Some family planning centers even give them away free. Besides preventing pregnancy, condoms also prevent the transmission of infections and venereal disease. Some women and their partners find that condoms irritate their skin, and they can cause burning urination. If you're allergic to a spermicide, try different kinds and brands. If everything you try causes a yeast infection or other irritation, switch to lubricated condoms without spermicide or to polyurethane condoms.
Some people find condoms reduce sensitivity or decrease pleasure.
And some men complain that condoms interfere with their ability to maintain an erection. Reversibility Condoms don't affect your fertility at all, so once you stop using them, you can try to conceive. Depending on the brand, condoms have been known to break or rip during sex, hardly a contraceptive benefit. Water-soluble lubricants or spermicides are safe to use. Fact-checked by the BabyCenter Editorial Team and approved by our Medical Advisory Board .