On pills..no condom?

[jay-girl]

Okay..so i know i keep posting questions about birth control pills...but i need to know lol. i've been on birth control pills for one pack and like a week. So I have protection from them, and me and my bofriend have been using condoms in addition (for extra safety). This past weekend we decided to go withouth the condom for the first time ever. I know im prob. being paranoid, but i do you guys think it was safe that we did that? He didnt cum inside me, we put on a condom mid-way. (yes i know pre-cum has sperm in it also) but do you think that was safe?

thanks guys!

[Rosie]

honestly i would never take the risk or having sex without a condom, those moments of pleasure just rnt worth the risk of falling pregnant!! do u really want to be stressing even more over the mext month if you are pregnant? condoms also protect you from STD's and infections. but then it is up to you..... i just think it is better to be safe, but if you are ready to have a child if pergnancy did occur then do it.

[jay-girl]

Well i know that its a lot safer with a condom, but i am on birth control pills. And i know that isnt an excuse for not being safe...but whats the point of the pills if they don't work against sperm. Even if the condom broke sperm would get inside of me. (and the pills would be the backup). So im just asking if its safe to go without the condom while on pills.

[Brandye]

Look in Chick Chat for a rundown on the safety of various methods of birth control. The pill is the most common method used by women in their very late teens and twenties. Most, in stable relationships, do not use any additional protection. If the relationship is not a semi-permanent one, the condom is a good idea for STD protection.

Statistically, if 100 sexually active women are on the pill (taken properly) for a year, three will become pregnant. If you add a condom, every time, this will drop to almost zero.

Contraception reduces the chance of becoming pregnant - there is no way to have sex with no chance of pregnancy. We each decide what level of risk, convenience and safety we can live with.

For my teen years and in University (after my lesbian stage), I always used condoms plus spermicidal jelly. While later living with two different men, I was on the pill and used nothing else. After my fiance died, I had my tubes cut. Those were my choices; you have to make your own.