COntraceptives
Having a sexual life without being married was something very uncommon and looked down upon but nowadays more people and mostly teens are starting their sexual life sooner than wished. There are many methods and pills to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, from something as typical as condoms, to birth control pills, to operations (some permanent available for both sexes) and vaginal rings. The best way to prevent an unwanted pregnancy is to simply stay in abstention that way you are 100% sure you don’t get pregnant and you don’t contract any permanent or part time STDS, but if you are having an active sexual life you have to keep in mind that if you need to think about your health and your future.
The Condom the most know method for preventing STDs and unwanted pregnancies, the condom has a 85% effectiveness or a 15% risk of pregnancy, which are pretty good odds. Many reasons why an STDs or an unwanted pregnancy happens is mainly because people do not check the condoms expiration date, don’t choose a brand that makes the condoms out of latex or don’t put in on properly or while having sex remove it.
Contraceptives can vary in reversible methods and permanent methods. Some of the procedures of the reversible methods include intrauterince contraception, hormonal methods, barrier methods, and fertility awareness based methods. For permanent methods there exist less variety but these are safe and highly effective. These methods are meant for people who are sure that they do not desire a pregnancy in the future. They have a typical use failure rate of less than 1%.
Conluding, contraception is the use various devices, drugs, sexual practices, or surgical procedures to prevent pregnancy and in some cases STDS. Although all these procedures will protect you and are very effective, there is not a 100% chance that if you use a contraceptive you won't get pregnant. The best way to not get either STDS or an unwanted pregnancy is choosing abstention.
References
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