For women who are sexually active and have multiple partners is recommended to use contraceptive methods, especially the condom to prevent not only an unwanted pregnancy, but also sexual transmitted diseases. Sexual transmitted diseases have serious effects on people’s health and even may put in danger their lives, not talking about the severe consequences that may affect the health for the rest of their lives.
Some studies show that 85% of the women who are sexually active who don’t use any contraceptive methods get pregnant within a year.
Pregnancy prevention along with prevention of sexually transmitted diseases have an essential role on our sexual life and sexual behavior.
Women may get pregnant in any period of the month, during menstruation, when they have the first sexual intercourse, at ten days after the birth of their babies, while breastfeeding. There are some myths that say that women cannot get pregnant in the fallowing cases: if the man withdraws the penis from the vagina before ejaculating, or if the women douches after the sexual intercourse, or if the women piddles after the sexual intercourse, or if women douches with vinegar after the sexual intercourse, or if the partners have safe sex only before and during the ovulation period.
The contraceptive method with 100% efficiency is the total abstinence, because no contraceptive method has 100% efficiency. The male latex condom is the most efficient contraceptive method considered highly effective in reducing the risk of sexual transmitted diseases. Birth control pills, Implant and IUDs aren’t efficient in protecting partners against sexual transmitted diseases infection.
In the fallowing lines I will list some of the most efficient in pregnancy prevention contraceptive methods for both men and women.
Contraceptive methods for women:
-diaphragm – is a rubber disk that covers the cervix and should be left in place for at least six hours after the sexual intercourse;
-oral contraceptives – offer protection against an unwanted pregnancy by the combined actions of the hormones estrogens and progestin and the pills have to be taken every day;
-implants – a small rubber rods is surgically implanted under the skin of the upper arm and functions by releasing the contraceptive steroid levonorgestrel and it’s effect last from 3 to 5 years;
-IUD or intrauterine devices – is a device that the health care provider inserts into the uterus and may remain in place from 5 to 5 years;
-female sterilization – is a surgically intervention;
Contraceptive methods for men:
-condoms – majority made from latex and can be used only once;
-male sterilization or vasectomy – is a surgically intervention
Let's see the efficiency of some contraceptive methods: male condom-86%, female condom-79%, diaphragm with spermicide-80%, oral contraceptives-95%, implants (Norplant, Implanon)-99%, IUD (Intrauterine Device)-98-99 %, surgical sterilization-99%.
There are contraceptive methods that have low pregnancy prevention rate: hormone shots, combined pill, mini-pill (progestin only), periodic abstinence, or no contraceptive method.
As you can see there are many contraceptive methods that may help you prevent an unwanted pregnancy.