Douches? (Not an insult)

[Cattypuss]

The thought of douching squicks me out big-time. I feel sure I would instantly get crotch-rot if I tried it.

BTW he (a big pee-drinker) tells me that my pee tastes absolutely divine after I've been drinking pink champagne, and absolutely disgusting after I've been drinking Lemsip (I imagine it's the paracetamol).

 

[Etoile]

I've already had this discussion in PM and there is at least one clinical trial that shows douching with a vinegar solution reduces chance of pregnancy by 15%, which is better than crossing ones fingers and hoping. I never said it was reliable, but if you have no access to post coital contraception and the worst happens, it can sometimes be effective.

The morning after pill is much more effective. I realize that there are hindrances to access, though. The easy place to get it - local pharmacy - requires money. The (sometimes) free place to get it - Planned Parenthood - requires transportation. But I'd much rather use the morning after pill than trying to douche with vinegar!

 

[where]

The morning after pill is much more effective. I realize that there are hindrances to access, though. The easy place to get it - local pharmacy - requires money. The (sometimes) free place to get it - Planned Parenthood - requires transportation. But I'd much rather use the morning after pill than trying to douche with vinegar!

I agree, but christmas eve that year was on a thursday, so we had all day christmas day on friday then saturday, sunday and a bank holiday monday. plus staying with his grandmother so finding a doctor was impossible.

and I didn't use a douche, there wasn't one available. I had to make do with a pickled onion.

and no. I'm not kidding. but hyper-fertile, ovulating me didn't get pregnant. That time.

 

[Cattypuss]

I had to make do with a pickled onion..

That's quite an image

 

[where]

That's quite an image

that's what the doctor said.

 

[aniserouge]

Oh please just get Plan B. Generic is perfectly effective, costs around 30 bucks, and can be kept in your bedroom drawer for a few years (the expiration date is usually three or four years, just check the package.) You can get it at most pharmacies. If your area is so isolated and conservative that you can't get it there, have a friend mail you some to have around.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Oh please just get Plan B. Generic is perfectly effective, costs around 30 bucks, and can be kept in your bedroom drawer for a few years (the expiration date is usually three or four years, just check the package.) You can get it at most pharmacies. If your area is so isolated and conservative that you can't get it there, have a friend mail you some to have around.

Thank you for this reminder! When my daughter went to PP for her pills a year or so ago, they gave her two packages. I didn't think to look at the expiration dates-- it's good to know that they last that long!