The Female Condom: My Non-Experience

 female condom

Lasy year I attended the International Aids Conference in Mexico and in my delegates bag were some female condoms. I was so excited! This was the first time that anyone had given me female condoms. Some of the exhibitors were also giving away female condoms. So, I stocked up. I had good intentions. I thought I would come home, practice how to use them and then use them…but somehow it never happenned, and they have stayed in my bag of toys.

It’s a shame. I will be the first one to agitate for more female controlled contraceptives and my FC’s sit in my drawer. The reasons why? Several, including:

  • At the time I acquired the FC’s my buddy and I were not using condoms consistently
  • I wasn’t sure whether I would be able to fit the FC properly
  • I felt too lazy to practice using  the FC on my own…I would have rather attended a workshop where I could have been shown how to use the FC or had an enthusiastic partner who would be like “Go on, let’s try it, it will be fun

What has been your experience of the female condom? How would you feel if your partner decided to use the female condom? Would you use the female condom