The modern practice for the father to witness the birth of his child may be an intensely fulfilling experience making up for the physical changes of pregnancy which the father is denied, and allowing the couple to feel they have shared equally in the event. For some men, however, the experience may be traumatic and [...]
A young man said, ‘When they are on the Pill, it is as if they are pregnant. They put on weight and it makes them want babies. I would always use a condom too.’ Again, the feeling of the Pill being a risk was put in this way: ‘A girl on the Pill may change [...]
The desperate and bitter isolation is often made worse when friends become pregnant, or inquiring relatives make comments such as, ‘Isn’t it time you started thinking about settling down with a family?’ The emotional pain is usually hidden from friends and relatives, but may be shared within the anonymity of an infertility clinic, together with [...]
She stayed with her first lover for three years, but now she had a new partner and she was sure he was the right one for her. Sex was fine with him. The doctor wondered out loud how sex was possible in view of her reaction to the speculum and the doctor’s fingers. ‘Oh, the [...]
The sheath can also be considered to be a clean method, in that sperm is not released into the vagina. Some women feel a disgust for this messy, smelly, sperm-filled ejaculate, and they rush to wash the vagina immediately after sex. In this way they state how dirty sex feels to them, as though sperm [...]