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Sexual Health Centre
Birth Control |
Reversible
Birth Control Methods
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Reversible methods
allow a woman to choose when she wants to have children.
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A woman's childbearing goals change
throughout her life cycle. A woman may wish to avoid pregnancy, although
she may want to have children at other points in her life. Fortunately there
are many methods of birth control that protect a woman from pregnancy while
still preserving the option to have children at another time.
Three possible strategies
are used to prevent pregnancy for women who may want children later.
Hormonal methods
These methods change a woman's
hormone levels preventing the ovaries from releasing an egg. Hormonal methods
include:
Non-hormonal
methods
These methods often involve physical
or chemical barriers that prevent a man's sperm from coming in contact with
a woman's egg. Non-hormonal methods include:
Fertility
Awareness methods
Fertility
awareness methods rely on tracking your body's fertile times and avoiding
sexual intercourse at these times.
If a couple forgets to use
their birth control method, or their method fails, emergency
contraception can be used. Emergency contraception should not be used
as an ongoing birth control strategy.
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