Female Condom

Female condoms are the only woman-initiated method available today that offers dual protection from unintended pregnancy and STIs, including HIV.  The ability of receptive partners to initiate condom use is particularly important in situations where they can’t negotiate male condom use. No longer must be the man do the decision around safer sex.   Research shows that female condoms has higher …

As female condoms is larger than male condoms. There might be an initial negative reaction to female condoms, because of its large size, but this feeling diminishes with use. It is useful to compare female to an unrolled male condom to highlight that female condoms are the same length but wider than the male condom. It is also important to …

Female condoms are a lubricated polyurethane (plastic) or latex tube that has a flexible ring at each end. One end of the tube is closed. Female condoms offer some protection against sexually transmitted diseases, but the male condoms give the best protection if you have sex. Female condoms should not be used in combination with male condoms. The friction of …

Female condoms, also known as femidoms, are loose fitting, fine and flexible polyurethane sheath that are worn by women during sexual intercourse. Female condoms, like male condoms, are used to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The structure of a female condom is such that the round and closed end of the sheath covers the cervix and keeps the sperm from moving …

Condoms are a barrier method of contraception. There are male condoms and female condoms. A condom is used only one time it cannot be reused. A new condom should be used each time you have sex — and it must be used from start to finish each time you have sex to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Never use oil-based lubricants …

Male condom and female condoms are two main types of condoms. What is generally called a condom is the ‘male’ condom, a sheath or covering which fits over a man’s penis, and which is closed at one end. There is also now a female condom, or vaginal sheath, which is used by a woman and fits inside the vagina. There …

You can use female condoms after you’ve had a baby. When you feel ready to have sex again, it is safe for you to use a condom, no matter male condom or female condom, both are workable. You may need to use one even if you are returning to another method of contraception, as it can take time for other …

HIV is spread during vaginal sex when HIV-infected semen, vaginal fluid or menstrual blood comes into contact with the mucous membranes of the vagina or penis. Some STDs (for example, gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis) are spread the same way as HIV. Other STDs (e.g., herpes, syphilis, chancroid) are transmitted through contact with infected skin or mucous membranes. In general, since there …

Women condoms are an alternative to regular condoms. They provide pretty much the same great protection from pregnancy and STDs. What’s different about them? Instead of going on the penis, women condoms go inside your vagina for pregnancy prevention or into the vagina or anus for protection from STDs. Women condoms are becoming easier to find online, in stores, and at family …

Chartex’s successor, the Female Health Company, considered folding, but instead it set about developing an education programme. Then one day in 1995, Leeper received a telephone call from a woman called Daisy, responsible for Zimbabwe’s HIV and Aids programme. She said, ‘I have a petition here on my desk signed by 30,000 women demanding that we bring in the female …