I no longer need birth control because I have gone into menopause. When I did use it I used the diaphram and condoms.
If I did not happen to have my diaphram I would not have sex. Not having it on me kept me from impulsive sex. I did not take it with me unless I was traveling.
I tried to use other forms of birth control before settling on the diaphram. I had all the major side effects from the pill and got pregnant with the womb implant for which I had to be hospitalized.
I feel that using the diaphram was a very positive experience it put me more in contact with my body. I have heard that the gel I used actually protects against HIV because it kills sperm. I am not absolutly sure of this so don't quote me on it.
The diaphram is a round shaped very thin,flexable rubber piece that covers the cervex and the gel kills sperm that approaches the cervex or mouth of the womb.
For me it made having sex easier because the gel lubed me up.
I also started tracking my ovulation cycle and began to actually feel myself ovulate. I knew I had to use my diaphram during these times. I feel like I had a much easier menopause than the women that I graduated from High School with because I did not use the pill and being a dancer of course made me much more in touch with my body.
While I traveled I was not in a relationship I did not have sex very often. I noticed that if I wanted to have sex that I wanted it more during times that I was ovulating.
I saw much pain in the women I worked with who were in relationships. The women I worked with constantly marveled over my lack of relationship. I was very happy about not having a relationship and the freedom I had. They couldn't understand how I could do it. I saw that most of them were not happy in their relationships and many of them were being ripped off by men. I tried back then to talk to them about natural birth control and that I felt that the pill was dangerous back then and actually contributed to their misery with men.
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