The Bachelor’s Arie Luyendyk Jr. said he’s starting to regret having a vasectomy, just months after his wife Lauren Burnham gave birth to their twins, now 2 years old.
Although he initially felt like his family of five was complete when making the decision, the 42-year-old real estate agent admitted that the decision to undergo sterilization may have been a little premature.
In response to a fan’s question if he and Burnham, 32, wanted to have more children in the future, the father of three confessed that “a year ago” he would have said “100% no way.”
‘But more and more I feel like I rushed the vasectomy. I still don’t know what the future holds, but (right now) I love this stage with them,” he responded on his Instagram story.
Bachelor star Arie Luyendyk Jr. regrets having a vasectomy, just months after his wife Lauren Burnham gave birth to their twins Senna James and Lux Jacob.
He also shared a sweet photo of his eldest son, four-year-old Alessi, proudly holding a drawing he made on an Etch A Sketch while sitting across from his dad on the couch.
The racing driver and Burnham’s twins, Senna James and Lux Jacob, will turn three on June 11.
According Mayo ClinicAlmost all vasectomies can be reversed, but that “does not guarantee success in conceiving a child.”
The more time has passed since the vasectomies, the less likely the reversal will work.
A month after her husband’s vasectomy, she told Us Weekly that she was “not necessarily ready to close that chapter” of having more children.
“They’re reversible if we have some headaches five years from now,” your spouse chimed in. “In five years I will be 45. I feel like it might be too late to be active.” with (babies).’
Burnham has also stated that if they ever wanted another child, they “both agreed” that adoption would be the path they would take.
In October 2021, he revealed his plans to have a vasectomy after a ‘difficult’ trip with three children under the age of three during an episode of The Ben and Ashley Podcast I. Almost Famous.
Although he initially felt his family of five was complete when making the decision, the real estate agent, 42, feels the decision to undergo sterilization may have been premature.
‘But more and more I feel like I rushed the vasectomy. I still don’t know what the future holds, but (right now) I love this stage with them,” he responded on his Instagram story.
“We felt a little overwhelmed,” he recalled of the family vacation. ‘We decided as a couple that three is enough. I think we are very happy because we have our boy, we have the two girls. And I’m already 40 years old, guys; I can’t have children later in life.”
The TV personality continued: ‘I want to be an active father. So I think three is fine.
He and Burnham, who married in 2019, documented the procedure in a 16-minute YouTube video.
In the vlog, Burnham said her husband was “white as a ghost” before undergoing the vasectomy.
‘I thought he was going to faint. She was literally tearing her hair out,” she recalled.
‘If your husband is about to have a vasectomy, don’t make him watch this video. He might get scared,’ he warned.
According to Mayo Clinic, almost all vasectomies can be reversed, but that ‘does not guarantee success in conceiving a child’
As for how they made the decision to have the vasectomy, Burnham said “it was her turn” after she “gave birth to three children” and had a C-section.
‘I am also very sensitive to hormonal contraceptives. Oddly enough, it causes me mild depression, so it was difficult for us when I did it in the past,” he added. “It would make me very sad and it’s not good for anyone.”
Luyendyk went on to note that the procedure was “the first time” they really felt their 10-year age difference.
A month after her husband’s vasectomy, Burnham told Us Weekly that she was “not necessarily ready to close that chapter” about having more children.
“They’re reversible if we have some headaches five years from now,” your spouse chimed in. “In five years I will be 45. I feel like it might be too late to be active.” with (babies)’
‘If I was 30, I don’t think I would have had a vasectomy. I don’t want to be a super super old dad,’ he said.
As for whether the procedure hurt, he told viewers: ‘Yes. If I were to describe it to a boy, it would be the same feeling you would get from being kicked in the balls as hard as someone could kick you.’
However, he said the recovery was mostly painless.
‘As soon as we were done with the surgery, we went and had an ice cream afterwards. Then I came home to go to bed. I didn’t hold the babies for a couple of days, but the recovery has been easy. I’ve been off work for three days and I feel totally normal,’ she said at the time. ‘I didn’t even take any painkillers, I just took ibuprofen and ice. It’s painful to be in there for 15 or 20 minutes, but then it’s over.”