Let's talk condoms

[orly]

H will be home in 2 weeks (insert happy dance here), sad part about him coming home is that I will be ovulating at that time. Sooo since I have not seen him since Jan. things will get wild.

We are not TTC'ing till my almost 3 year old is at least 7 or 8 so about 5 years. So condoms it is because any form of BC kills my drive.


What brand do you stick with?
Anything fun about them?

[bonquiqui]

This will not help you, but H and I haven't used a condom since 1998 lol

[eb777888]

I hate condoms so I've always used spermicide (yes, I know many women on this board have sensitive vags, I do not, it doesn't irritate me, and I've never gotten knocked up on it.)

[Deleted]

We were not successful in using condom and I cant use hormonal BC, so I am no help there, but have you thought about an IUD?

[Deleted]

Yeah if you're looking at five years of this shit, IUD all the way.

[orly]

Aug 13, 2012 22:54:10 GMT -5 @saynototramps said:

We were not successful in using condom and I cant use hormonal BC, so I am no help there, but have you thought about an IUD?

I had one before ds2 and it became dislodged and fishing that thing out was a bitch. I can no longer have one though, it was fun while it lasted!

[orly]

Aug 13, 2012 22:58:36 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Yeah if you're looking at five years of this shit, IUD all the way.

H works overseas so he is not home for long, I am actually suprised he will be home as long as he is this time. None the less I am excited to see him.

[KaraOrNot]

We always use Durex extra sensitive. They aren't fun, but we don't mind them as much as other brands.

[Bonita]

Beyond Seven or One both seem to be good - I've gotten them through drugstore.com

[sparkles17]

I have nothing to add to the condom conversation, hate the things, won't use them, but I am curious about your marriage.

How long is gone for at a time? How much time do you get to spend together a year? Is it always him coming to you or do you go to see him as well? I'm just nosy

[lifesapeach]

We've been attempting to use condoms since I had my second kid 6 months ago and it's not going very smoothly. I do like the VCF spermicide films, but I'm not entirely convinced they are that effective, so our next experiment may be with sheep skins. The concept is so gross, but I hear they feel pretty good, so I'm willing to give them a whirl.

[hymen]

I have never used a condom.

[broc]

Another votefor durex extra sensitive. I'd recommend looking for a sampler pack to start, though. H didn't like the prolonged pleasure ones, and we both felt like the her pleasure type just felt thicker.

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Aug 13, 2012 23:06:31 GMT -5 KaraOrNot said:

We always use Durex extra sensitive. They aren't fun, but we don't mind them as much as other brands.

Another Durex vote. They also haven't broken on us yet - Trojan was tearing about half the time (luckily we noticed right away)

[Jalapeñomel]

I am also not keen on condoms, so we used VCFs (vaginal contraceptive films), and they worked great.

[cleo29]

We used Avanit Bare by Durex. Until H gets snipped this is our method of BC since I can't do anything hormonal.

[flamingeaux]

We use trojan magnums.

[melindafelinda]

Aug 14, 2012 8:54:30 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I am also not keen on condoms, so we used VCFs (vaginal contraceptive films), and they worked great.

This is what we used too when I wasn't on the pill. My mom actually recommended them. Eew!

[SKP82]

Aug 14, 2012 10:25:20 GMT -5 flamingeaux said:

We use trojan magnums.

Niiiiice.

We haven't started using condoms yet, but we will soon, so I will take some of this advice for myself.

I have used the spermicide films before. H said they made his penis burn.

[orly]

Aug 14, 2012 7:25:16 GMT -5 @sparkles17 said:

I have nothing to add to the condom conversation, hate the things, won't use them, but I am curious about your marriage.

How long is gone for at a time? How much time do you get to spend together a year? Is it always him coming to you or do you go to see him as well? I'm just nosy

How long is he gone for at a time? It really depends on a few things. We have not seen him since the middle of Jan. so this time 7 months. Before that it was about 4.5 months. We were trying not to have another leave before he switched to a job in the states.
How much time do you get to spend together a year? This is our first year with this company since he retired from the military last year. And since Sept 18, 2011 we have seen him a totally of 2 weeks. It also depends on how much leave time he has and right now he has just over a month to use and it does not roll over so he is using it up before Oct 1.
Is it always him coming to you or do you go to see him as well? His company pays for him to fly home twice a year so we take advantage of that. Since we are paying off debt its cheaper. I just got his iteneray for when he comes home and that it was almost $2000. So trying to pay $6000 for me and the boys is out of our budget.

One of the reasons he is coming home is because of his back, he is being seen by the VA. He also has to get his lic again because his expired while still in Korea. (he has to take the written and driven over again). He also has to get a new visa for Qatar lol. Somewhere in there we are going to fit in a weekend away lol.

[karmasabiotch]

They make my vag swell to circus like proportions.

I might have been more of a slut if I wasn't allergic to latex.