Condoms
- New condom must be in place before any sexual contact
- If condom breaks or slips off penis
- Offer both partners STI check — man, woman, young person
- Consider emergency contraception
Offer to demonstrate how to use condom
- Check use-by date — Figure 9.32. Feel condom packet — should be 'squashy'. Open carefully
- Hold tip of condom, squeeze air from tip — Figure 9.33
- Roll condom onto erect penis — Figure 9.34, Figure 9.35. Show on model of penis
- Use water-based lubricant for anal sex or if extra lubrication needed for vaginal sex
- Do not use oils or Vaseline — weaken rubber
- After man has ejaculated (passed sperm) while penis still hard, hold condom on penis, take penis out of vagina or anus slowly
- When penis soft remove condom — Figure 9.36
- Tie knot in condom — Figure 9.37, dispose of safely — put in rubbish bin
- Wipe excess sperm from penis
For more information on male and female condoms — see Barrier contraception