Do men get broody?

notanewuser

No, but in 20+ years of using them I've not had any unplanned pregnancies.

Gavin83

Me and my girlfriend have been using the pill for most of our relationship and not had any unwanted pregnancies.

Checking the NHS guidelines condoms are quoted as being 98% effective and the pill 99% effective, so according to the very people who supply medical advice the pill is a more reliable form of contraception.

notanewuser

Gavin83 wrote: »

Me and my girlfriend have been using the pill for most of our relationship and not had any unwanted pregnancies.

Checking the NHS guidelines condoms are quoted as being 98% effective and the pill 99% effective, so according to the very people who supply medical advice the pill is a more reliable form of contraception.

If used correctly. Most women don't take it as they should all of the time.

Person_one

Gavin83 wrote: »

Me and my girlfriend have been using the pill for most of our relationship and not had any unwanted pregnancies.

Checking the NHS guidelines condoms are quoted as being 98% effective and the pill 99% effective, so according to the very people who supply medical advice the pill is a more reliable form of contraception.

If you're a man who wishes to maintain your own control and responsibility for contraception, the pill isn't the way to do that.

Free_Spirit_31

notanewuser wrote: »

If used correctly. Most women don't take it as they should all of the time.

Yes, they either miss several pills towards the start or the end of the pack, or have long bouts of sickness and or diarrhoea or take prescribed drugs that counteract the Pill.


I have been on the pill for several years and never fell pregnant.

Gavin83

I don't think taking a pill each morning is that hard to remember. We do of course use condoms if some sort of sickness occurs, as advised in the instructions. I'm willing to bet a fair few people ignore this advice.

I'll be honest, my perfect solution would be a male pill but no such thing exists. This goes back to my previous point about the choices available to women. Men only really have one form of contraception that they are in control of, while on the other hand women have several.

It would also help if condoms weren't so rubbish but there probably isn't much they can do about that.

notanewuser

Gavin83 wrote: »

I don't think taking a pill each morning is that hard to remember. We do of course use condoms if some sort of sickness occurs, as advised in the instructions. I'm willing to bet a fair few people ignore this advice.

I'll be honest, my perfect solution would be a male pill but no such thing exists. This goes back to my previous point about the choices available to women. Men only really have one form of contraception that they are in control of, while on the other hand women have a number.

It would also help if condoms weren't so rubbish but there probably isn't much they can do about that.

It stems partly from the fact that until recently women often didn't have a choice about having sex or not, and partly because it's easier biologically to prevent ovulation/implantation.

It's very easy to mess up. If you go on holiday and end up in a different time zone, for example.

In what way are condoms rubbish? They (can) prolong lovemaking and leave no icky wet patch!

Gavin83

Person_one wrote: »

If you're a man who wishes to maintain your own control and responsibility for contraception, the pill isn't the way to do that.

I did actually hear about research that's going on for a temporary vasectomy. Ignoring the actual procedure (which is fairly invasive) this seems like a good solution.

MothballsWallet

And getting sterilised seems to be such a difficult process in this country...

Although, it does depend on how understanding your doctor is regarding the referral.

Gavin83

MothballsWallet wrote: »

And getting sterilised seems to be such a difficult process in this country...

Although, it does depend on how understanding your doctor is regarding the referral.

If your below a certain age and haven't already had children getting a vasectomy on the NHS is virtually impossible. You can get it done privately for about £400 though.

I'm considering it myself at the moment. Of course it's only an option if you never want children though.