Broken Condom

LegacyUser

Hey,

Me and the girlfriend have had this happen a number of times (stupid i know) she has taken the morning after pill twice (last Wednesday) and looks like were gonna have to get it again tomorrow... would it still work after such a short period of time? any advice is helpful another 60 euro gone bah

Nevyn

She may not get the morning after pill prescribed to her as it has a list of side effects and it is not reccemended that it is taken twice a year never mind so close together.

She should still go to her gp but it sounds like you should be considering additional forms of contraception.

aidan24326

BrokenCondom wrote:

Hey,

Me and the girlfriend have had this happen a number of times (stupid i know) she has taken the morning after pill twice (last Wednesday) and looks like were gonna have to get it again tomorrow... would it still work after such a short period of time? any advice is helpful another 60 euro gone bah

A number of times?? A condom breaking should be a rare occurence, needless to say they're designed such that it's pretty unlikely they'd break during normal intercourse. Can happen of course, but if it's happened a few times you're obviously being very careless with how you use them. Like Thaedydal said, it sounds like another form of contraception is needed. The pill perhaps. Can't keep taking the morning after all the time, it's only supposed to be an emergency measure.

LegacyUser

How can you be careless using them??

Marksie

Maybe review your procedure for using condoms, breakages should be rare.

LegacyUser

'Hey OP! im in the same boat as urself, it has happened to me twice already with my girlfriend, the first time i got an awful shock about it and she managed to calm me down about the whole thing and she got the morning after pill the next day. now the second time it happened the condom completly "burst" and the ring of it was at my "shaft" again she went and took the morning after pill. iv been wondering as to why this keeps happening but my GF keeps saying its because im "too big" but surely there must be a way of getting around this, personally i dont like the tought of a pill restriciting the possibilty of her getting pregnant and i dont like the fact or relying on a piece of rubber either. can anyone else relate to this?

cheers.'

boffin

As far as I am aware you cannot have the morning after pill twice in one month (one cycle).

Civilian_Target

Sounds like you're not using condoms right, they're usually pretty hard to break in use (with the exception of those Durex ones that come in a purple box that seem to me to be completely crap).

Check you're not trapping air in the teat when you're putting them on, there shouldn't be any air trapped at all in the top. Similarly, roll them on with the fleshy part of your fingers, without using your nails to avoid ripping, and roll them as far down as they'll comfortably go (which should be enough).

qwertyphobia

Condoms have their limits, in a long session you may need to think about replacing the condom with a fresh one while you are changing position.

Condoms come in a number of different sizes and shapes, as do penises. Try different brands if you find one brand is breaking regularly on you.

challengemaster

it sounds like you're probably doing something wrong... like said above, check what way you're using them, be careful putting them on (that no air is trapped), etc.

if you think you're "too big" then try larger condoms. eg