• Only use new condoms
• Be careful not to poke a hole in the condom with your fingernails, teeth, or other sharp objects when opening the condom wrapper.
• Put the condom on as soon as the penis is erect and before any sexual contact with your partner.
• Prior to putting your condom on, pinch the tip and squeeze out the air to leave room for the ejaculate.
• If you are not circumcised, pull down the loose skin (foreskin) before putting on the condom.
• While continuing to hold onto the tip of the condom, unroll it all the way down to the base of the penis.
• If you are using the condom as birth control, make sure your partner uses a spermicide according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
• Using additional lubricants is ok as long as they are water based such as Astroglide or K-Y Jelly. Oil based lubricants like Vaseline, hand lotion, or baby oil can weaken the condom, increasing the chance that it may break.
• After ejaculation, hold onto the condom at the base and withdraw from your partner while still erect. This will keep semen from spilling out of the condom.
• Wash your hands after handling a used condom.

Using a Female Condom

• Only use new condoms
• Insert the closed ended ring inserted deep into the vagina over the cervix, like a diaphragm to hold the tube in place.
• Make sure the ring at the open end remains outside the opening of the vagina.
• After ejaculation twist the outside ring to close off the condom and hold the semen inside before the condom is removed.
• Remain laying down to remove.
• Wash your hands after handling a used condom.

Female condoms can be inserted up to 8 hours before sexual intercourse. Do not use with spermicide and definitely not at the same time as a male condom as the friction can tear it.