What Are The Popular Birth Control Methods?

What’s right and what’s not, what’s full proof, what’s good for health, will it be painful? There are plenty of options to choose from thanks to science, but what is perfect for one may not be perfect for all. So, here is the list of all the methods and means of birth control from procedures to contraceptive pills for you to read, try and find the most suited option for you.

• Natural methods

1. Ovulation charting – Here by charting the safe days or by using the ovulation kit, one can get to know how fertile a female is on that day and days to come. It is a pretty effective prediction method but not cent percent safe.
2. Withdrawal method – Here, the male partner remove the penis just before coming through or ejaculation. It is a time-old method, but we would say about 60 percent effective.

• Hormonal birth control option – These control methods work by changing women’s chemical configuration. These stop ovaries from releasing eggs and create a chemical barrier by thickening the mucus or thinning the uterine lining to avoid fertilization.

1. Contraceptive pills
2. Contraceptive Implants
3. Hormonal Patches

• Barrier methods – These methods work by creating a physical barrier which bars the sperm from meeting the released egg or by chemically killing the sperm, hence avoiding fertilization.Remember – it’s a myth that lubes are contraceptive too.

1. Cervical caps
2. Condoms
3. Diaphragms
4. Spermicides

• Intrauterine implants/devices (IUD) – These are ‘T shaped’ flexible coil that is placed in the uterus by gynecologists are 99% safe and effective.

1. Copper-T – Here, the device releases copper that works like a spermicide. You can choose a device 3, 5, or 10 years.
2. Hormonal IUD – These contain progestin which prevents fertilization just like hormonal birth control methods.

• Surgical Methods – Surgical methods are almost cent percent effective.

1. Vasectomy – This is a procedure to sterilizemales. Here the tube that carries sperm is cut. Once done there could be little pain for a few days, and you may be asked to wear barrier contraceptive for about 15 – 20 ejaculations and post that go worry-free. It sometimes is reversible, but it is not advised. It more often than not results in lower fertility. Make a very conscious decision before opting for the procedure.
2. Tubal Ligation and Implant –This is a method to sterilizefemales. The basic idea here as well is to block the fallopian tubes. There are two ways of doing so; one by cutting or burning or combination to seal the tube, and two by placing a coil in the tube and in about 12 weeks tissues grow around it and block the tube (it is safe after that period). It is one of the very recent methods developed.

• Emergency Contraceptives – These are also called the morning – after contraceptives, these pills are designed to stop fertilization and implantation of zygote post intercourse. Emergency contraceptive pills need to be taken within the 72 hours after unprotected sex but remember they are 95% effective during the first 24 hours and 85 % till 48 hours and only 60 percent effective by 72 hours.