Virgin scared of sex

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Registered: 02-02-2008
Virgin scared of sex
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Sat, 02-02-2008 - 2:41am

Recently, me and my BF have been talking about going further in our relationship and I agreed. I felt that I was ready.

I am on the pill and for the past 10 days I have been on an antibiotic called clarithromyc for an ear infection. I just took the last pill the afternoon of Feb. 1st. I have heard of a lot of bad things about how antibiotics affect birthcontrol. Every time me and my BF seem to get to that point of having sex, I seem to back down because I'm scared about the condom breaking and then the birthcontrol failing because of the antibiotics. He said that I should worry, that he hasn't had a problem before, and that the condom has a very low rate of breaking. I also feel that since I am a virgin its still kinda tight in there and that it will put more strain on the condom would have if I wasn't a virgin. I like the feeling of having the pill as a second barrier if the condom would break. I just really need to know if antibiotics really affects birth control or not. And if it does, how long would I have to wait until the clarithromyc is out of my body until I am protected? My birthcontrol is yasmin 3MG. Even if everything went fine during sex...I would still feel really scared. I am not sure why. Forgive me if this doesn't make any sense...I have a hard time explaining things sometimes.

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Registered: 03-24-2003
Sat, 02-02-2008 - 9:05am

It's okay.

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Registered: 03-24-2003
Sat, 02-02-2008 - 2:27pm
My 14yo daughter was looking over my shoulder, and she said, "Tell her just to wait!

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