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[deathchicken.livejournal.com]

okay. i haven't seen my boyfriend in two and a half weeks. i drove back (six hours!) last night to stay with him before i go to school. and guess what little visitor drops by?
*sigh*
i really am going to have to look into the progesterone-only bc pills, or maybe that patch-thing that releases stuff into your bloodstream. condoms are too flimsy to not scare me, and i will not take depo-provera or shove something inside me (especially because i have no idea how i'd get half of it out!).

that reminds me...how the hell DO you get diaphragms and the like out? i mean, they have to go in pretty far, right? at least as far as a penis would, i would think. and your fingers aren't half as long as an average penis (mine sure as hell aren't). so...how do you get them out?

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[kanga2roos.livejournal.com]

I'm not exactly sure how to describe how you get it out, but it's not as hard as it seems. Basically, you have to get your finger underneath it, but that's about as specific as I can explain it :)

-kanga

[punkrckgirl69.livejournal.com]

ya know i always wondered that too...LOL

[the-marionette.livejournal.com]

I've wondered how you get them out AND in. Especially in without inverting it.

[kanga2roos.livejournal.com]

I always worried about this.. the applicator I sent away for eliminated that problem, thankfully. :)

-kanga

[the-marionette.livejournal.com]

There's an applicator? I never knew that. I always thought it was sort of like, "Yeah, here's this little cup looking thing. Good luck." hehehe

[kanga2roos.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think you can buy the applicator.. but the company that makes the jelly I use with mine will send you one if you request it. Makes it much more convenient, IMVHO. :)

-kanga

[valancyjane.livejournal.com]

You can use applicators with certain types of diaphragms; however, mine is different so I'[m not sure how they work ...

Really, diaphragms are not that bad. It takes some practice (and I would not be comfortable using it as my only birth control until I'd had a lot more practice!) but if you are comfortable touching your vagina, you should be fine.

Most diaphragms have a hard plastic edge, and you reach inside your vagina and grab that to pull it out. Or, I would guess, you could try pushing a little (as in childbirth) to dislodge it a little. But I've never tried that.

[namaste21.livejournal.com]

yeah, my doctor told me to bear down as if I was taking a bowel movement, and that helps push down on it some.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I used to use the Sponge (those were the days. . I feel old, now).

It had a loop, but you would 'bear down' just like in childbirth. Which is, to put it bluntly, kind of like trying to poop. It pushed it down a bit so you could reach it better.

[namaste21.livejournal.com]

actually, it helps if you put in the diaphragm early. normally, your cervix is resting somewhat low -- this is probably TMI, but I can reach it with my middle (longest) finger at this time --. But when your sexually excited, your cervix draws up and back, higher into your body -- eight hours after sex, when it's time to take that baby out, your cervix has pretty much returned to it's normal state. Which, you lay on a bed, or prop a foot on the toilet, like you would with a tampon, before you venture in there to get it out. but, your fingers don't have to go as far as a penis does, because the cervix is usually moved up for the penis... does that make sense?

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[deathchicken.livejournal.com]

yes, thankyou very much.
heh...i wish i used tampons so the idea of reaching in there wasn't so weird! ^_^