Contraception raises many questions, the answers to which are crucial to protect against unwanted pregnancy during sexual intercourse. Therefore, this topic will be current at all times.

What are the means of contraception?

The most famous of contraception are:

• The male condom;
• The female condom;
• Combination birth control pills;
• Progestin birth control pills Birth control pills - how effective are they? ;
• Contraceptive injections;
• The contraceptive patch;
• Intrauterine device (IUD);
• The contraceptive vaginal ring;
• The diaphragm with spermicide;
• The cap with spermicide;
• Female sterilization;
• Male sterilization (vasectomy);
• Natural Family Planning.

How do emergency contraception?

In tablets for emergency contraception contains a synthetic form of progestogen - a substance similar to the properties of the hormone progesterone, which is produced in the ovaries in women. This substance prevents ovulation, fertilization, or implantation in the uterine wall is already fertilized egg.

Always Does emergency contraception is effective?

Emergency contraception is more effective the less time elapsed between the sexual act and its application. Its effectiveness is greatly reduced, if you take the pill more than 24 hours after intercourse, if you vomit within two hours after taking the drug, and if you have had unprotected sex after taking emergency contraception means. Within 72 hours after sexual intercourse to take such pills is not worth it - the likelihood that they will work, is virtually nonexistent.

How to understand that emergency contraception work?

If you have used it as stated in the instructions enclosed in the package, and the following month began on time, apparently, emergency contraception has helped you. If monthly or lasting less abundant than usual, and if you delay, consult your doctor.

It is said that condoms are not reliable because they often break. Is it true?

If condoms are used properly, without touching them with your fingernails or jewelry with sharp detail, the likelihood that they will break, is small. Experts believe that women who take emergency contraception, often explain this need to break a condom because of the reluctance to admit that in fact they did not use a condom. It - one of the main reasons that the condom does not have a reputation of a reliable means of contraception. Although the risk that it will break, there is still much safer to have sex in a condom than without it.

What should I do if the condom is still burst?

The only fairly reliable way to prevent pregnancy in this case - the use of emergency contraception. In addition, we must bear in mind that unprotected sex is associated with the risk of various infections, sexually transmitted diseases, including - HIV. Assays for most infections can be done a couple of weeks later, HIV - only twelve weeks after sex.

Is it true that during the first sex contraception use is not necessarily because it is still impossible to get pregnant?

This is a dangerous myth, because of which occurred more than one hundred thousand unwanted pregnancies. The probability of becoming pregnant How to Get Pregnant: Recommendations to help   during the first sex no less and no more than during any sexual intercourse in a row - it is an average of one chance in twenty. So you need to use contraception every time you have sex, not wanting to get pregnant.

Is it true that you can prevent pregnancy if having sex standing up?

Not true. Neither position for sex can not be used as a means of contraception.

How effective is contraception using a method of natural family planning?

This method is to monitor for signs of fertility, by which it can be concluded that, as far as safe sex is at a given time. The basis of this method is based on scientific facts: a woman really is the most fertile in the middle of the menstrual cycle - about 12-14 days from the first day of menstruation. Within a few days before menstruation, during and immediately after menstruation chance of becoming pregnant is very low. Nevertheless, the risk of unwanted pregnancy exists, no matter what day of the cycle you have sex, and to practice natural family planning - it's just a lottery.

Is it true that combined oral contraceptives suppress sex drive?

The majority of women using contraception are, on the contrary, are beginning to show more interest in sex because worries about unwanted pregnancy virtually disappeared, and they get a chance to truly relax. However, a small percentage of women who take combined oral contraceptives, there is a significant loss of libido. If this happens to you, see your doctor, he may recommend you to other tablets with a dose of hormones.

How effective spermicides?

Doctors no longer considered sufficiently effective spermicide contraceptive. Typically, they are recommended for use in combination with other contraceptives, such as condoms.

What means of contraception - the best?

To answer this question clearly can not be, because each type of contraception has its advantages and disadvantages. In general, the best that is most effective for you - that is, protects against both pregnancy and does not cause serious side effects. Maximum efficiency are now combined oral contraceptives Oral contraceptives - something to be feared at their reception?   (if used properly, their reliability is higher than 99%), as well as sterilization.

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