Withdrawal method as birth control

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“Apparently” stats are 4 in every 100 couples who use the withdrawal method correctly will get pregnant within a year. Compared with the pill which is 1 in 100.

These don’t seem like awful stats tbh. Does anyone else use it as a legitimate birth control method?

Lol.

And what proportion of those using this "method" actually do so correctly and never make a mistake?

1 in 25 is still too high a risk for me to consider it "contraception". But I suspect the actual rate is much higher...

The research was from 100 couples who used it exactly right. It’s higher in couples who don’t. 1/25 is quite a risk though yes

That's not a large enough sample to have any kind of accuracy. For instance, if one more couple had conceived it would have doubled the apparent chance.

I wouldn't risk 1;25. And even less so if reliant on a man pulling out at the most pleasurable moment lol. There are plenty of alternatives

Reminds me of the old Joke: What do you call a couple who use the withdrawal method of contraception?
Answer: The parents!

You might want to check how much precum your guy produces. There is sometimes enough sperm in precum to get you pregnant.

I've been doing it for 2 years with no "accidents" and inbetween my other children for 8 years before that. I've always conceived straight away (first month) when he ejaculates inside me.

I'm 41now though so that maybe why. For me having another child would not be the end of the world so it is a risk we are willing to take.

26 here and have been using withdrawal as contraception with DH for four years with no accidents. It definitely requires you to be more careful around the time of ejaculation, but I tend to get DH close and then finish him off with oral. You can also temp check your cervix using Natural Cycles or similar which will help you understand when you're at your most fertile and when you're not 😊

This is not a method of contraception. Really fascinates me that people even consider it a 'method.'

It's worked for me for 30 years

Worked for me for four years in my late twenties (then I TTC with same partner and got pregnant).

Precum can contain semen so if he emits a lot of that you might be on a road to nowhere

Like your post @lilyheather1. Also the pre-cum posts as sometimes the pre-cum has sperm. DP always tells me when he getting close to wanting to cum and like you @lilyheather1 I move over to pleasing him with oral then he will masturbate me afterwards. Withdrawal has worked with me although have had long phases of 100% condom use. I think both people need to be confident to withdraw but it is a lovely way to have sex if it works for you and DP. We usually only do PIV once or twice a month but using withdrawal does make it more intimate for me.

I got pregnant using this 'method'. On about the fourth time. I was waiting to get an appointment for the coil. Which I then had to cancel! It's ok because we had thought about having a baby but were going to wait a little bit because we hadn't been together long. We were both 38. I wouldn't recommend it unless you'd be ok if an accident happens.

We used this method. My toddler is now two years old

Now we use condoms

Ive used it for 6 years no problems. I’m in my 40s so possibly not as fertile as I used to be, but we don’t always do PIV and when we do he withdraws before the end.

I did once have a very painful period which may have been an early miscarriage but otherwise it’s worked remarkably well. I don’t tolerate the pill and he hates condoms so it’s this or nothing! I did ask my gp about a diaphragm but they fobbed me off and I left it. Would be the only other method I’d consider.

Nope, doesn't work. Pre-cum is a thing and it can be potent.

Exhibit A - my 3 yr old. (and yes, we were doing it 'correctly' and only within a day or two after my period)

Raging a lot of GPs cannot fit coils - it's a good method though - maybe go to a family planning clinic?