Will my partner like this method and help me use it? How does this method work? What are the common side effects? What are its advantages and disadvantages?
How long do I plan to use birth control? Will this method possibly affect my ability to get pregnant in the future? Back Next. How do I change to a different pill? Will a pregnancy test work if I'm on the pill? Does the pill interact with other medicines? When will my periods return after I stop taking the pill? How do I know I've reached menopause if I'm on the pill?
What is the male pill? It is less effective if the instructions are not carefully followed. There are no physical side effects, and you can use it to plan when you get pregnant. You have to keep a daily record of your fertility signals, such as your temperature and the fluids coming from your cervix — it takes 3 to 6 menstrual monthly cycles to learn the method. Your fertility signals can be affected by illness, stress and travel.
If you want to have sex during the time when you might get pregnant, you'll need to use contraception, such as a condom, diaphragm or cap. By using condoms as well as natural family planning, you'll help to protect yourself against sexually transmitted infections STIs.
How natural family planning works Natural family planning involves identifying the signs and symptoms of fertility during your menstrual cycle so you can plan or avoid pregnancy. These are: the length of your menstrual cycle daily readings of your body temperature changes to your cervical secretions cervical mucus It's best to record these measures together to give you a more accurate picture of when you're likely to be most fertile.
You can also download smartphone apps to track this information. Your menstrual cycle and ovulation Your menstrual cycle lasts from the first day of your period until the day before your next period starts. The temperature method The temperature method is used because there's a small rise in body temperature after ovulation.
Cervical secretion monitoring method There's a change in the amount and texture of your cervical secretions cervical mucus during different times in your menstrual cycle. How effective is natural family planning? Who can use natural family planning Most women can use natural family planning. However, certain situations can affect fertility signs and you might want to consider a different method if: there could be a health risk to the baby if you got pregnant you're having irregular periods you have a short or long-term condition affecting your fertility signs, such as a sexually transmitted infection STI or pelvic inflammatory disease you're taking a medication that disrupts production of cervical mucus ask your GP or a pharmacist if you're not sure you've recently stopped taking hormonal contraception you've recently had a miscarriage or abortion you've recently given birth and are breastfeeding you regularly travel through different time zones you have a vaginal infection such as thrush or an STI , or you're at increased risk of getting an STI you're not able to take your temperature in the recommended way you're a heavy drinker Advantages: It does not cause any side effects.
Natural family planning is acceptable to all faiths and cultures. Most women can use natural family planning, as long as they're properly trained by a fertility awareness teacher.
Once you've learned the techniques, there should be no further need for input from health professionals. Natural family planning can be used either to avoid pregnancy or to become pregnant. It does not involve chemicals or physical products. It can help you recognise normal and abnormal vaginal secretions, so you can be aware of possible infection. It involves your partner in the process, which can help increase feelings of closeness and trust.
You'll need to avoid sex, or use contraception such as condoms, during the time you might get pregnant, which some couples can find difficult.
If you decide to abstain, there can sometimes be up to 16 days during which you cannot have sex, depending on your cycle. It can be much less effective than other methods of contraception if the methods are not followed accurately. It will not work without continued commitment and practice. It can take several menstrual cycles before you become confident in identifying your fertile time. During this time, you'll have to use barrier contraception, such as condoms.
You'll need to keep a daily record of your fertility signs. It's not suitable for every woman. Stress, illness, travel, lifestyle and hormonal treatments can disrupt your fertility signs. If you use the emergency contraceptive pill, you'll need to wait for 2 complete cycles before relying on natural family planning again.
The sponge works for up to 24 hours, and must be left in the vagina for at least 6 hours after the last act of intercourse, at which time it is removed and discarded. Latex condoms, the most common type, help prevent pregnancy, and HIV and other STDs, as do the newer synthetic condoms. You can buy condoms, KY jelly, or water-based lubricants at a drug store. Do not use oil-based lubricants such as massage oils, baby oil, lotions, or petroleum jelly with latex condoms. They will weaken the condom, causing it to tear or break.
Female condom —Worn by the woman, the female condom helps keeps sperm from getting into her body. It is packaged with a lubricant and is available at drug stores. It can be inserted up to eight hours before sexual intercourse. Spermicides —These products work by killing sperm and come in several forms—foam, gel, cream, film, suppository, or tablet.
They are placed in the vagina no more than one hour before intercourse. You leave them in place at least six to eight hours after intercourse. You can use a spermicide in addition to a male condom, diaphragm, or cervical cap.
They can be purchased at drug stores. Fertility awareness-based methods —Understanding your monthly fertility pattern external icon external icon can help you plan to get pregnant or avoid getting pregnant. Your fertility pattern is the number of days in the month when you are fertile able to get pregnant , days when you are infertile, and days when fertility is unlikely, but possible. If you have a regular menstrual cycle, you have about nine or more fertile days each month.
If you do not want to get pregnant, you do not have sex on the days you are fertile, or you use a barrier method of birth control on those days. Failure rates vary across these methods. For women who have recently had a baby and are breastfeeding, the Lactational Amenorrhea Method LAM can be used as birth control when three conditions are met: 1 amenorrhea not having any menstrual periods after delivering a baby , 2 fully or nearly fully breastfeeding, and 3 less than 6 months after delivering a baby.
LAM is a temporary method of birth control, and another birth control method must be used when any of the three conditions are not met. Emergency contraception is NOT a regular method of birth control.
Emergency contraception can be used after no birth control was used during sex, or if the birth control method failed, such as if a condom broke. Emergency contraceptive pills —Women can take emergency contraceptive pills up to 5 days after unprotected sex, but the sooner the pills are taken, the better they will work. There are three different types of emergency contraceptive pills available in the United States. Some emergency contraceptive pills are available over the counter. The procedure can be done in a hospital or in an outpatient surgical center.
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