{"id":1252,"date":"2013-02-14T08:54:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T08:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2024-02-23T10:51:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:51:03","slug":"valentines-day-present-no-more-condoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/valentines-day-present-no-more-condoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentines Day Present: No more condoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Of all the Valentines day suggestions out there, I suspect not many of you are buying your partner and yourself a sexual health test.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/condoms-2-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s why this often embarrassing topic actually is ideally bought up today&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>A sexual health test should be what happens BEFORE you decide to stop using condoms and start using other methods of contraception or you decide to try to have a baby.<\/li><li>The message it sends is: I love you, and I do not want to be with anyone else.&nbsp; I understand we have both had a past, so lets make sure that we don&#8217;t let that affect our relationship.<\/li><li>Plan to be understanding and supportive or get treated if your partner of you tests positive.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t go blaming their ex &#8211; it could have been you!&nbsp; Being supportive will help you to bond as a couple.<\/li><li>Not having to rely on condoms will bring more spontaneity to your sex life.<\/li><li>More cuddling after sex.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want your results quickly and do not want the embarrassment of going to a GUM clinic, then Better2Know can help: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/clinics\/\">discreet clinics<\/a> which are not branded as sexual health, and results are back within 1 to 5 days depending on the test and location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of all the Valentines day suggestions out there, I suspect not many of you are buying your partner and yourself a sexual health test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":""},"categories":[20,16,14,19],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[990,2934,568,661,704,924,637,570,563,706],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7915,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions\/7915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}