Contraceptives

 You may be well prepared for the Christmas holiday season with your supply of low dose birth control pills but don’t get caught out dashing off to that party without re- stocking your purse/bag with a few ‘fresh’ condoms. By ‘fresh’ I mean check the expiry date on every single condom and toss any condoms that have expired. If you’re over 40 and enjoying new sexual partners, don’t be one of the growing numbers of mature women who are catching STi’s.   If you are too busy to go personal shopping then hop online, ordering is easy so long as you plan ahead and allow time for delivery at this busy season. If you are too busy to go personal shopping then ordering online is easy so long as you plan ahead and allow time for delivery at this busy season. 

December 1st is World AIDS Day - December is World AIDS Month. Undercover Condoms will be donating portions of their sales to AIDS organizations around the US which is why I am promoting them.  They have just introduced their own brand of specially lubed condoms, which are very inexpensive. The deals they offer are excellent , enabling you to save  a few dollars to put towards your other Christmas expenses. Undercover Condoms has a wide selection of lubricants and gift packs that are big for the holiday season including a great novelty gift that will make you smile; Santa Claus, Frosty the Snow Man and Elf condom pops. Good stocking stuffers as well.

December 13th is largest day of shopping season for Undercover Condoms and so that you don’t miss their deadlines for delivery here are there cut-off dates:.
December 17th - Cut-off for ground shipping arrival by Christmas.
December 21st - Cut-off for Three Day Guarantee Delivery. 
December 22nd - Cut-off for 2nd day shipping arrival by Christmas.
December 23rd - Cut-off for Overnight shipping arrival by Christmas.

From now until Christmas I shall be giving you links to online stores where you can easily find good prices for a wide range of birth control ‘cosmetics’ as I prefer to call them and also find decent, fun ’safe sex’ gifts for your friends. 

I know you’ve heard it all before BUT condoms are a vital ‘tool’ in helping you to be the boss of your ‘contraception career’ AND in making sure you stay CLEAN and FREE from a sexual disease.  

Are you relying on your low dose birth control pill alone to get you safely through Christmas fun? Please pop a few condoms into every purse/handbag you might use during the school or office party season and also read this:

“How many acts of sexual intercourse would you guess occur every 24 hours?”

This is question that scientist Carl Djerassi (who developed the first birth control pill in the 1960s) asks his students. When his students answer 1 billion, Carl, now 88, replies, ‘No, no, no, you’re dreaming. There are six billion people. Well, you need two for sexual intercourse, so there are only three billion. And some of them are five years old, so they’re out.’ So then they say a million. Well, now you’re underestimating, because you’re sitting here and you’re not having sex. It’s actually 100 million, every 24 hours. And they produce about a million conceptions, about half of which are unexpected. Of the 500 000, half are unwanted. As a result, every 24 hours, 150 000 abortions occur; of these, more than 50 000 are illegal.”

Give yourself a pat on the back if you can honestly say that you and your partner are doing everything you can with your birth control management to prevent yourselves from facing the ‘abortion decision.’  THEN tell your sexually active friends about these numbers and encourage them to do their birth control check up too.

While there is still a long way to go if we are to make a dent in that daily abortion figure, make sure you make the most of the ongoing advances being made in current methods of birth control . With the Christmas party season fast approaching, take time out this week to give your birth control management and sexual practises a good check up so you can enjoy a stress free and fun time.

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