...guys haven't compromised the condoms in some way.  There are a few who use the excuse of having run out of condoms to avoid doing FS, so it doesn't hurt to be prepared with a couple for that situation.  Also, some will accommodate you if you prefer a certain kind but the good ones always have a variety to choose from.

Most providers don't run out, but if one did, you'd appreciate the options having your own as a backup.  I've read a number of reviews where a provider either ran out or had very few, and that ended the session early, or at least kept them from having more sex.  So my advice would be to bring a few.  If  you did have a strong preference as to type of condom,  or an allergy to a spermicide, bringing some that work for you and mentioning it to the provider should work out okay.

There also have been the situations discussed on this board where either provider or client has a reaction to the spermicide Noxynol-9 that comes with some of them.  The medical literature shows spermicide is not effective for STDs, but is helpful as an adjunct to other means of  birth control, and  I reviewed that literature on a thread a few months ago on this thread.  Condoms are of course very effective in preventing STDs, and should always be used in vaginal intercourse where the partners haven't been monogamous with each other for a considerable length of time.

http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion_boards/viewmsg.asp?MessageID=98532&boardID=33&page=1

Nonoxynol-9 is being used less freq. these days, because it can actually increase STD transmission.

A large series in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine): The use of a nonoxynol 9 vaginal film did not reduce the rate of new HIV, gonorrhea, or chlamydia infection in this group of sex workers who used condoms and received treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199808203390803

The NEJM study actually found increased STDs when nonoxynol 9 is used, so if a provider is using condoms with it to decrease the transmission of STDs, they are inadvertently increasing the chances of STD transmission.  That's of course not to say that there is a strong likelihood at all that they would ever contract STDs, because after all they are using condoms for vaginal sex but this was the relative rate with and without that spermicide in the NEJM study and any study that makes it into the NEJM is carefully scrutinized by experts (in this case in infectious disease):

Conclusions of the NEJM study:

"The use of a nonoxynol 9 vaginal film did not reduce the rate of new HIV, gonorrhea, or chlamydia infection in this group of sex workers who used condoms and received treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.

The rates of HIV infection (cases per 100 woman-years) were 6.7 in the nonoxynol 9 group and 6.6 in the placebo group (rate ratio, 1.0; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.7 to 1.5). The rates of genital lesions were 42.2 cases per 100 woman-years in the nonoxynol 9 group and 33.5 in the placebo group (rate ratio, 1.3; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.0 to 1.6). The rates of gonorrhea were 33.3 and 31.1 cases per 100 woman-years in the nonoxynol 9 and placebo groups, respectively (rate ratio, 1.1; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.8 to 1.4). The corresponding rates of chlamydia infection in the nonoxynol 9 group and the placebo group were 20.6 and 22.2 cases per 100 woman-years (rate ratio, 0.9; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.7 to 1.3). The women reported that condoms were used during 90 percent of sexual acts."

If latex allergy is a problem, there are non-latex condoms like Durex Avanti, DZ or Tactylon.

JeffEng16








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for the various reasons enumerated by others, be sure that they are in a sealed box so she will know that they have not been tampered with.

"Be Prepared"

but normally the provider has them.  
If she doesn't, then there's a scam in the works.  Now the majority of providers seem to be reliable & try their best to deliver what is promised but somehow the scammers seem to gravitate to newbies.  All the Great Ladies of TER, please don't take offense...  Good providers hate the scammers too!
I know this is wandering off topic:   The scammers are very slick & will use about any ploy...  remember they've had plenty of practice...  to get out the door with the donation & no service.    Link to previous thread about scams:  http://www.theeroticreview.com/discussion_boards/viewall.asp?MessageID=99681&boardID=33&page=5#99681

1) If you're unusually large.  Most gals stock magnums, but not all.  Also, if you have a favorite brand for increased sensitivity.
2) If you want her to use a Female Condom.  Most providers don't stock them.  But she may not wish to use it if she has no experience with them.  IMO, the best way for a provider to insert one if she's never done it before is to have you put the FC over your cock like a loose rubber, then have her mount you.  That way she knows it (and you) are in right.

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