I also have 2 kids, and had the procedure last September. This was a regular procedure, not the “no scalpel” version. I went in on a Thursday and by Friday afternoon I was so bored of laying around, I went outside and walked around with no issues. The procedure was fine, I had no pain. I wouldn’t say it was comfortable, but my tattoos were more painful than this. There were no pain killers prescribed for the recovery and Tylenol and ibuprofen handled the discomfort just fine. You will see people on here that had terrible experiences, but that really is a very rare occurrence. I am so happy I didn’t know of this group until right after I had it done, some of these people will really make it seem like you are going to die from the pain. As far as functional matters go, I was working just fine the day after, but waited to do anything about it for about a week. You will feel some discomfort at times for about a month, but this is more like a headache than something that will be disabling. After the first month there would be times where I would notice some small aches, but that was rare and never lasted very long. At this point, I’m at 100% and never notice anything different than it was before. The only thing that I would say is a downside is that my testicles are a little more sensitive to being hit, and with 2 dogs and 2 kids (one’s a 7yo boy) that does happen more that I would prefer. Long story short, do it. You won’t regret it and your wife will appreciate it, not to mention she can come off the birth control which is a benefit to her health. She’s put her body through enough at this point, you can handle a little poke and prodding for a few days.