Category: Health and Wellness
I deliberately left that subject open incase we get into the discussion of male and female condoms, but my main concern is choosing between the diaphragm, the Femcap (cervical cap for those not in America), the Lea's Shield and, to a lesser extent, the Today Contraceptive Sponge. I've tried both kinds of condoms and though they're okay, I'd really like to use a different method. Many men don't like the male ones and the female one, while a good method, always scares me cause I'm afraid the part that sticks out will be pushed in during intercourse and cause problems. So I was looking at the other three barrier methods and each seems to have it's own advantages and disadvantages. Have any of you used one or more of them? If so which one/s? What was/were your experience/s like? If you've used more than one in general,, how did they differ from each other? Which was easier to use? Thanks for all the help.
For protection sake the condom followed by the diafram. The barrior methods are not as affective as the hormoanal methods and often times should be condom and diafram. If you are good with time you may want to stay away from barrior methods and try the minny pill. besides the combined pill and condoms it's the most affective method and it doesn't have estrigin. It needs to be taken at the same time every day how ever because the hormone amount is so small that it wares off after 24 hours.
I was on the minipill and the patch. Both messed up my menstral cycle when I got off and gave me mood swings while I was on. I don't want a hormonal method. I'm also, with my boyfriend at least, not planning on using condoms. I know as a fact that he's std/sti free and not seeing anyone else. So that's why I want a barrier method and one that's affective.