Birth Control and Swinging

I'll start this off by saying I'm not a doctor so if you have any questions about your specific sexual or overall health, your health care practitioner would be the person to as ('cause they know stuff about your dangly bits and whatnot).

So, a vast majority of swingers don't swing to get children sired by different fathers. There is a fetish for this, that fetish is not tied to swinging, it is very very separate. Like super extra double deluxe separate.  I believe it has to do with a kind of cuckolding breeding fetish? I don't have that fetish so I can't tell ya. (Do you have that fetish? Tell me about it!)

Birth control. There are many many different types. I will go over the pros and cons of each and how they relate to swinging and what they do to your body and protect you from. Read on!

"Condoms may not protect from everything, but neither do seat belts - they are just the most practical and effective choice at hand to reasonably minimize risk." SLS user "catnipfun." 

Condoms (male)

Barrier method: Condoms are pretty universal and are easy to use. They are easy to find. They protect against pregnancy about 71-85% success rate. Pretty low on their own, but good to add to other methods.  Latex and polyurethane and other synthesized types of condoms are good because they protect against many STD/STIs like AIDS, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and more. No condom can protect against HPV. Natural condoms do not protect against anything other than pregnancy.  Condoms are good because you can switch them between partners.  They are a little pricier than I think they should be, especially for the good brands or the polyisoprene or polyurethane ones (like Trojan supras or Durex avanti bare. You also have non-latex options for those that are allergic or want to switch it up. What sucks about any condom is that they taste like lube and latex/plastic even if you buy the flavored ones. Then it's like giving head to a balloon.

Condoms (female)

Barrier method:

Spermicide
chemical method:

Diaphragms/Cervical caps

Barrier method:

Sponges

Barrier method:

Birth control pill

Hormonal method:

Implant

Hormonal method:

Shot

Hormonal method:

Patch

Hormonal method:

Ring

 Hormonal method:

IUD

Hormonal OR non-hormonal method:

Vasectomy

surgical:

Hysterectomy/Tubal litigation

surgical:

Family Planning

Lifestyle method:

Continuous breastfeeding (LAM)

Lifestyle method? Ok, so until I started researching for this entry I had never heard of using continual breast feeding as a method of birth control.