Can be put on as part of sex play. Can be used with other methods to prevent sexually transmitted infections. Condoms can, and do break, allowing sperm to spill into the vagina. That's why it's recommended that condoms be used together with a spermicide to disable the sperm before fertilization occurs. If you feel absolutely certain that, under any circumstances, you do not want to have additional children, sterilization may be a birth control option.
Sterilization is nearly impossible to reverse.
Either partner may undergo voluntary sterilization. This surgery involves sealing, tying or cutting a man's vas deferens, the tube, which carries sperm from the testicle to the penis. Performed on an outpatient basis, vasectomy does not require general anesthesia. After that sperm can be extracted from the testes and used to induce pregnancy. Then check out these articles in our Condition Forum.