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Has anyone gotten pregnant using a diaphragm?
This is our method of birth control now. Just wondering if anyone has had it fail?
Re: Has anyone gotten pregnant using a diaphragm?
My mother. My sister is the result. There will always be a rate of failure for birth control methods.
Failure rate with the diaphragm looks to be about 16%
http://www.contracept.org/risks.php
I used one for 20 years with no unplanned pregnancies.
You have to be religious about following the directions to a T. Slack any on the process and you could wind up pregnant.
Planned Parenthood's website has comprehensive information on all forms of birth control.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control-4211.htm
If you are worried about it, you could combine natural family planning elements with the diaphragm...using condoms during the time when you are ovulating.
This is what we do. I track with Cycle Beads, and during times I'm most likely to be fertile, we double up with both my diaphragm and a condom.
FWIW, I'm a diaphragm baby.
Not that my mother can be counted on as a responsible adult using birth control.