If you are already pregnant, it will not stop the pregnancy. If it fails and you do become pregnant , it will not harm the fetus should you choose to continue the pregnancy. Norplant Removal Norplant is a type of birth control that implants six sticks of the hormone progesterone surgically in your arm. Norplant lasts for five years and then the sticks need to be removed. Norplant removal requires approximately an hour-long office visit.
Recovery time is minimal.
You'll have a bruise for about five days and need to keep stitches dry for 24 hours. A vasectomy is a 12-minute permanent sterilization procedure, performed on a man, with local anesthesia, in the doctor's office. The man will be sore for 1-2 days. It is relatively inexpensive and most couples love the spontaneity it affords. Sperm is prevented from reaching the egg via the interrupted fallopian tube.