Birth Control
Withdrawal (pull-out method)
Hear real people share their very real experiences with different methods of birth control.
Withdrawal (pull out) method
Adrian, 24, withdrawal
"If you’re going to do it… know the repercussions."
Oct 11, 2011
Adrian uses condoms to protect himself against STIs when he needs to, but he doesn’t really like the feeling of them. So when he’s in a committed relationship he uses withdrawal aka the pullout method.
Risky? You bet. It requires him to keep a clear head in the most heated of moments. The way he does it is to keep really, really focused on what the consequences of his actions could be. (Hello, fatherhood.)
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Withdrawal (pull out) method
Taisha, 21, withdrawal and not right now
"I wasn’t using a condom and [he’d] pull out."
Withdrawal (pull out) method
Kesha, 32, withdrawal
"It's kinda like clockwork—he just knows to do it."