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contraception, withdrawal method......

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npg1 · 13/04/2009 21:43

Does anyone else use this method of contraception? I know its not good but im sure it works for me.

Been with DH for 11 years. When i first met him I was on the pill. After 2 years we then moved to LA and i stopped taking it and started using the withdrawal method and then after another 2 years started trying properly (IYKWIM) for a baby. Fell pregnant with DD1. After I gave birth went back to withdrawal again. I knew this wasnt 100% so i tried the pill twice and it turned my into a depressed maniac and I said I will never go on it again. Then started trying for DD2 and fell pregnant and gave birth in 2006. Have been using withdrawal ever since.

In the near future we will probably try for another baby (still unsure!) which is why im on here doing research as I know its not 100% safe. I have just recently found out I have polycystic ovaries and am waiting for a scan so I wonder how fertile that makes me.

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duchesse · 14/04/2009 23:49

Erm... Pill may be bad for you but am pretty certain there were thousands of babies adopted during the 50s and 60s that were the result of the withdrawal method of contraception. If you have polcystic ovaries you may well be less fertile and therefore lucky to get pregnant when you want to, but still... I would personally consider a barrier method in your shoes.

Aefondkiss · 15/04/2009 10:51

I have been with my dh for 13 years Duchesse, two children, we don't seem to have a problem with this method.

SuziSeis · 15/04/2009 22:13

lockets i told dp your dh was planning knife wounds

he said ' i dont believe it'

HelenRosie · 02/05/2010 20:33

I'm using this method and I've never had so many compliments about how youthful my face looks. Who needs oil of olay?

purplepeony · 02/05/2010 21:05

As others have said it's not ejaculation that makes you PG but pre-ejaculation if you are using this "method".

Statistically, the pregancy rate is high; per couple it depends on your age, fertility, how often you have sex etc etc.

Unless you are anti contraception for religious reasons, why take the risk? There are so many methods there must be 1 that suits!
Not just pill or condoms, but the diaphram, coil, Mirena coil, etc etc.

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