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When should you remove the diaphragm?
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Eight hours : Remove the diaphragm eight hours after your last sexual encounter.
Answered 9/23/2020
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8 hrs: Leave the diaphragm in for 8 hours after intercourse. If you have sex again before the 8 hours is up, do not remove the diaphragm, but add more of the spermicidal jelly into the vagina.
Answered 11/16/2015
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Pull it out: Diaphragms are easily removed by hooking your finger under the edge of the diaphragm and pulling it out.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Diaphragm removal: Diaphragm removal can be made much easier by placing a foot up on a chair or toilet, then bearing down like you are having a bowel movement (valsalva maneuver) while inserting a finger without a long fingernail into the vagina and Voila! Easy as pie removal. Please keep a short finger nail so as not to inadvertently puncture the diaphragm surface.
Answered 10/26/2018
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