Pill + Condom -or- Pill alone?

jchc08 · May 2010

I've been on the Pill for years but I still prefer to "double up" on protection by using a condom everytime. Am I paranoid? (DH thinks so). What do you do?

jonesdouglas · May 2010

I take my BC on time everyday without missing a beat, therefore I TRUST my BCP.

candaceleigh21 · May 2010

I agree with PP..when I took the Pill, I took it correctly and I trusted it...We did use the pull out method just to make my mind a little more at ease about it but I trusted it otherwise.

amanjay · May 2010

I trust the pill. I've used it consistently and correctly for almost 14 years now, and not so much as a pregnancy scare.

monkeygirl18 · May 2010

Totally paranoid. I was on BCP for 15yrs and never had a problem. If your that paranoid why not check into getting an IUD then, no worries.

ZestofLime · May 2010

I think you are being paranoid. I used the pills (correctly) for 17 years.

Pregnancies that occur while on BCP are pretty much operator error.

HILAJ · May 2010

I agree. I've taken the pill for 3 years and mostly at the same time every day. On the weekends, I'm sometimes a little lax with them, but I've never had a scare. Of course, I'm sure it differs for other people - I know people who took their pill at different times each day & had two pregnancies that way. I'm sure if you take it like you're supposed to, you're fine.

kloesk · May 2010

at first we doubled up. now we don't. If i'm late/miss a pill, we double up for a week. I've known several people who got pregnant on BCP though. I don't know about how well they

kloesk · May 2010

at first we doubled up. now we don't. If i'm late/miss a pill, we double up for a week. I've known several people who got pregnant on BCP though. I don't know about how well they took

kloesk · May 2010

at first we doubled up. now we don't. If i'm late/miss a pill, we double up for a week. I've known several people who got pregnant on BCP though. I don't know about how well they took it.

fizzybauberswed · May 2010

We use both but we are paranoid.

ooodsie · May 2010

We use both because

1) we are paranoid

2) i tend to take the pill at varying times of the night on occasion (i take it before bed, but that can vary by a few hours on weekends vs weekdays)

3) makes for less mess

ccoffman1 · May 2010

I would say a little paranoid... I was on bcp for about fiver years and took them the same time everyday and never once had a problem with a prgnancy scare... condoms kind of ruin it for me. I just got off bcp and it sucks because I hate them so much! I would say as long as your conistent with the time you take them then your fine but if your not always on time then i would just stop taking the pills if you are only using them for contraception...

music83lover2001 · May 2010

We use both, too, though DH would like to stop. We just cannot have a baby right now and it is just something that we can't have an oops on. I know that they are very effective, but I would just rather be sure right now. I am sure we will stop using them at some point.

emmypants · May 2010

If you take it correctly, it's fine by itself. If you forget to take them, then use a condom.

Maybride2 · May 2010

If you're taking your pill correctly (same time every single day), you're pretty well protected.

But if it makes you feel better to double up, go for it. It doesn't hurt anything.

Mycrimsonheart · May 2010

You're being paranoid. Take the pill correctly and just have him pull out if it will make you feel better about it. You'll be fine.

laclifto · May 2010

ooodsie:

We use both because

1) we are paranoid

2) i tend to take the pill at varying times of the night on occasion (i take it before bed, but that can vary by a few hours on weekends vs weekdays)

3) makes for less mess

This. I also have a health condition that does not mix well with pregnancy, and I absolutely can not get pregnant with the medication that I have to take for it - it can cause serious birth defects.

Honeydewchestnut · May 2010

I'm on Depo now but when DH and I first started sleeping together I was on BCP and we doubled up mostly b/c we were both completely paranoid. When we moved in together around 2 years later we trusted my BCP and have since I switched to the shot.

Jessimau · May 2010

We doubled up until I went off BCP due to a seriously decreased libido. Now it's condoms only. I don't see any harm in doubling up. If it puts your mind at ease, it's more likely to help with the sex because you'll be more relaxed.

baszae23 · May 2010

you are paranoid. i agree with the other ladies who said if you take it when you are suppose to, you will have no problems. I never took my pill at the same time every day, but i did take it every day and still never been pregnant. For me the purpose of the pill was so we did not have to use condoms anymore.

rachel.thomas.is · June 2010

I don't think you are being paranoid, you are being cautious. My gf took the pill everyday at the same time and she got pregnant. Why take the risk?

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