Condoms and / or the pill?

What do people on here tend to use for contraception? I think me and my boyfriend are going to start just using the pill (without condoms) but it's kinda making me worry a bit (well a lot). I know the pill is more reliable, but I dunno, the thought of not using condoms just scares me. Can anyone reassure me? I don't want to get pregnant! :frown:

Reply 1

Alamothih

go for both, both with 99% protection it makes it hard for it to go wrong, though can happen.
But condoms DO protect from STD's which is the big bonus i feel. Not having needed protection i cant say my preference, but i can see condom being the most important for any relationship im in.

Reply 2

kizer

15

Both - why not? Use featherlite/pleasuremax if you don't want them to be a nuisance.

Reply 3

Monkey_Maiden

11

Me and my boyfriend started with both the pill and condom but eventually just relied on the pill :smile:

Reply 4

Talya

16

If you're worried about not using condoms, get yourselves tested before you discard them :biggrin:

I was on the pill for 1.5 years, and been on implant for 0.5 years, not pregnant yet! :p:

(Touch wood :eek:

)

Reply 5

Wonderboy Blue

1

It's nice that your boyfriend is so nearby that you can touch him, especially there :P

Anyway, if you're nervous then you will probably have to use condoms too. Maybe try without condoms every once in a while though...that would be nice.

I have condoms but they'll run out soon, and I dunno if I can be arsed getting more because its such a hassle...then I hope I'd be allowed to go bareback :biggrin:

Reply 6

Anonymous #2

Personally, i think it depends on the situation. If i'm with a boyfriend and i know he hasn't got any diseases (cos we've both been tested) then i much prefer to just use the pill.

Remember that it takes 3 months for HIV to show up on a test so if you do want to just use the pill then i'd get tested and use both until the 3 months is up.

I also think it depends on how good you are at remembering to take your pill.

I've discussed this with some of my friends, and a few of the girls like to use condoms cos it's less messy! And you don't feel like you're leaking afterwards! I've never really had an issue with that though.

Reply 7

Wonderboy Blue

1

Can I ask something about those tests?

Is it just a blood/urine test? Because I'm okay with that.

But on TV I saw a guy get an earbud/swab stuck down his urethra!!!

And I'm kinda scared, not that I need to be tested since I'm disease free and in great shape but...just in case. Thanks.

Reply 8

Talya

16

Wonderboy Blue

I hope I'd be allowed to go bareback :biggrin:

Do not hope or expect anything! It's her choice :p:

Reply 9

clouddweller

if its making you worry that much then continue to use both; you'll have a much better time of it if you're relaxed and confident that you're protected.
Or, if you're determined to lose the condoms, get tested, make sure you're both safe, and make sure you take the pill properly!

Reply 10

Helenia

20

Wonderboy Blue

I have condoms but they'll run out soon, and I dunno if I can be arsed getting more because its such a hassle...then I hope I'd be allowed to go bareback :biggrin:

Yes, going to the shops/the clinic is SUCH a hassle. :rolleyes:

And how do you KNOW you're disease free? Yes, for the STI test you may well have to have a swab taken from your urethra, but it's supposedly not that painful. It's not like you have to sit on a chair with your legs spread while they stick all sorts of things inside you.

Reply 11

Unregistered

Not that I encourage this in any way... but I use the rhythmn method. No contraception, not for religious reasons but by personal choice. I don't beleiev it's good to put chemicals in your body and my fiancé and I hate condoms. It works well, we've been doing it for two years successfully.

Reply 12

Barny

17

Hes probably infertile.

Reply 13

Unregistered

x.narb.x

Hes probably infertile.

How rude lol! I do worry... maybe it's me. lol.

I don't think i'd mind very much, it'd be sad but i'd love to adopt.

You should be in bed.. me too come to think of it!

^^ haha

Pill will virtually protect you from getting pregnant but not from STD's

Reply 16

lovelee-jublee

12

It depends on how well you take the Pill... if you take it at the same times each day and don't miss any, it's pretty failsafe. I'm on the Pill but I get very paranoid, so I push my boyfriend to wear a condom aswell - admittedly we don't use them all the time, but I alsways know I've got that extra protection so it's good.

Reply 17

Joce

Since being on the pill ive been having sex without condoms for the majority of the time now. aslong as you know that you and your partner are both safe then it is a good mehod. the pill is 99% effective which is more than condoms alone. I would say though you have to take the pill properly, it would be better to take it at the same time everyday because then you get into a rountine and you wont forget to take it. Also remember if you are on anti-biotics or if anytime you are sick or have really bad diarrhea then use a back up method for seven days.

Reply 18

Jonatan

13

Joce

Since being on the pill ive been having sex without condoms for the majority of the time now. aslong as you know that you and your partner are both safe then it is a good mehod. the pill is 99% effective which is more than condoms alone. I would say though you have to take the pill properly, it would be better to take it at the same time everyday because then you get into a rountine and you wont forget to take it. Also remember if you are on anti-biotics or if anytime you are sick or have really bad diarrhea then use a back up method for seven days.

About those statistics, what 99% actually means is that when used perfectly, 1% of women get pregnant after one year. For condoms the corresponding figures are around 98% ( meaning twice as many women get pregnant despite using them ). Now, if mathematical probability theory is anything to trust, this would suggest that 1% out of 2% get pregnant despite using both ( that is, 0.02% ) which works out to about 2 women out of 10 000.

Hmm, was there some point to this post? Don't really know. Oh well...

Reply 19

Flopifloor

Seriously, if you don't forget to take your pill, there's no need for condoms. And it feels so much better without condoms, I mean you don't have so "stop" to put it on and all that crap... But if you're scared you can start by using both and then as you feel more comfortable with taking thepill and you see that you don't forget it and blah blah blah then you cans lowly stop using condoms...

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