Vasectomy reversal - happy ending/new beginning

10/10/12 




A vasectomy tale
Barbara Curtis

Theirs was a love story like many others -- cradle Catholics who'd
known each other since parochial school, fell away from their faith in
college, married at 22, and finally returned to the church after the
birth of their first child 18 months later.

But they returned to the church on their own terms, still using
abortifacient -- euphemistically known as birth control -- pills. As Mark
Faas recalls, "We were 'cafeteria Catholics,' for sure."

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When their daughter was joined by a brother three-and-a-half years
later, Mark surveyed the new normal -- a wife worn out at the end of the
day, 20 minutes to pack two kids in the car -- and decided two kids was
plenty. Bragging to friends, "Our kids will be out of the house by the
time I'm 40," he didn't tell his family until the day before he sealed
the deal with a vasectomy. Their second baby was barely 8 weeks old.

In the meantime, Mark and Jen were continuing to go to church and
getting involved in Bible studies. Just six months later, Mark was at a
men's retreat when his conscience kicked in: "What have we done here?"

Trying to right their wrong, the Faases turned to adoption, applying
to bring home a daughter from China. Still, they were haunted by the
enormity of their decision.

"We had spit in the face of God and the gift He had given us," Mark says.

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