Contraception is a way of reducing the chances of you or your partner from getting pregnant. Condoms, “the Pill” and LARC are common types of contraception.
If you don’t take contraceptive precautions when having sex, the girl may get pregnant which may lead to complications if you are not both ready to be parents.
When you sleep with someone without using protection, you are also sleeping with their sexual history. This means that, if they have had sex with other people without using protection and they caught sexually-transmitted infections, you could get the infections too.
In Norfolk, condoms are free from GPs or through the C-card scheme which has outlets in lots of towns and villages. Similar projects are available across the country.
Protection: condoms are called this because they help protect both of you from infection, disease and pregnancy. 15% of people using condoms get pregnant from not using them correctly.
Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection caused by a tiny bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis. If left untreated by antibiotics it can have serious complications.