couples doing this either. Everyone is protecting themselves TO THIS EXTENT. Its sad that I couldn’t do it on my own terms when I was ready, but instead, we have to do this because again this is life and death. It always has been.

Ill do whatever it takes to protect my bodily autonomy