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June 2011 Moms
MrsI
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TMI CP: Pull and Pray Method
MrsI
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OK so DH and I were discussing last night on what we would like to do for out BC method as my Rx for BC is running out in a few weeks. I would like to stay off the pill and we will begin TTC in a few months and would be OK if we got a BFP sooner but don't want to actively start trying yet. Anyway we think we are going to go with the pull and pray method for now, which got us discuss where others "finish?"
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Re: TMI CP: Pull and Pray Method
Lost Lilah (Audra's twin) at 26 weeks. Cause unknown. Forever in our hearts
I second this!
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I third this... see cute baby below...
Actually that's not true. When used correctly (meaning he actually pulls all the way out in time), it only has a 4% failure rate. Pre-ejaculate doesn't have a significant concentration of sperm unless he recently ejaculated (and hasn't peed since then).
For monogomous, sexually-mature couples, withdrawal is a decent BC method, especially when combined with fertility awareness. Of course, if you are not okay with a "whoopsie" baby, you should probably choose something else.
this really surprises me...especially because a fertility specialist said otherwise, that's interesting. I really don't think pull and pray should be considered a TRUE BC method. Like pp said, if you aren't ok with a whoopsie you shouldn't use it! haha. My doc who I am close to laughed at me when I told her I was surprised I had gotten pregnant this way.
Lost Lilah (Audra's twin) at 26 weeks. Cause unknown. Forever in our hearts
There is definitely a stigma attached to it, even in the medical community. Typical use has a 18% failure rate (about the same as condom use), but typical use is "mostly" pulling out. It is not something that would be promoted publicly because obviously it doesn't provide protection from STIs and it is not right for teenagers/young adults.
DH ALWAYS pulled out, and with plenty of time. Yeah, I got pregnant. My mom told me that I was also conceived via this method.
It is definitely not to be relied on.
I'm embarrassed to admit it, but we also used this method most of the time we've been together. It worked for 10ish years and then we had two surprise BFPs over the last two years. Once we're done having kids DH will probably get snipped, since I've had a lot of bad side effects with other methods I've tried.
I have never been comfortable with P&P. We have occasionally, but only when I'm like uber confident that I wouldn't get ku. I was not on any sort of BC for 4 years when I got pg, and I charted, we used condoms and rarely P&P. That being said, now that we have a LO and are much less scared of a pregnancy, we did P&P more than we used to while I was nursing. I'm on Nuvaring now though, and feel a lot better about it. Though, I don't know what I'll refill the rx when it's up, and we'll go back to NFP/P&P. By then I'll be more comfortable with a slightly unplanned surprise.
Pull and pray is not a real method. However, at times when we did that we used a towel.
Fyi. We were pulling and Praying vs a condom because I thought I had already ovulated. See that baby in my siggy. We were somewhat okay with getting pregnant because we were going to start trying soon anyways but if you do not want to get pregnant do not use this "method" ....
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most of my friends who have kids conceived using this "method." so i don't think it's to be relied upon.
but on a gross note -- one of those friends says that her husband is able to finish by trapping the jizz in his foreskin.
I so didn't believe you, until I saw the same statistic on Planned Parenthood's website. Huh. Did not realize that!
Still, I agree that it isn't a method I'd use unless I was ok with a surprise BFP.
Agreed. We also used a condom for the most recent LO. See ticker below!!!!