The Pull-out method - does it work? Would you use it?

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My personal experience is I used it for 2 and a half years, the one time he didn't pull out is when I got pregnant! Doctors say the pull-out/withdrawal method is 96% effective, so for every 100 people that use it 4 will get pregnant. Condoms are 98% effective, so out of 100 only 2 will get pregnant. I honestly don't know why it gets so much hate!

We used it for a while, only ever got pregnant when I wanted to be and we were having sex near on everyday.

But I wouldn’t use it if getting pregnant would’ve been the end of the world.. there was always a ‘if i got pregnant we’ll make it work’ in the back of my mind

Is this real?

If you are practicing it perfectly it’s a hell of a lot better than nothing, but if pregnancy would be a disaster then it’s really not good enough.

I’ve used it myself for pregnancy spacing (combined with bf) and it did the job.

Am I missing something? Why the and is it real?

It’s all contingent on how into the sex the man / if he even recognises when he’s cumming. My DH is so into sex he literally can’t control himself and sometimes even when he thinks he hasn’t cum he actually has— If I could get pregnant naturally I’d have 10 kids by now if I used the pull out method

You’ll get a lot of tired jokes but my DH and I did withdrawal for seven years. I hated using condoms and HBC just didn’t work out for my mental health. Like any BC needs to be used correctly and you’ve really got to trust your partner not to fuck up, though there’s always Plan B.

Got pregnant very easily later on. Anecdotal but there you go.

I've used it for years and never had an unplanned pregnancy. I think it relies on the man's self control!

Prior to marriage I would never have used it. But we've used it ever since marriage (almost 10 years) and I have only had my 2 planned pregnancies. I can track when i'm ovulating because I feel a specific pain in my lower abdomen so I avoid these days.

I have used it, and didn't get pregnant - BUT only when an unplanned pregnancy would have been a happy accident and not a disaster.

Like PP we have used it successfully for 4 years but I’m only comfortable because if a pregnancy were to happen then it wouldn’t be the end of the world, if it would be then I would insist on something else being used.

My boyfriend promised me it'd work. Had to travel to England for an abortion.

It's how I was conceived, my sibling was conceived, and my niece or nephew was conceived...

We've used it for several years and not conceived (2 dc conceived fairly easily when we were trying). However as pp have said, have only done this when a pregnancy wouldn't have been a bad thing. Up to you how much to trust it!

It's all well and good as long as a pregnancy wouldn't be a disaster for you. But no, this isn't a method I would even consider a "method". It's just not using contraception.

I’m a doctor and I don’t know doctor who would say it’s 96% effective. Sounds like one of those pulled out of thin air stats.
I would never advise risking it if pregnancy would be a disaster.

We used it for 5 years, until the month we started trying for a baby. And we got pregnant that month! But like others- I wouldn't use it if pregnancy would have been a disaster.

I think the 96% success refers to perfect use of the method, as cited in a book on contraception. Link shamelessly nicked from Wikipedia www.contraceptivetechnology.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CTFailureTable.pdf

Are you comfortable with the morning after pill and abortions?

Are you not keen to spend roughly 50p per shag for a condom?

If yes to all of the above, absolutely go for it.

My DP and I sometimes do some initial PIV warm up without a condom because we both like how it feels, but we have a very explicit agreement that the MA pill or an early term abortion is the step we would take if we felt something untoward had happened. Certainly I don't ever get near coming without having a rubber on. 50p a time seems worth it.

We’ve managed ok here for.. count them.. six years.

It can work, but you. And rely on it to work.

You are taking risks and chances. You are here to reproduce, nature is hell bent on having her way.

All my posts have autocorrect faults today!

@PineapplePower my experience and contraception is exactly the same as yours. Although we do have condoms, we just don't use them often. I trust my husband with withdrawal...it's me that's the problem 

Jesus Christ, did you do Sex Ed in school?

And not sure where you got those stats from. Sounds like they were produced by a man 🤣

My boyfriend told me he was completely reliable with the withdrawal method. When I inevitably got pregnant, he told me to come back ‘after I’d got rid of it’. He then said ‘next time we’ll be married’ but by that point I had no intention of there being a ‘next time’.
Nice chap.

Same as pp - used it for 11 years, four deliberate pregnancies during that period within 1-2 month's of trying and none unplanned. Didn't avoid ovulation either. I would never advise anyone else to do it as I know statistically it isn't as reliable as other methods but it was my/our choice and I did read up on it and consider all options.