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May 16, 2012 by Patheos Editors

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Still, once this pregnancy and delivery is all over, someone in the Piatt household is getting snipped. I've happily offered my little fellas up for a vasectomy, but if things go the way they did with Mattias, Amy may end up in the operating room. If they have to open her up to get this one out, they might as well take care of the plumbing in a two- for- one deal. It's not like I'm excited about anyone having a scalpel that close to my balls anyway, but since she has to go through the agony of childbirth, I figure this is my opportunity to "pitch in."

Luckily, I have a little while before I have to make my contribution to our family planning. But while she's basking in the warm glow of imminent motherhood for the second time, I intend to use my sacrifice of remaining a fully functioning procreator for whatever points that may earn me.

And no matter what happens, this is the last time a bottle of wine and some stupid calendar we get off the Internet will be the cornerstones of our family planning.

Reprinted with permission from Chalice Press, www.chalicepress.com.

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