Natural Feeling Condoms

[Janbo25]

Anyone recommend any condoms that don't feel to plastic and give more of a natural feel?

durex elite or fetherlite ones are quite good.

i believe you may be able to get free samples of them to?

Nope - all crap.

thanks for that vote of confidence, I want the male pill to be available so my dh can take precautions

Sorry - not helpful I know. I don't know which are best - I've gone back on pill now cos I hate them so much (not very reliable either).

i know i agree i hate them to! just can't decide on the right method of contaception at the mo, I'm terrible at remembering to take the pill

Have a coil? Worked well for me.

trojan?? not heard of them before??

i may sound naive here but how is the coil fitted and how does it work?>

what is the feeling like?

A coil is inserted into your womb via your cervix by the Dr. Some thread dangle down that you can feel (though I couldn't feel mine!) and you have to be checked once a year. I think it works by stopping the egg embedding in the womb. You can leave it in for 5 years I think and just forget about it. My periods were a bit heavier but not much.

not sure i like the sound of that!, is the thread permantly hanging down then?

The threads curl round your cervix - you can't see them!!! Or feel them. I liked it because you could be spontaneous and have no worries. It was a bit painful having it put in and taken out but then I had two planned c-sections so my cervix had never been opened which made it worse I think. Nothing too bad though.

i had a natural birth so presume it may be easier?? I must agree that I like the spontaneous bit, someone else recomeended the diaphragm but that sounded as tedious as the condom?

Durex do a latex-free condom called Avent, I preferred it because the latex ones stink to high heaven and make me itchy, I also thought they felt nicer than the standard ones but dh found them really hard to put on.

they sound quite good, what actually is latex anyway?

No, they aren't called Avent ... they're called Avanti. Sorry ...

Latex is rubber.

you're getting confused with baby gear just what we are trying to prevent ! lol

if they are rubber free then whats actually in them?

Would be worried about using Avent condons, WWW. They might have a conflict of interests !

I used to have a cap (is that the same as a diaphragm??) years and years ago. It was OK but yes you have to stop and put it in complete with spermicide and then leave it in for 8 hours. As I was 21 and in my first full on sexual relationship it was never out for long!!!!! Great for sex whilst having a period though!!!

hhaha i agree

Gillian - yes, I know ... you can tell where my brain has been since I had dd, can't you

Avanti are made from polyurethane rather than rubber, so they're lighter.