15 Responses to “What types of birth control methods did women use before the Pill?”

1. patois on October 9th, 2008 2:24 am

   Diaphram was popular, rhythm method, foam, cervical caps (rare), abstinence and abortion.

2. Xeneixe12 on October 10th, 2008 5:36 pm

   The “Honey, pls, don’t come in me” method but I think it never work…we r now more than 3 billion ppl.

3. Lyanthya on October 12th, 2008 9:03 am

   Withdrawal, diaphragms, sponges, condoms. I think condoms were the most common.

4. Big Sky 23 on October 13th, 2008 6:26 am

   Saying no and having a male relative who knew weaponry.

5. Fereshte on October 15th, 2008 2:43 pm

   The ancient egyptians used dried crocodile dung and the body works as type of diaphragm something about the dried dung and it actually worksoddly enough not something about the body works as type of the mix of diaphragm something would recommend trying of diaphragm something would recommend trying of diaphragm something would recommend trying of course just little interesting tidbit of spermicide historians have looked.
   The body works as type of course just little interesting tidbit of info.

6. John on October 15th, 2008 5:41 pm

   Saying no and using a rolling pin if required

7. Top-Secret Feminist Conspiracy on October 16th, 2008 12:10 am

   Feresha….can I say ewwwww!

   I was just going to mention a lot of herbs used were just a likely to kill the woman as any infants.

8. insincere on October 17th, 2008 8:19 am

   An oral contraceptive from what we know of earlypregnancy abortificients including raspberry leaves we have more legitimate children but.

9. paulcondo on October 17th, 2008 11:35 pm

   the said no

10. Junie on October 21st, 2008 4:20 am

    In the Victorian age, we had “pessaries” which were basically diapragms. Condoms were to avoid STDs more than babies, and married couples didn’t often use them. Women also used spermicides after the fact, such as vinegar or lemon juice (with so-so results)Withdrawl was somewhat popular, as was the calendar method of guessing at an ovulation date and avoiding it.

    Mainly, however, women “used” poor nutrition and breastfeeding. Both of these things supress ovulation. In fact, a woman who breastfeeds the baby at least once at night often will have children naturally spaced 2-3 years apart. This is why wet-nursing was so hard for women- they often were pregnant again within months of delivery, which is not healthy for them.

11. MeJane aka EL on October 21st, 2008 11:18 am

    My grandma told me about girls she knew would shake up a coke bottle and let it over flow into her ****** after sex, kinda like a really cheap, ****** with out the embarrassment of actually buying a ****** at the drug store, although it wasn’t very effective.

12. Sunny Day on October 21st, 2008 5:56 pm

    Yes condoms were very popular, accd to my mom. Then there was coitus interruptus, and the much overdone hysterectomy of the fifties and sixties.

13. The Ms. on October 23rd, 2008 10:59 am

    Diaphram, IUD, condoms, and the rhythm method which often lead to the mommy dance.

14. aussiebloke609 on October 26th, 2008 5:02 pm

    Condoms have been around since the ancient Egyptians, so that was probably the first - along with spermicides (usually crocodile dung back then.)

15. Louise C on October 29th, 2008 4:10 pm

    The diaphragm was the most effective form of contraception available to women before the pill. However, I understand it was difficult up until the 1960s for unmarried women to get them, as most doctors wouldn’t perscribe then to single women. It would generally have been more usual for the man to use a condom if he was having *** with a single woman.

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