Birth Control

Today my girlfriend went to see a planned parenthood doctor to research options for birth control. We'd been talking about this for the last couple of weeks because sometimes we just get lost in the heat of the moment, forget to put on a condom then have to stop ourselves to put one on; shit kills the mood, yo. (Or, in before LOL PREMACHURE EJACUMALATION) I wanted to go with her but I got pulled off to work and she just took initiative and spoke to a doctor about the whole thing. We're looking into the daily pill and her doctor also recommended the use of "emergency contraceptives" (which, as some of you may remember, I've had intimate experience with). I figure most of you people are adults and a few of you may even (inexplicably) be in relationships with someone you care about. This is probably a multiple answer thread:

• Where do a lot of you stand on birth control?
  
• What, if any, birth control methods do you and your girlfriend/boyfriend/mountain goat (Circle one please) use?
  
• What's been the mode of discussion on this topic with your partner? (Mountain goat is excluded because, silly nerds, mountain goats can't speak human speak)
  
• Have any of you had any experience with these "emergency contraceptives"?
  
• To those of you who already have children, do you use birth control at all or in conjunction with family planning?

It should be noted that this is the first time I've actually seriously discussed options for birth control with any of my girlfriends. I was actually thinking about it today and it really hit me why. It's also the first time our age difference (she's 21, I'm 31) really impacted me. Most of my former girlfriends fell into one of the following descriptions: They already expected me to use a condom, didn't believe in contraceptives because their imaginary friend "god" told them it was bad or something, already had their set birth control methods (pills, diaphragm, etc) or, as was the case for one, had a fallopian tube ligation procedure done before we met, so this was never once discussed. I find it pretty curious that this all seems rather new to me.

So, yeah, long story short:

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Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

I've had pretty solid experiences here. Maybe you should try out the combo packs so you can find a rubber that doesn't suck, paco.

(I was pretty amazed by the difference between brands.)

Oh, we use condoms and I've been using them for years and have had no problems (when I don't forget to fucking use them) with them at all. I used to use the Trojan Naturalamb condoms but my girl really didn't like them. I've never had a girl complain about them before either but whatever. I think she was allergic to them or something but I had to switch brands because of this and, after buying a sampler pack about 7 months ago, we finally settled on a nice assortment of Beyond Seven, Crown (these are my favorite by a long shot) and Beyond Seven Studded condoms as our regulars. The problem has never been the condom; the problem is that, if you forget to put one on, its usefulness goes right out the window.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by DieSeLFueLeD

Paco, you and your girlfriend should go discuss this with a doctor who is up to date on the current options, their drawbacks/side effects and any recent studies on any of the drugs.

Yeah, we decided this as well because she was given so many options, she thought she'd be better off with both of us there so we're seeing the doctor tomorrow evening after I'm off work. She's pretty sure she wants the injections and, ultimately, it will be her choice but she wants my input as well so I'm OK with all this.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.