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Posted on: 07/16/2008
Question
Hi, my girlfriend and I have been talking about sex, and we both are still virgins (neither of us have had sex before with another person). My girlfriend is going to take pills to prevent pregnancy. So my question is, do we need to use condoms doing that way? Can we transmit any kind of diseases to each other?
Answer
I always recommend using a reliable method of birth control (like the pill) and condoms because it builds a good habit and gives you a back up method if she misses a pill.