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FemCap Natural Birth ControlWomen Who Would be Very Successful Using the FemCap

  • Are highly motivated and educated
  • Can not tolerate the side effects of hormones
  • Have contraindications to IUDs
  • Who are allergic to latex rubber or do not rely on the
    male to use the condom

Women Who Would Tend to Have a Higher Failure Rate with The FemCap

  • Women who have used the earlier version of the FemCap (currently obsolete and not approved by the FDA)
  • Women who have aversions to touching their genitalia
  • Women who lack motivation and/or planning

Clinicians should help women choose the most suitable method for their age and lifestyle.

Ortho Women's Health a unit of Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. inadvertently copied the information from the Prentif-cavity-rim cervical package insert yet displayed the FemCap photo in the above poster. Please see the correction below.

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If a woman chooses the FemCap, the clinician should discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and the importance of compliance.


The Clinician should:

A) Perform pelvic exam to exclude any contraindication, and determine the size of the cervix.

B) Provide the woman with her FemCap size, according to her obstetrical history and pelvic exam.

Then provide her with the package insert, and videotape. Allow her ample time to learn how to insert and remove the FemCap.

She should feel her cervix then practice insertion and removal of the FemCap ON HER OWN.

C) Check the FemCap for correct fit and placement by digital exam to ensure that the FemCap is covering her cervix completely.

FemCap training is relatively simple. Women may be able to insert and remove the FemCap in the squatting position ON THEIR OWN very easily and quickly.

The FemCap is held in place by the muscular walls of the vagina and does not have to be snug around the cervix or hinge behind the pubic bone. The FemCap has a brim that flares outward like an inverted funnel to direct sperm towards the groove that traps the sperm and exposes it to the stored spermicide; this is a difference between the FemCap and the diaphragm.

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 health care professional to advise you on your specific situation.