IUDs are fine. Get a copper one and not Mirena, which is plastic and has hormones in it. IUDs are fine for nulliparous women and they don't cause complications if you want to have kids later, you just have to take them out before you start trying. :)
FAM works great for getting pregnant. The problem with using it for not getting pregnant is that your ovulation can easily vary by a few days one way or the other every month based on factors you can't predict and can't control, which reduces your "safe zone" for having sex. And I don't know about you, but I am not that keen on going without for two weeks a month. Also, spermicides don't work particularly well, according to much of what I've read--if they're mild enough not to give your mucus membranes problems, they're mild enough to have a failure rate.
Condoms: use more lube, and your partner needs a slightly smaller condom. :) Also make sure that you're not using textured condoms, which I find rather abrasive.
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Date: 2009-01-26 10:53 pm (UTC)FAM works great for getting pregnant. The problem with using it for not getting pregnant is that your ovulation can easily vary by a few days one way or the other every month based on factors you can't predict and can't control, which reduces your "safe zone" for having sex. And I don't know about you, but I am not that keen on going without for two weeks a month. Also, spermicides don't work particularly well, according to much of what I've read--if they're mild enough not to give your mucus membranes problems, they're mild enough to have a failure rate.
Condoms: use more lube, and your partner needs a slightly smaller condom. :) Also make sure that you're not using textured condoms, which I find rather abrasive.