Even now though, I still usually make my partner use a condom because A) STDS and B) I really can not afford an abortion and I refuse to carry a pregnancy to term (not to mention I can’t afford a pregnancy either).

I’m old so I have actually used a diaphragm for birth control, way back in the nineties. My experience was horrible. First of all, getting them in and out is a total bitch, you basically have to wrap your legs around your head to insert it, then position it so that it covers your cervix and is held in place by your…

Well, that’s just tough. I think we should all put our collective feet down over this. Condoms are fantastic for us, and frankly men should be humble and grateful enough to use them. I’m sick of having to have my hormones modified and turning into a human pincushion just so someone can get his rocks off. Also sick of…

I did the same thing. Found it in the bathtub, it made a great little water holder, a funny tiny hat, a projectile launcher. I had no clue until I inquired about that “toy” as a teen and my mother broke down in shame and told me.

I assume you mean for a dude. In all honesty I can’t tell a dick from a dildo down there. The vagina has surprisingly little sensation.

You barely feel it at all if it fits right. I think the bad experiences are because of poor fits. The new one seems more ergonomic than the traditional cat shower cap.

20+ years out has been and gone. PID risk is no greater over time for IUD users than anyone else.

As someone that has only ever used the pill, and only has friends that use the pill, condoms or iud, what exactly is the difference between the sponge and a diaphragm? They both have about the same effectiveness when used correctly when I check on planned parenthood, the sponge seems like it may be a little easier to…

That’s one of the worst parts. Should I put it in just to be prepared, in case? Oh God I wasn’t expecting this, I have to go put it in. OH NO I DON’T HAVE IT WITH ME OH GOD. I’m not comfortable making him wait but I’m stuck in this bathroom until I can get it in right...

It depends. Sometimes it’s no problem, then other times it gets really jammed way up in there painfully during sex, which also makes it difficult - and additionally painful - to remove later, when that happens.

According to my friends who used them, sex with a properly fitted diaphragm feels better than sex with a condom. Theoretically, you can’t feel a properly fitted diaphragm when it’s properly placed up against the cervix (so way at the end of the vagina). OTOH, guys can definitely feel when they have a condom on.

Love my diaphragm. No hormones, no constant doctor interaction, no pregnancy, cheap.

I used a diaphragm for years. I was past 35 and smoking when I got my divorce, but wanted something more than the off-chance that whoever I hooked up with would have condoms on hand. (This was in the late 70s, early 80s, free sex and AIDS hadn’t come along yet). It worked great. You just stand with one foot up on…

Once when I was 7 or so I was exploring the drawers in my parents’ bathroom and I opened up the case to my mom’s diaphragm. I was completely at a loss. I played around with it and stretched it and poked it a bunch trying to figure out what te hell it was. The best I could come up with was that it went over your boob…

Wow, I was surprised to see this. I think it was back in 2009 that I was actually part of a study for this. I have to say it was pretty effective with the amount of sex I was having in a monogamous relationship. Though tab or not it was a bitch to get out.

I’m a man, so please explain it to me: are diaphragms uncomfortable or what? I know guys like to bitch about wearing condoms, but they seem a little better than having something shoved up your cooch. Not that I would know, lacking said cooch. Fill us men in, please

Diaphragms were awesome for birth control. By the time you were able to get it in right you were too tired to fuck. I remember one time (in band camp) in college laying on the bathroom floor crying. The preparation of damn thing made it one drop of nonoxyl 9 away from being as slippery as a greased pig. The metal…

Vintage? I got one about 8 years ago. Didn’t use it for very long. It killed the spontaneity worse than any condom ever did.

I’m guessing the FDA thinks you’ll find some way to get high off it.

Probably because they used to be fitted by size. You got measured by the gynecologist. This one doesn’t need to be fitted (one size) but they may do education. A diaphragm is a slippery beast that needs to be precisely placed to work correctly. I used one for years after hormonal birth control and I broke up. Bonus:…