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A member asked:
How to do a safety sex?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Family Medicine 49 years experience
Safe sex: Multiple methods: Condoms PLUS spermicidal foam, jelly, vaginal insets, IUD or sponge. BC pills PLUS condoms. Or...abstain from sexual activity. Have female and male partners checked for STDs.
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Condoms or pills: I' assuming this is in regards to avoiding unwanted pregnancy?
Use condoms if you are a male. If you are a female you have many options of contraception available from using a diaphragms to starting the contraceptive pill.
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