pill
i hope to never use condoms ever again!

Condoms- The one that protects against STDs.

The pill. It clears up acne too. Condoms are yucky!

Bri

Yasmin literally made my life better. I always had horrible cramps, ever since I got my period, and extremely heavy periods. I don't have endometriosis, like they said my symptoms all across the board resembled, but there *was* something wrong, they just didn't know. Now that I have been on Yasmin for a few years straight, my skin is clear and glowing, my periods went from 8-9 days to 2 1/2 days - 3. I also do not experience debilitating cramps that got me Rx's for strong meds. It's awesome, it's like a new lease on life. Anyway, I do not like condoms, and the pill works for me. It makes me better, and it's BC -- killing two birds with one stone.

Condom. The pill wreaked havoc on me (physically and psychologically).

Condom if its not a long exclusive relationship. The Pill if it is (which in my case, it has been for 5 years).

Both, actually.

But currently just using the Pill, has been married more than 5 yrs.

I hate the feel of condoms! No, thank you, I'll stick to the pill.

I'm married now so I don't use condoms anymore. I did use the pill and I preferred it. But, we pretty much do the withdrawal method now. We have two kids. A third won't be too bad.

I prefer condoms, I dont trust the pill or the shot or any other ones they have available.
My friend had a stroke with the pill.
Some people break out more, and gain weight and affect your hormones. and I can't deal with that.

Im not gonna lie, condoms are also annoying but I'll use them if I have to.
Im in a serious relationship now and we dont use anything but pull outies. lol.
But seriously, whatever feels safer for you.

Back when we were using birth control before hubby had his vasectomy we prefered condoms. I was like GlowingMoon, the pill had very negative affects on me both emotionally and physically.

Condoms are the only method I use because hormonal birth control makes me an emotional wreck. I'm done trying all the various types, nothing works and it's not worth my sanity. I'm also not in a long term relationship right now so condoms are the safest form for me. Wish I could do both the pill and condoms though

I'm on the nuvaring. love it.

The pill, hands down. I HATE condoms. The smell alone kills the mood for me.

I should add that I would still use condoms if I were a single girl. No STD's for me.

I was 100% for the pill until it started causing intense allergic reactions. Allergic to estrogen? Sigh...back to condoms for me

I hate condoms but if I was with someone new I would use one just to be safe. I love the pill for so many reasons and that is the only method I'm using at the moment with my long term bf. Condoms really kill the mood and I hate how they feel.

I couldn't take hormonal birth control so after children I became sterilized. I've used condoms and dislike them. My SO is also sterilized so if we have children it's meant to happen.

Neither. I prefer the Natural Family Method, which basically means for the 5 days out of the month when I am fertile, we're not intimate or use a barrier method. It has a 98% success rate when done correctly. No pills to pop, no adverse reactions. I've been doing this for two years with hubby and it's wonderful.

Actually I prefer both because if one should fail it should back up the other. Some days I tend to forget to take my pills so the condom is an alternate contraceptive. I honestly don;t really like the feeling without a condom, I don;t really know why.

Just to add I've had the same partner for 4 1/2 years now, but we're not married or engaged so I can't lie and say I am comfortable having unprotected sex.

Condom protects from STDs and not to mention what if your BF has cheated on you? Or you or he haven't caught on to an STD from a previous relationship?

Whatever happened to the 90s message about protecting from HIV/AIDS and other STDs and being responsible?

I'm on the pill, but we still use condoms (in a long-term monogamous relationship with the same man, and we lost our virginity to each other). His sister is a pill baby, and I know a lot of pill babies, plus, I've never been tested for STDs (though, he got tested recently, and came up clean).

Plus, while it's easy to tell when a condom fails, it's hard to tell when the pill does.

The pill, 100%

I can't stand condoms. They make me hurt down there, which makes sex unpleasurable for me.

Anonymous 22, whatever happened to being in a secure relationship where you don't cheat on your partner and your partner doesn't cheat on you? Whatever happened to being responsible and being tested for std's and sti's and requiring the same from your partner? It is possible.

I used condoms until i was engaged, but i HATED them. The smell and the feel of the greasy crap.. ugh, its disgusting. We just stopped using them once we both wanted kids and were financially stable, though i don't think we are really that fertile, lol. With absolutely no abstaining during fertile periods or protection it still took 2 years each to conceive each child.

I'm about to get back on the pill (no more implant, just wasn't for me) as that seems to have worked best. If I were a single girl I'd pair the pill with condoms.

If I had to choose just one, it'd be the pill hands down. I have a bleeding disorder which makes my period absolute misery for oh, I don't know ... 18-19 days a month sometimes? ... if I'm not on hormonal BC, so you'll pretty much have to pry my Seasonique out of my cold, dead hands.

We don't LOVE using condoms, but still use either condoms or (occasionally) pulling out as a second method in conjunction with the pill .. we're not married/engaged yet so a baby's just not an option for us! Having been together for almost 2 years and having been only with each other, condoms for STI prevention aren't a concern.

Condoms make me itch. And I think they're gross. And when you start wrapping a person in plastic, then you really ought to wonder whether you should be having sex with them.

Condoms all the way. I spent years on the Pill and now that I'm off it, I feel much better. (Didn't even know I was feeling bad before.)

Well I was on YAZ for years and now it's starting to really give me bad side effects, nausea and horribly irregular periods and migraines. So I'm done with it, maybe done with the Pill in general cause I'm sick of all the hormones. I'm married with two kids and we are not really sure we want another but we're willing to use condoms if we have to. I certainly don't really trust the withdrawl method to work for me.

Bella, I had the same experience! I had no clue the stinking pill was making me feel the way I was. Never again will I take that form of birth control. It did a number on my emotions for years!!!

The pill. Hate the feel of condoms. Love the feel of a penis.

Both. Almost all of my friends (mostly men) prefer using both forms because none of us like the idea of accidently getting pregnant / impregnating someone OR getting STDs.
One friend even walked out on a ridiculously hot woman (trust me, I saw her and she was smoking hot) because she actually ripped the condom off him. Doesn't matter if your on the pill or not, if one partner wants two layers of protection you're obliged to accept that.
Personally, if a guy tries to get anywhere near me without one I assume that he's probably coated with STDs from other partners.
I'm also on the pill for my own sense of added security against faulty equipment.

Ah, NZ sex education classes, you have taught me well.

Condoms - no pill for me thank you.

Condoms definately. I used to be on Yaz and after reading all the side effects and girls dying of strokes, I got off immediately. I feel WAY better, my weight is slowly going back down (gained like 40 pounds from the pill).

#25 - Testing of course!

I know I won't cheat on a partner and I'm distrustful or insecure but things happen and YOUR partner or MINE or someone else's COULD cheat.

I've had male friends (two only) that cheated on their girlfriends and they seemed liked the most devoted BFs. Their GFs never knew.

What's your problem? If someone is going to have sex they should wrap it up! Unless your in a secure, long term, possibly married or married like relationship.

Otherwise you are bed hopping and taking risks.

When everyone thought that AIDS was this EPIDEMIC (which it still is) we were careful about our language.

I understand condoms may get in the way for some people but can't you just say that they make you uncomfortable or that you dislike them?

Using the word "hate" in conjuction w/ a form of protection is just WRONG.

I agree w/ numbers 21,22....

whoops I meant:

and I'm NOT distrustful or insecure

but it's a fact and things happen.

pill since i am in a monogamous relationship. condoms if i wasn't.