DID YOU GET SWEDISH FISH ? !<| sep |> This is a great overview and I ' d like to just second everything . I ' m a big believer in doubling up with two independentlyreliable methods of contraception at all times . This might be more than a little paranoid , but I also recommend having a pregnancy plan . If you got pregnant which is unlikely but possible , what would you do ? For me it ' s a little different because I live in a country where abortion is covered under government health insurance . But if you live in the states , could you afford it ? I ' d make sure I had some money saved up in an ' oh shit ' fund just in case . One added note discuss what you would do if you got pregnant with someone you ' re considering having sex with . If you ' re the female person in the relationship , you ' re the one with the options , but it ' s generally a good plan not to have sex with people who want drastically different things if pregnancy did unfortunately result .