Condoms

Written by Dr David Delvin, GP and family planning specialist

Warning!

Always take the female condom out of the pack with care - don't tear it with fingernails or rings.

How do you put them in?

You may need to try out several 'insertion positions'. Some women put it in while lying down, others while standing with one leg on a chair, and others while squatting.

The insertion procedure is described in the leaflet inside the pack. What you do is this:

Hold the 'closed' end of the female condom (the tip), feeling the ring inside it.

Squeeze the ring between your fingers, in preparation for insertion.

With your other hand, open up the lips of your vagina.

Now push the squeezed ring inside, and up to the top end of your vagina. There's a diagram on the leaflet that shows you how to do this.

Next, put two fingers inside the female condom and use them to push the inner ring as far into the vagina as it will go - so the whole vaginal cavity is snugly lined.

Ensure that the outer ring now covers the opening of your vagina. The top of this ring should be approximately over your clitoris – something that a number of women have reported favourably on.

Guide the man's penis in through this outer ring - so he is inside the condom. Take care it is easy to mistakenly put the penis outside the condom.

After sex, remove the female condom by twisting the outer ring and pulling it out gently.

Wrap and dispose of it (in a bin). Do not try and use it again.

Although the female condom is still nowhere near as popular as the male one, some couples do like it. And some women are keen on the idea that it lets them control their own fertility.

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