Would you rely on condoms for a year?

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I've just come off the pill as it is causing me to bleed after sex. I don't do well on hormonal contraception and it also makes me very stressed/angry/ unpredicatable.

Since coming off it I have been alot better, but have been taking anti-Ds too.

We do want another child so we can't do anything permenant and because I'm feeling 'normal' for the first time in years I don't want to start anything new (depo made my sister and mum REALLY ill and implant made my sister bleed for 4 months!- i get very ill when I bleed)

So its come down to condoms.

To be honest we aren't at it like rabbits, but I just feel nervous after a few threads on here.

Its really not the right time for another, but we can't get the snip.

I suppose the best thing to do would be avoid mid cycle and always use condoms.

currently pregnant with DC3 after using condoms "perfectly"

We did and we have a lovely 14 year old daughter to show for it.

I think I'm going to go for it as I'm not trying to avoid pregnancy permenatntly just for a year, so if I can get away with it great, if it happens 6 months down the line then its not a disaster.

Thankyou for your comments everyone

skihorse, I find your comments utterly insensitive and rude.

The 2% failure rate is for perfect use. I was using them. No known splits or issues, no contact sexually without one. I got pg. It has also happened to a v good friend of mine.

I was devastated. And comments like yours hurt.

Dh and I have used condoms the whole time we have bee together without any pregnancies. When we have ttc it has been within the first 3 months so we can only assume that condoms have worked 100% for us. Dh has had the snip now.

Yes, we have done at various points for longer than a year. No unwanted babies, and no emergency contraception required.

Never had a problem & would agree with AF - no wet spot is luvverly. I just used to curl up afterwards in a post-coital haze and drift off to sleep. The ribbed ones were always a fave with me

Just 1 suggestion though. Get DP to nip to the bathroom for removal, and run a bit of water into it to double check for small leaks. DP never did this - I only found out when I was 11 days late (years ago). We'd only been together a few months. Needless to say he has religiously checked them since. Watch the lubes as some are not johnny-friendly - why not add a spermicide into the mix to be extra safe too?

I think condoms are my favourite form of contraception - agree with AF and Sporting - and we used it for a year with no slips and no accidents. That said, we did actually use them the way you're supposed to, eg right kind of lubes, etc. I think some people have problems with condoms cos they don't use them properly, maybe?

There's always the MAP if there are accidents, too.