- No effects on sexual desire or pleasure
- You will enjoy a natural sex. For comparison with hormonal contraception visit Epigee Women's Health
- Safe, effective, and highly acceptable to women and men
- Fast to learn and easy to use
- Can be inserted several hours before sexual intimacy
- Does not interrupt spontaneity or reduce sexual pleasure
- Comes in three sizes (can fit almost any woman)
- Inexpensive, reusable for one year, environmentally safe
- No interference with the menstrual cycle
- No effect on fertility, instant reversibility when pregnancy is desired
- No effects with breastfeeding or breast milk
- Woman has full control (no male involvement)
- Discreet make-up-like container enhances portability
- More acceptable to the health care provider (minimum training time)
- A step-by-step brochure and an instructional video tape are provided with each FemCap kit
- Non-allergenic latex-free material and anatomical design
- Planning necessary before sexual intimacy
- Women may forget and leave the FemCap in longer than 48 hours, because they are unable to feel its presence. Women are encouraged to use a calendar to monitor insertion and removal to avoid this possibility
- The FemCap is less effective than hormonal contraception and IUD use
FemCap® does not protect against HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted infections. FemCap® may also not be an option for women who might be pregnant, have a uterus that is abnormally shaped inside, have had a post-pregnancy or post-abortion uterine infection in the past 3 months, have cancer of the uterus or cervix, have unexplained bleeding of the vagina, have an infection in the cervix, have an allergy to any component of FemCap ®. If any complications arise it is then critically important to seek the advice of a health care professional.
Nothing on this Website should be construed as the giving of advice or the making of a recommendation, and it should not be relied on as the basis for any decision or action. It is important that you rely only on the advice of a healthcare professional to advise you on your specific situation.
