does it really feel better w/o a condom?

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Registered: 03-10-2007
does it really feel better w/o a condom?
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Fri, 03-30-2007 - 7:33pm
I have been on birth control for 3 months now, but I still make my boyfriend use a condom, just because I want to be extra safe. He has told me that it feels so much better for the guy not to use one, and since I'm on birth control, we shouldn't have to. When i talked to my friends about it, some of them told me it actually feels better for the girl too, but I wanted to get some more opinions. Can you really feel a difference??

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Registered: 11-16-2003
Fri, 03-30-2007 - 8:40pm
I think it feels better without, but you shouldn't go without until both of you have been tested for STDs, you are consistantly taking your pill at the correct time, and you are prepared for the consiquences of the birth control failing.
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Registered: 03-05-2007
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 1:49pm

For me, it makes no difference. It feels slightly different but no better or worse. I have an IUD now but I don't quite trust it yet so we are going to be using condoms until my follow up appointment. Prior to that, I was on the Pill for 5 1/2 years. I just felt more secure being on the Pill rather than using condoms. I was always worried they would break.

Marina

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Registered: 03-23-2007
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 5:32pm

Can't really help there, I've only had one partner and we have never used a condom so I dont know... I'm allergic to latex anyways so we just have never used them! At first I wasn't on birth control but we used the "pull out" method, but then we knew we still weren't safe so I went on the pill, and we dont worry about it now

~Jennifer

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 8:27pm

I can feel a difference, but not nearly as much as my husband can.

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Registered: 03-29-2003
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 9:24pm

Yes..theres definately a difference (though it can feel just as good with one in the right conditions). If you chose not to go with condoms, make sure you take your pills perfectly. If not totally ready to try without, I'd wait because its super hard to go back to them (specially for the guy) once you know how good it feels otherwise. Good luck.

Mel

Melissa

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Registered: 05-18-2006
Sat, 03-31-2007 - 10:03pm

Honestly I could never tell the difference. I agree with another poster though if you let him go without it once he'll never want to do it again. My DH says there is a difference but it's still good with one.

Don't give it up unless you've both been checked for STDs and are willing to deal with the consequences if the birth control pills don't work. Remember being on an antibiotic can affect your pills too.

-Mel


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Registered: 08-12-2002
Sun, 04-01-2007 - 7:11pm

Yes, to me and my partner it feels much, much better without a condom. We have to use condoms, because I can't take hormonal birth control. I chart my cycles for FAM, so sometimes we can forego the condoms without pregnancy risk. And there is a huge difference for both of us.

However, if you aren't comfortable with the idea, then don't let your BF go without condoms. You might want to try a different sort - perhaps thinner ones, so he has increased sensation, but as the others said, once you let him go without them once, it will be hard to ever convince him to use them again.


 


 


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Registered: 04-01-2007
Sun, 04-01-2007 - 9:57pm

I absolutely hate condoms! It is definately way more pleasurable to go without. Most condoms rub me the wrong way which results in painful and pleasureless sex.

There are two brands I highly recomend. Inspirals ( which can be found at Walmart and Walgreens) and Kimono micro-thin ( which I have only found at adult stores and online). My boyfriend likes these condoms, which is a plus.

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Registered: 01-17-2007
Tue, 04-03-2007 - 2:14pm
We used condoms for years and I always enjoyed sex. Then I had my tubes tied and no longer needed the protection of the condom Wish we would have realized that a few years earlier as without condoms sex is fantastic. We are now making up for lost time
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Registered: 03-09-2007
Wed, 04-04-2007 - 12:46am
I have been on the pill for about 5 months. Before that we used condoms and sex was good but once i got on the pill and had been we stopped using them. i definately enjoy sex more with out them and my boyfriend would say the same.

 

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