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Birth Control
| Choosing contraception | Birth control pills | Pill risk and side effects | The IUD | Tubal Litigation | Vasectomy | Local Practitioners |
Choosing contraception
Deciding about birth control isn't easy. There are many, many methods available to people in the U.S. and medical scientists are quickly developing more. Couples should discuss their choices with each other so that they can decide on what's best for them both.
We'll give you a quick list of the types of birth control currently available, but it's important to get all the facts from birth control experts, like Planned Parenthood.
Oral contraceptives are commonly called the pill and the woman takes one each day, regardless of if she expects to have intercourse or not. There is also something called the morning-after pill which is taken within 72 hours after unprotected intercourse. Barrier methods actually act as barriers to sperm so that they don't reach and fertilize the egg. These methods include the diaphragm, contraceptive foam, cream, jelly and film, cervical cap, sponge and condom. The IUD is a device which a woman wears inside her uterus and it can stay there without removal for several years. Natural family planning the rhythm methods require the charting of the body changes and functions. Tubal ligation and vasectomy are permanent methods of birth control for men and women who are serious about not having any more children. And the newest methods for birth control are Norplant and Premarin. Norplant lasts five years and consists of small implants worn inside the woman's arm. Permarian simply involves one shot of contraceptive hormone every three months.
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