Sex & Romance
bekt14
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
FemCap, Spermicide, & UTIs
I just got married about 10 days ago. DH and I both waited until marriage to have sex, so we were really excited to delve into this new world together! It was amazing until a few days ago when I got a terrible UTI and had to stop.
I am medically unable to take BC Pills, plus I don't like the idea of doing anything that manipulates my hormones. So, I decided to try the FemCap cervical cap with Spermicide as my contraceptive (in addition to condoms). I believe the spermicide gave me the UTI, which I see is very common while researching it. So, now I'm re-thinking the FemCap. Has anyone else had bad reactions to Spermicide or is there a certain brand that you like better than others?
What other natural contraceptives have you tried and would recommend?
Re: FemCap, Spermicide, & UTIs
A diaphragm is another. Use it with a condom; you can make applying the condom as part of foreplay.
There is also Natural Family Planning. Women use it with great success and there's even a way to use NFP with an irregular cycle.
I do not like any type of BC that involves a spermicide. All I get is a yeast infection as a result.
Pee before and after sex; drink cranberry juice or take a cranberrry pill daily (it's also great for kidney health) --- 8 glasses of water a day helps, too.