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Making Sex Safer

Condoms

• Check the expiration date on the condom wrapper.
• Use a new condom every time you have sex.
• Use only condoms made of latex rubber.
• Use a condom with lubricant for vaginal and anal intercourse.
• Store condoms in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight.
• Do not keep a condom in a wallet for more than a few hours.
• Carefully open the packet so you do not tear the condom.
• If you put the condom on upside-down by accident, use a new condom (one drop of semen contains over 500,000 sperm).
• Pinch the tip of the condom to give a half-inch space for semen to collect, or use a condom with a receptacle tip.
• If you feel a condom break while having sex STOP IMMEDIATELY and put on a new condom.
• After ejaculation, before the penis gets soft, grip the condom at the base of the penis and carefully withdraw from your partner.
• Pull the condom off gently, be careful that no semen spills out.
• Dispose of the condom in a waste basket, not the toilet. Condoms are not biodegradable.
• Condoms provide an effective protection from pregnancy if use consistently and correctly.