Are female condoms reliable for contraception?
When used consistently and correctly, female condoms are about 95 percent effective. This means that about five women out of 100 who use them properly every time they have sex will get pregnant over the course of a year.
In the real world, about 21 percent of women who rely on female condoms for contraception end up accidentally pregnant in the first year of use, mostly because they don’t use them every time they have sex or don’t use them properly.
A female condom may fail when it’s inserted incorrectly and slides out during sex, if it tears before or during sex, or if the penis misses the opening of the condom and is inserted between the vaginal wall and the outside of the condom.
Some women use female condoms along with another method of birth control like the Pill, the birth control shot (Depo-Provera), or an IUD.
But don’t use a female condom when your partner is using a male condom. The friction could push the man’s condom off or cause the female condom to slip to one side and tear. Female condoms aren’t designed for use with a diaphragm either.
If you’re relying on the female condom as your primary method of birth control, it’s a good idea to have emergency contraception on hand so you’ll be prepared if the female condom slips or breaks or you forget to use it. The sooner you take emergency contraception after unprotected sex, the more likely it is to be effective.
Proper use female condom, it is reliable for contraception. And women can decide to protect themselves by using female condoms.
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