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Q: Using the Withdrawal Method As Birth Control
asked by: sweet4jay on December 16th, 2005
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Hey ladies (and guys),
i need some help here. I am considering using the withdrawal method for birth control & would like to know anybody's experiences with it/problems with it/ opinions of it, etc...

I am not some teenager asking, I am a 27 yr-old married woman who has been married almost 10 years now.
I just recently went of birth control cuz of probs w/ hormones.
My sister used this method for 5 years and never got pregnant.
I also know several other people (married couples) who use this as their form of birth control & have never had an unintended pregnancy.

I know my husband would pull out in plenty of time (like waaaaaay before it was time), so there is no worries there.
But my main ? Is: is there live sperm in the other fluids (like the lubricating fluids at the very beginning, when he first gets hard) that could get me pregnant? I have heard that there is, but strangely enough nobody seems to get pregnant from these...?

I want absolutely nooooooooo chances of getting pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We've already got 2 children, and don't want any more, but neither one of us wants to get "fixed" right now.

I'm not sure of any other type of birth control that I would want to deal with right now...


Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I need all the responses I can get referring to this subject!

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!


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backhome22
replied on December 16th, 2005
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My doc told me it's pretty hard to get pregnant except for a few certain days out of the month when you're the most fertile. If you don't know those days then even if he withdraws it is possible to get pregnant from what I understand. If you want to use that method, which I do since I don't want to deal with taking birth control and dealing with the side effects of that, I would use a fertility monitor so you know the days which you should be safe. It's not 100%, but should help you out.
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sweet4jay
replied on December 16th, 2005
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So, do you use this as your only form of birth control on a regular basis?
Do you use a fertility monitor for yourself?
Did your dr say if that lubrication stuff contains sperm that could get you pg?
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backhome22
replied on December 16th, 2005
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Somtimes we use condoms along w/ the pullout method now, but we went for a couple of years before we were married being pretty reckless with that, including not pulling out more than a few times. I personally don't use a f.M. But my doc said to if I wanted to be on the safe side. My doc never said whether or not that lube stuff can get you pregnant, but I have read plenty of times that it can.
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