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Q: Please Advice! Not Sure If Condom Broke
asked by: mikecol on May 19th, 2007
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Hi,

I hope to find useful advice here as I feel that I am going crazy.
I have had a sexual relation with a prostitute at a brothel about 6 weeks ago, everything went fine, we had protected sex, however I noticed that after she put the condom on me there was a little bubble of air at the tip, we didn't seem to bothered at the time and proceeded normally until I pulled out suddenly during the intercourse due to fear of condom slip, I told her I thought it has slipped we checked and it seemed OK. We then continued and finished and I noticed at the end that the pocket of air didn't seem to be there anymore. I thought about this much later and questionned myself whether it is possible that the condom had broken without I have noticing it, how could the bubble of air have disseapared? Does it necessarily mean it has broke or could it have escaped during the act? Condom didn't seem broken tho, there was no turtle head or anything visible.

Please advice I am going crazy, too afraid to make a test!
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Llewellyn
replied on May 19th, 2007
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I think it would be possible for the air to escape even if there was not a break in the condom. However, testing would still be a good idea. Condoms offer great STD protection, but they are not 100% effective. That means even if you use the condom perfectly and there are no rips, tears, or holes, there could still be a pregnancy or the transmission of an STD. Also, there are some STDs that condoms can't really offer protection against. So there is a good chance you're ok in terms of HIV, but I would recommend testing just to be safe. You could also ask your doctor what condoms can't protect against and see if he or she recommends testing for anything else.
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