Eeek! That doesn't sound like it's the solution for you at all. Anything that causes you that much discomfort isn't a good long-term prospect for birth control.
Are you considering going back to the pill, or are you thinking you will look into the possibility of getting a diaphragm?
Diaphragms are fitted by your doctor or physician's assistant -- they come in a number of sizes -- and are then available by prescription. They cost between $25-$50 usually and then you have to buy spermicidal gel over the counter to use with them.
A diaphram is a soft rubber dome that holds a spermicidal cream or gel and is inserted into the vagina and then placed over the cervix. You can insert it a couple of hours before sex and then you leave it in at least six hours afterward. You might have to practice a time or two to get comfortable with using it, and it sounds like that might be hard for you to do if even getting the sponge out make you freak. are a couple of references that show what they look like and tells how they work:
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Rlyons,
Eeek! That doesn't sound like it's the solution for you at all. Anything that causes you that much discomfort isn't a good long-term prospect for birth control.
Are you considering going back to the pill, or are you thinking you will look into the possibility of getting a diaphragm?
Diaphragms are fitted by your doctor or physician's assistant -- they come in a number of sizes -- and are then available by prescription. They cost between $25-$50 usually and then you have to buy spermicidal gel over the counter to use with them.
A diaphram is a soft rubber dome that holds a spermicidal cream or gel and is inserted into the vagina and then placed over the cervix. You can insert it a couple of hours before sex and then you leave it in at least six hours afterward. You might have to practice a time or two to get comfortable with using it, and it sounds like that might be hard for you to do if even getting the sponge out make you freak. are a couple of references that show what they look like and tells how they work:
http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/sexual_health/ssc/diaphragm.htm
http://www.birth-control-comparison.info/diaphram.htm
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control/diaphragm-4244.htm
What do you think? Does that look like something that is more compatible with you and your life than the sponge seems to be?
July 8, 2009 - 9:15amThis Comment
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