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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

A woman’s ability to choose if and when

to become pregnant has a direct impact
on her health and well-being. Family
planning allows spacing of pregnancies
and can delay pregnancies in young
women at increased risk of health prob-
lems and death from early childbearing. It
prevents unintended pregnancies, includ-
ing those of older women who face in-
creased risks related to pregnancy. Fam-
ily planning enables women who wish to
limit the size of their families to do so.
Evidence suggests that women who
have more than 4 children are at in-
creased risk of maternal mortality.

Vasectomy

A vasectomy is a simple surgery done by a doctor in an

office, hospital, or clinic. The small tubes in your scrotum
that carry sperm are cut or blocked off, so sperm can’t leave
your body and cause pregnancy. The procedure is very quick,
and you can go home the same day. And it’s extremely effec-
tive at preventing pregnancy — almost 100%.

There are two types of vasectomies: the incision method,

and the no-scalpel (no-cut) method. No-cut methods lower
the risk of infection and other complications, and generally
take less time to heal.

Vasectomies are meant to be permanent — so they usually

can’t be reversed. You should only get a vasectomy if you’re
100% positive you don’t want to be able to get someone
pregnant for the rest of your life.
Sterilization

Tubal ligation is a surgical procedure that permanently closes

or blocks your fallopian tubes. Every month, an egg leaves one
of your ovaries (called ovulation). The egg moves through one
of your fallopian tubes for a few days, waiting for sperm to
come fertilize it. Pregnancy happens if a sperm cell meets up
with one of your eggs, and the fertilized egg implants in your
uterus.

When the fallopian tubes are blocked after a tubal ligation,

sperm can't get to an egg and cause pregnancy. Tubal ligation is
sometimes known as sterilization, female sterilization or
“getting your tubes tied.” There are a few different types of
sterilization procedures.

You still get your period after tubal ligation — you just can’t get
pregnant.

During the Middle Ages in Europe, the Catholic Church deemed

any effort to prevent pregnancy as immoral, though women at
the time still used a number of birth control methods, such
as coitus interruptus and inserting lily root and rue into the
vagina.

Benefits of Family Planning

Mother Father

• Enables her to regain her health after delivery.
• Gives enough time and opportunity to love the family.
• Gives more time for her family and own personal advancement.
• When sick, gives enough time for treatment and recovery.
Children
• Lightens the burden and responsibility in supporting
his family.
• Enables him to give his children their basic needs.
• Gives him time for his family and own personal ad-
vancement.

• Healthy mothers produce healthy children.

• Will get all the attention, security, love, and care they deserve.
Methods of Family Planning

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

Pulling out (also known as withdrawal) is a way to prevent pregnancy by keep-

ing semen away from the vagina. Withdrawal works best when you use another
birth control method with it, like a condom. Pulling out is exactly what it sounds
like: pulling the penis out of the vagina before ejaculation (aka cumming). If
semen (cum) gets in your vagina, you can get pregnant. So ejaculating away
from a vulva or vagina prevents pregnancy. But you have to be sure to pull out
before any semen comes out, every single time you have vaginal sex, in order
for it to work.While withdrawal can prevent pregnancy, it doesn’t protect you
against STDs. Some STDs, like genital warts and herpes, are spread through skin-
to-skin contact. And STDs like chlamydia, syphilis, or gonorrhea can be carried in
precum. So if you’re going to have sex, the best way to prevent STDs is by using
condoms.

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.

Birth Control Ring

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.