To ask you all if the withdrawal method works?

[Tizzylizzy]

My period is a couple a days late...don't think I am pregnant but I was just wondering if anyone else relies solely on this form of contraception, and how effective it's been over the years? It's never failed me yet...

[OhTheConfusion]

Gosh, how old are you?!?

Ofcourse it's not a reliable form of contraception. I would suggest a pregnncy test.

[bigpantspam]

It isn't a method of contraception really is it? You might as well cross your fingers and hope for the best, it would be about as effective.

[Tizzylizzy]

God I've read it really is quite effective!

[kittyandthefontanelles]

My grandad was one of 13. You do the math(s). After you've piddled on a stick that is.

[Tizzylizzy]

Anyone gotten pregnant on here using it?

[StuntGirl]

Good god woman, seriously? Go and take a pregnancy test.

[Tee2072]

Do you know what they call women who use the withdrawal method?

Mummy.

[YusMilady]

But, but....proper contraception is free and widely available. Why on earth would you want to rely on hoping for the best ????

[TheBigJessie]

Very ineffective! Both statistically, and anecdotally. A girl who I knew used it once said, "well, I've been using withdrawal for a year, and I've only got pregnant once".

[GivenToFly]

You cannot be serious.

[Tizzylizzy]

I'm 30 and have only had babies when planned. Must just have been v lucky to date!

[Petsinmyolympicpudenda]

Tee2072

[Schlock]

Maybe some men have more sperm in their pre-cum juice (god, just sicked a little in my mouth typing that) than others because I have a friend who has always used this method with her husband, has had to planned babies and no accidental pregnancies. I also know many women who used this method just once and found themselves expecting.

[TheBigJessie]

Tizzy where have you read it's effective?

Let me outline the flaws.

Firstly, pre-ejaculate fluid may contain sperm. (Wikipedia says the pre-ejaculate fluid picks up sperm from a previous ejaculation.[16] For this reason, it is recommended that the male partner urinate between ejaculations, to clear the urethra of sperm, and wash any ejaculate from objects that might come near the woman's vulva (e.g. hands and penis).[17])

Secondly, it relies on someone having enormous self-control just before they orgasm, and being consistently willing to risk spoiling the sensation. Thus, often men don't pull out in time.

[Heavensmells]

I got pregnant after using the withdrawal method once. Dp and I got carried away and had run out of condoms and thought we should be ok.
9 month old ds is currently asleep next me, obviously I'm glad he's here but am too frightened to let dp anywhere near me even with a condom until he's had a vasectomy.

[Diddydollydo]

it's very effective if you want a baby.

[AlexanderSkarsgardOhYes]

Is there something wrong with me? I've been using withdrawal as my method of contraception for the last decade and have never gotten pregnant except the one time I wanted to...if the man has good self-control and, sorry to be graphic, is not a 'dribbler' it seems to work...

[wigglesrock]

I know a few people who've relied on it and its worked, well I think it has , but the man just doesn't withdraw, there's temperatures to be taken, avoiding certain days etc, - its not just as simple as "pulling out".

Put it like this I've never taken my chances with it and neither has my Mum and we're wild Catholic

[Technoviking]

As Billy Connolly said, "I'd like to thank the withdrawal method, without which I wouldn't be here today".

[PurplePidjin]

25+4 = No it doesn't

[wednesdaygirl]

Omg i only have to look at one and im pg e

[CornishKK]

DH and I used the withdrawal as our only contraception for 8 years - no "accidents". Within 6 weeks of deciding to have a go at trying for a baby I was pregnant with DS so it's not like we're not fertile.

Still not a method I'd choose if I really didn't want to be pregnant.

[Tee2072]

Well, for those it has worked for, are you talking about the withdrawal method or actual Natural Family Planning?

There is a difference.

[yellowraincoat]

You know Planned Parenthood in the USA actually list the withdrawal method as a means of contraception?

But there is a reason we don't use it in this country.

[aufaniae]

I used withdrawal with my ex for 10 years and I never got pregnant.

We've both had DCs with our new partners with no problem subsequently.

When the Dr asked me what contraception I used, I said "you're probably going to tell me off for this, but withdrawal". She said "I'm not going to tell you off at all - it seems to work for some people". (We'd been using it for many years by then.)