General Chat

When did we first have the use of contraceptions. Could anyone tell me when condoms or the pill where first introduced. The topic of conversation has been this with oh this evening.

I think the pill was available in the 60's. Condoms in Victorian era

I did hear that linen condoms were available in around the eighteenth century, I believe. I don't know how effective they were, but I think they were intended to protect men from sexually transmitted diseases.

I think the Pill came in around 1960 but I wasn't born then - that's just what I remember reading somewhere. I've got a feeling the diaphragm was around before that, though.

my mother was taking the pill in the mid/late 60's, used to look like a compact but with days of the week on it, never realised what it/they where tho

never told her but that's how I learnt to spell the days of the week and got marks for it at school lol

Kim

spelling I meant

not what the pill was for! lol

Kim

What where condoms called back then please. I did not relise they were available back then ( so thick ) i thought there was no contraceptions thats why they had big familys.

Nice one Kim

WELL!! mum told me that when she married Christmas Day 1929 there was a washable condom availble and altho it was pricey they bought one cos didn't want to "fall" too quickly. The Thing!! failed them 3 weeks later after they married and she fell for the first baby. They werent happy cos it had cost them a guinea.
My brother was born 9 months and three weeks after they married but unfortunately died aged 3 months from pneumonia and bronchitis
in Jan 1931.
am fortunate to have a studio picture of him

Shirley

various names - rubber johnnies, Durex

...It seems goat bladders were useful.....

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Gwyn

"In days of old
When knights were bold,
And (condoms) werent invented,
They........"

Funny - I cant remember the rest - lol

xxxx mick

I put on a trail pill in late 1967 only 20 out of every 100 on it got caught had my son early 1969 Valxxx

Oh said they had something they washed out, Guess it must have been made of rubber.

women also used douching as a form of contraception - can't possibly see how that could have worked

Funny, isn't it, Ann, how today they're still trying to get the message across that douching doesn't stop you getting pregnant? I think there must be a lot of stories handed down from mothers and grandmas still around.

Curiously, when I started my periods the little booklet my mum got me stressed that it was perfectly OK to wash your hair, have a bath etc when you had one, and I couldn't understand why this was being pointed out. Then I found an old book in our house from the 1920s about women's health that practically instructed women not to bathe, wash their hair, engage in unsuitable social activities (?) and so on at that time of the month.

So now I know - the people writing this literature now probably know that all these old myths are still hanging around.

sorry lol ...irrelevant...except the mention
of durex.....
I always remember the little elderly lady
who came into the electrical shop where
i worked and wanted to buy some
"durex batteries" bless

Rosexx

How times have changed my mother never told me anything about those things, except if you need anything once a month they will be in my top draw in my bedroom.

When I was in military guys used 'unlubriacrated' druex as water containers in certain countries.

I ordered thousands that, one day, all went missing

Oopsie not nice lol

kim

There used to be a Pessary that was inserted, prior to the act,I expect that it was a spermicidal foaming tablet thingy......Bob
My missus was told by her mum that at that time of the month not to go near any boys........so she used to cross over the road!!

I think i will have to look that one up Bob