How to Prevent Unwanted Pregnancy

In the present world nearly 85% of sexually active women don’t use contraceptive measures in order to prevent pregnancy and hence get pregnant. Both men and women should be educated enough while having sex and should take sufficient measures unless they want a baby. This article will tell you how to prevent pregnancy for women.

The number of cases of teen pregnancy is growing rapidly these days. One of our major concerns should be to make students aware of precautions in order to prevent teen pregnancy in particular. There are various ways to avoid pregnancy. Along with this we should also keep in mind that we have to prevent STDs too.

Contraceptives oral is one of the ways to prevent pregnancy by the combined action of hormones estrogens and progestin. These prevent ovulation in short and have side effects including nausea, headache, breast tenderness, weight gain, irregular bleeding, and depression.

IUP is a t- shaped device which is inserted into the uterus and act as a very effective way to prevent pregnancy. If placed once then they are effective for 5-10 years. Side effects include abnormal bleeding, cramps etc but these occur mainly after sex.

Female Sterilization is a permanent treatment of contraception; in this case the tubes are cut and operated in such a way that the sperm cells fail to meet the egg cells.

In case of emergency contraception or contraception emergency, we use those pills that must be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex. This thus helps in unplanned pregnancy cases. These have heavy side effects and should only be used as a last measure and not used frequently.

Though we have so many processes I would still advise that if you are too young you should stay away from sex because we have a popular saying that “ Contraceptive isn’t always effective.” Hope you found this article useful and wish you a happy sex life.