condoms...

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-17-2005
condoms...
1
Tue, 08-01-2006 - 12:53am

ok if someone could offer me some advice i would greatly appreciate it...

i have been taking ortho tricyclen for around a month and a half and thus far have been responsible about it taking it at the same time every day, etc. well my question concerns contraception... i've noticed that every time my bf and i have sex with a condom it either burns, itches, there is inflammation etc. i'm not allergic to latex, i read some (i guess for lack of better termanology) literature on the subject and it suggested a possible allergy to the spermicide that they put on most condoms. Now bearing in mind that u always run a risk of pregnancy with sex, is it just as safe to have sex if i continue to take bc without a condom?

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 08-01-2006 - 7:44am

Theoretically it's still safer to have sex with two forms of contraception than just one.

Judie Cl for Birth Control