Advantages:
- Only method that protects against both pregnancy and STI’s.
- Only need to use them when you have sex, putting it in anytime up to 8 hours before sex
- No serious side effects
- Can use lubrication with them including oils, creams, lotions or petroleum jelly
Disadvantages:
- May slip or get pushed up into the vagina if used incorrectly
- Need to ensure the penis enters the condom and not between the vagina and the condom
- Not widely available, like external condoms
Comments:
- Use a new condom every time and follow instructions carefully
- Sold online and in some chemists and free from CaSH/GUM clinics
- If there is a problem with it, you need access to emergency contraception/STI testing
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