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What is Family Planning?
It is defined as "educational, comprehensive medical or social activities which enable individuals,
including minors, to determine freely the number and spacing of their children and to select the
means by which this may be achieved". Family planning may involve consideration of the number
of children a woman wishes to have, including the choice to have no children, as well as the age
at which she wishes to have them. These matters are influenced by external factors such as mar-
ital situation, career considerations, financial position, any disabilities that may affect their ability
to have children and raise them, besides many other considerations
Vasectomy
You still get your period after tubal ligation — you just can’t get
pregnant.
Mother Father
• Enables her to regain her health after delivery. • Lightens the burden and responsibility in supporting
his family.
• Gives enough time and opportunity to love the family.
• Enables him to give his children their basic needs.
• Gives more time for her family and own personal advancement.
• Gives him time for his family and own personal ad-
• When sick, gives enough time for treatment and recovery. vancement.
Children
Natural Methods:
Calendar/Rhythm Method
The calendar method helps you predict your fertile days by tracking the length of your menstrual cycles over several months.
Before you can use the calendar method as birth control, you need to keep track of the length of your menstrual cycles for at
least 6 periods.
The calendar method can only predict what are most likely to be safe and unsafe days — it can’t tell you for sure exactly when
you’re fertile. So it’s hard to use if your cycles are not always the same length, and you can’t use it at all if all of your cycles are
shorter than 27 days
Injectables
The birth control shot (sometimes called Depo-Provera, the Depo shot, or DMPA) con-
tains the hormone progestin. Progestin stops you from getting pregnant by preventing
ovulation. When there’s no egg in the tube, pregnancy can’t happen. It also works by
making cervical mucus thicker. When the mucus on the cervix is thicker, the sperm can’t
get through. And when the sperm and the egg can’t get together, pregnancy can’t hap-
pen.
Oral contraceptives
The hormones in the pill stop ovulation. No ovulation means there’s no egg hanging around for
sperm to fertilize, so pregnancy can’t happen. The pill’s hormones also thicken the mucus on
the cervix. Thicker cervical mucus makes it hard for the sperm to swim to an egg — kind of like
a sticky security guard.
Diaphragm
A diaphragm is a form of birth control that’s a shallow cup shaped like a little saucer that's
made of soft silicone. You bend it in half and insert it inside your vagina to cover your cervix.
The diaphragm is a barrier that covers your cervix, stopping sperm from joining an egg. In
order for a diaphragm to work best, it must be used with spermicide (a cream or gel that kills
Intrauterine Device
IUD stands for Intrauterine Device (basically: a device inside your uterus). It's a small
piece of flexible plastic shaped like a T. Sometimes it’s called an IUC — intrauterine
contraception.
Both copper IUDs and hormonal IUDs prevent pregnancy by changing the way sperm
cells move so they can't get to an egg. If sperm can’t make it to an egg, pregnancy
can’t happen. One of the awesome things about IUDs is that they last for years — but
they’re not permanent. If you decide to get pregnant or you just don’t want to have
your IUD anymore, your nurse or doctor can quickly and easily take it out.
Withdrawal Method
Artificial Methods:
Implants
The birth control implant (AKA Nexplanon) is a tiny, thin rod about the size of a match-
stick. The implant releases hormones into your body that prevent you from getting preg-
nant. A nurse or doctor inserts the implant into your arm and that’s it — you’re protected
from pregnancy for up to 5 years. It’s get-it-and-forget-it birth control.
Condoms
Condoms are small, thin pouches made of latex (rubber), plastic (polyurethane, nitrile, or
polyisoprene) or lambskin, that cover your penis during sex and collect semen (cum).
Condoms stop sperm from getting into the vagina, so sperm can’t meet up with an egg
and cause pregnancy. Condoms also prevent STDs by covering the penis, which prevents
contact with semen and vaginal fluids, and limits skin-to-skin contact that can spread
sexually transmitted infections.
Female Condom
Female condoms are an alternative to regular condoms. They provide pretty much the
same great protection from pregnancy and STDs. What’s different about them? Instead of
going on the penis, female condoms go inside your vagina for pregnancy prevention or
into the vagina or anus for protection from STDs. Female condoms are little nitrile (soft
plastic) pouches that you put inside your vagina. They cover the inside of your vagina,
creating a barrier that stops sperm from reaching an egg. If sperm can’t get to an egg, you
can’t get pregnant. The female condom also helps prevent sexually transmitted infec-
tions.
Contraceptive Patch
The transdermal contraceptive patch is a safe, simple, and affordable birth control meth-
od that you wear on the skin of your belly, upper arm, butt, or back. Put a new patch on
every week for 3 weeks, and it releases hormones that prevent pregnancy. Then you get
a week off before you repeat the cycle.
The birth control ring (AKA NuvaRing) is a safe, simple, and affordable birth control meth-
od that you wear inside your vagina. The small, flexible ring prevents pregnancy by re-
leasing hormones into your body. The ring is really effective if you always use it the right
way. The NuvaRing works by stopping sperm from meeting an egg (which is called fertili-
zation). Like most birth control pills, the ring contains the hormones estrogen and proges-
tin, which are similar to hormones our bodies make naturally. You wear the ring inside
your vagina, where your vaginal lining absorbs the hormones.