In our times, the contraception usage and the voluntary fertility control has the great importance to whole society. From a global perspective, all of us currently face the crisis of rapid population growth that has begun to threaten human survival. By scientific data, without using any contraception methods, the population of the world will double in less than 40 years (if it will continue to grow with a present rate - but, unfortunately, it is progressive!). That’s why the world population now facing a great hazard to the human being at the not-so-far future!

So, in the modern era each couple should take the responsibility and look very closely at their family planning!
One or both members of a couple should use contraception to avoid pregnancy temporarily or sterilization to prevent pregnancy permanently. Induced abortion (elective termination of pregnancy) can be used to correct failures of contraception. The couple’s decision to begin, prevent, or interrupt an unwanted pregnancy may be influenced by professional counseling, prenatal diagnosis or genetic counseling.

The contraception methods most commonly used in the USA and Western Europe are:
Barrier contraception methods

• Diaphragms and Cervical Cap
• Condoms
• Intrauterine devices (IUD)
Chemical and hormonal contraceptives
• Oral steroid contraceptive pills
• Subdermal Contraception Implants
• Spermicidal contraception (sperm-killing contraception agents)
Natural contraception methods
• Withdrawal (coitus interruptus)
• Periodic abstinence
Surgical Contraception
• Female surgical sterilization
• Male surgical sterilization

While choosing one of the contraception methods, the advantages and disadvantages of each contraception technique should be explained by the specialist, so that the woman can choose the one most suitable contraception type for herself and her partner. Many factors affect rates of contraception usage failure, such as:

• Age
• Level of education
• Degree of motivation
• Professional follow-up

All of them are inversely related to the contraception failure rates.

In general, contraception methods used at the time of coitus (eg, diaphragm, condom, foam, sponge, withdrawal) are more effective in theory than in practice.

Overall effectiveness of contraception is greater with methods unrelated to coitus (eg, oral contraceptives, IUDs) because patient involvement is simpler. Over a period of years, pregnancy use rates are <1%/yr for oral contraceptives, IUDs, and subdermal implants and about 5%/yr for coitus-related methods.

Before choosing your own contraception method, it is strongly recommended to get an advice from your physician or other licensed specialist!

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Traveling always force women to think about their monthly menstrual cycle. It sometimes becomes very difficult and frustrating if you know that your periods are coming close to your traveling dates and you can not change or postpone your travel dates. Due to long hours of journey, hectic traveling schedule and limited time at the disposal could cause exhaustion, frustration, which may cause menstrual period to come early or even occur irregular bleeding.

What you will do then?

Well, you do not need to panic as you have solution in the form of birth control pills, condoms and other birth control products, which will help you to enjoy your vacation or travel. First, you will need to know when your “days” are coming in. If you do not wish to have period, you can avoid it by continuing the birth control pills once you have consulted with your doctor.

If you plan for long vacation (more than two weeks), you will need to take personal hygiene products, specially birth control pills, condoms, spermicidal creams, sponges, patch etc., which may not be easily available at all places whenever you need them in short period of time. If you encounter with unprotected sex, you will need emergency contraceptive pill like Plan B ready with you to avoid unwanted pregnancy, but Plan B might not easily available in the area where you stay.

Following list of birth control products you may consider taking with you always whenever you travel or go for vacation.

1. Emergency contraception

As said earlier, this is very important to have emergency contraception with you if you are sexually active during your travel or you are going out with your new partner on travel. Emergency contraception like Plan B, will protect you immediately against unwanted pregnancy. It will also help you when your contraception plans have failed. Please remember that emergency contraceptive pills like Plan B, may not be available everywhere and it has to be taken immediately as soon as unprotected sex has occurred or contraceptive measures have failed. It must be included in your birth control plans and specially, when you are traveling.

2. Condoms

Condoms are the most convenient way of birth control method. Perhaps, this is the only method which can protect against STDs/HIV to the greater extent. Please insist your partner to use condoms no matter how intimate relationship you are having. Condoms will also help you to protect you and your partner from urinal and vaginal infections, which might occur during intercourse. It is very necessary to be adamant in the beginning than regretting for this “irreversible” mistake later in the life. Condoms are cheap and easily available but if you use any particular brand then it is advisable that you must include them.

3. Birth control patch

Some women prefer to use birth control patches like Ortho Evra. If you are using patch, please remember the due date for the change. If it is coming near to your travel dates, you can have additional patches in stock. It might be possible that you don’t find them near you will be residing. You must also need to take care of birth control patch and ensure that it is properly stick to the skin as prescribed, specially when you are going out for sight-seeing, swimming, bathing, doing exercise etc.

It also implies to birth control ring, like NuvaRing, if that’s your birth control choice. Such birth control methods may not be easily available everywhere.

4. Birth control injection like Depo Provera

If you are using contraceptive injection then you must check the due date for next shot. Depo Provera shots are usually taken every 11-13 weeks. It is generally prescribed for 12 weeks maximum. If your travel dates coincide with your next due shot date, please consult your doctor or medical practitioner and get your shot immediately. Pfizer, the manufacturer of Depo Provera do not recommend to wait longer than one week than your due shot. It would be fine if you could take your next shot one week earlier than due date if you going on travel or may take one week later maximum than due date. In case of failure of shots, you will need to take help of other birth control methods like contraceptive pills, condoms, patches, spermicides etc

5. Barrier birth control methods

Some of the barrier birth control methods like diaphragm, cervical cap and contraceptive sponges are also recommended to be included in your travel list, in case if you are more comfortable using them. According to your traveling plans, you can keep enough stock of spermicidal creams, jellies, diaphragm, sponges etc. It might be possible that your choice of barrier birth control method could not be available where you will reside. If you are planning to visit foreign countries then you may need to take good stock of them as barrier form of birth control might not be so popular and available there.

6. Additional birth control tips on travel

Besides taking birth control pills, patches and other barrier birth control methods with you while traveling, you may also need to take precautions like

- if you are going for long hours travel journey and have been taking contraceptive pills or dependent upon hormonal contraception methods, you may be at high risk of contraception failure. Do not remain in sitting position for long, keep moving around and stand if possible, stretch your legs and keep changing your position many times.

- Drink enough water rather than coffee, soda or soft drinks

- Do not go for physical relationship without discussing before contraception, STDs etc. Insist your partner to use condom as unprotected sex may not only increase your chances of becoming pregnancy, it may also put your life in danger by getting infected from life-threatening STDs or even HIV viruses.

- Keep the contraceptive pills, condoms and other products in cool and dry place. Do not expose them in heat, bright sunlight or air for longer time. Some people of the habit of keeping condoms in the pocket or wallet in the back-pocket. Do no keep the condom so unless you are going to use it shortly.

- Surveys have revealed that 20% birth control pills users have found to be irregular in taking pills while they are on travel and 25% of them reported to have negative impact on their health and even got pregnant afterwards. So, if you are regular contraceptive pill user then please continue to take on time as you have been. It will not only protect you from unwanted pregnancy but also make you confident and make your vacation or travel happy and memorable.

The above article is for general information on birth control measures you can take while on travel and should not be taken as medical advice. If it is so, please consult your doctor or healthcare provider for treatment purpose.

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With the rapid growth of the population in the world as well as the increased sense in general awareness for HIV/AIDS, has forced to think on birth control methods. The current world’s population is estimated to be around 6.4 billion with annual growth of 76 million and hence, it is estimated to reach 9 billion by year 2050. In next two decades, world’s two highly populous countries, China & India are expected to reach the population of 1.5 billion each i.e more than one third of the total world population of that time. It is alarming situation for the world to control this “population explosion”. Therefore, United Nations are urging countries specially highly populated countries to control their population.

As per the survey report for birth control methods if applied in 169 countries, 137 million women willing to delay their contraceptives, 64 million women are using less effective birth control measures. If these women are helped with adequate birth control treatment (like pills, condoms), 23 million of unplanned births, 22 million induced abortions and 1.4 million infants could be avoided as estimated by United Nations Population Fund.

Besides population, HIV/AIDS is also very important factor forcing the need for birth control. An estimated, world has 38 million people have either AIDS  or infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). In seven African countries, one out of 5 adults is infected with HIV. Birth control methods are, therefore, become imperative to control further spread of HIV/AIDS, particularly in these countries. The population in these countries is projected at 35% lower by 2025 free from HIV/AIDS. It will further reduce the total life expectancy by an average of 29 years in these countries.

History of Birth Control
200 AD, Greek gynecologist Soranus said that women become fertile during ovulation. He suggested some birth control tips for women to avoid unwanted pregnancy like smearing olive oil, pomegranate pulp, ginger, or tobacco juice around vagina to kill sperm, drinking water used by blacksmith to cool hot metals and jumping 7 times backward after the sexual intercourse. Many birth control methods like ayurvedic treatments used centuries ago (aside from sexual abstinence). However, there are some historical records of Egyptian women are found who were using some herbal or acid substances like crocodile dung or lubricants like honey or household olive oil as vaginal suppository, which they may have found effective at killing sperm.

However, commercial use of birth control method started in 1960 in the form of birth control pill. It was in 1950, when Planned Parenthood Federation of America invited biologist Dr. Gregory Pincus to develop oral contraceptive pill that would be harmless, universally acceptable and safe for husband and wife. After under going many tests with more than 6,000 women in Puerto Rico and Haiti , it was 1960 when the first commercially produced birth control pill called Enovid-10 was introduced to women in USA . This first oral contraceptive was made with two hormones Estrogen (100 to 175 microgram) and Progestin (10 mg). They were proved to be 99% effective if taken as directed. With estimation, more than 18 million women in US are relying on birth control pills

Types of birth control pills
Unlike the decades old oral contraceptive pills (which had higher number of hormones), today’s birth control pills are in low-dose forms with health benefits. So, women can take birth control pills with much fewer health risks.

Generally there are three types of birth control pills available
1. Progestin only pills (POP)
It is also known as “mini-pill” containing no estrogen. It is recommended for breastfeeding women because estrogen reduced milk production. This POP pill works by thickening the cervical mucus and thus preventing sperm to enter uterus

2. Combination birth control pills
The widely known birth control pills are having combination of two hormones progestin and estrogen. These types of oral contraceptive pills come with the pack of 21 “active pills” and 7 “placebos” , which do not contain any hormones. These are, in fact, known as “reminder pills”

These combination pills are further sub-divided into three types of pills due to the level of two hormones progestin and estrogen.

i) Monophasic birth control pills
Here, every active pill contains the equal number of progestin and estrogen. The other seven pills are placebo having no hormones. Menstruation starts when these placebo pills are taken

ii) Multiphasic birth control pills
They are also known as biphasic or trphasic oral contraceptive pills due to different levels of hormones in active pills. These pills are required to be taken at specific time in its entire pills schedule. Multiphasic birth control pills help offsetting the risks of oral contraceptives.

iii) Continuous birth control pills
it is also known as 365 days pills to be taken continuously throughout the year without the year. This is the new entry of oral contraceptive pills in the birth control market. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lybrel, which is the only continuous birth control pill approved so far and available for general women use. Women do not get menstrual period while they are under the treatment of Lybrel, however, they might find some breakthrough bleeding or spotting, particularly at the initial stage.

3) Emergency birth control pills
Also known as “morning after pills”, these are designed for immediate pregnancy protection after the unprotected sex. It is highly recommended to take emergency pills within 48 hours and maximum 72 hours to be effective in avoiding pregnancy. These are different than usual oral contraceptive pills where you plan your birth control much in advance. Emergency pills are also taken when the women are sexually assaulted. FDA has approved Plan B as the safest emergency pills. Due to OTC (over the counter) approval by FDA for women above 18 years, Plan B can now be ordered behind pharmacy counter.

A subject very near and dear to my heart is the subject of birth control in all its forms. Condoms are the oldest form of effective birth control (second only to abstinence of course), but of course there are many others, most of them for women. This seems to be a source of tension between the sexes as I have met many women who are displeased with the fact that most birth control methods place the responsibility on them. To this I say: what’s your point? I’ll admit it’s unfair, but there’s not much else we have to work with at the present time. We’ve been hearing talk of a male birth control pill for many years and it still isn’t here so we have to do the best with what we have. And hey, if and when that male pill comes out I’ll be first in line to get that sucker.

The responsibility, however, is shared by all of us to some degree. As a man I feel it is my responsibility to wear a condom to prevent both pregnancy and the transmission/contraction of disease. As a woman your job is to make sure the man is wearing a condom for the aforementioned reasons, or to be taking some type of birth control measures yourself. Quite honestly, in this day and age there is really no reason why there should be any unwanted pregnancy. Birth control methods are proven and tested for both sexes, they are readily available, and for the most part very affordable. At this point I can not stress enough that “pulling out” is about as effective at preventing pregnancy as driving with your eyes closed is at preventing an accident. Also, forget all the little stories and rumors you’ve been told or hear around the gymnasium: If you have sex unprotected you will eventually get pregnant. Here’s some “tales” I have heard in my life:

Rumor: If a woman is on top she cannot get pregnant
Verdict: FALSE

Rumor: If it is a woman’s first time she cannot get pregnant
Verdict: FALSE

Rumor: If a woman is on her period she cannot get pregnant
Verdict: FALSE

Rumor: A woman cannot get pregnant from pre cum (the fluid that comes out of the penis prior to ejaculation)
Verdict: FALSE

Rumor: Mountain Dew lowers your sperm count
Verdict: Seriously, do people still think this one? FALSE Rumor: Having unprotected sex for a long time (multiple sessions) reduces the risk of pregnancy/means you cannot get pregnant Verdict: Nothing can be further from the truth. Unless you have been told by a doctor that you cannot get pregnant: you WILL get pregnant. Having unprotected sex for a year with your boyfriend and not getting pregnant doesn’t mean anything other then you’ve been lucky and haven’t gotten pregnant YET.

In addition to these I should stress that 9 times out of 10 when a guy insists on not wearing a condom because he claims that he’s sterile he’s lying. And double that if he’s under 25. He just doesn’t want to wear the condom. Girls please do not be fooled by this. Your average 16 year old guy is very stupid and very hormonally driven. Try to imagine a realistic reason why a 16 year old guy would A. Be sterile, and more importantly B. Have ever had a reason to have that checked out in the first place. Men ( and typically women as well) only figure out they’re sterile when they’re having a difficult time trying to conceive and seek out a fertility specialist who will then run tests to determine fertility/sterility. (1)

One form of birth control that I feel gets very little attention is emergency contraception, often called “the morning after pill.” This pill, (and there are a few different kinds), works by preventing ovulation so that fertilization never occurs. It is NOT an “abortion pill,” although there are types of emergency contraception that are essentially just that. If you’re opposed to that - make sure you get the right one.

Having the morning after pill around “just in case” is like having jumper cables in your car. You may never need to use them but if you’re ever stuck without it you’d wish like hell you had them. In my personal opinion the morning after pill should be kept in your medicine cabinet just the same way you’d keep jumper cables in the car or a fire extinguisher in the closet. Better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it. If. Check with your doctor for proper storage techniques and effective life span of the pill.

Other methods of female birth control available include: “The Pill,” which can be any number of pills typically taken once a day, Depo shots (typically taken once every few months), IUD’s, the patch, etc.. there are more and more all the time that you hear about. Perhaps it is simply easier to develop birth control methods for women as opposed to men. Not being a doctor I cannot say for sure.

I’ve spent enough time talking to the ladies, now it’s time for me to dig into the men for a sec. Guys: Keep a condom handy. Don’t be an idiot and keep it in your wallet, the condom can and will (often) overheat thereby decreasing its effectiveness and making it more prone to breaking. Guys: Do NOT be a jackass and refuse to wear a condom because “it doesn’t feel good.” First off I never understood that argument. I’ve worn plenty of condoms in my lifetime and have never found a condom to feel bad. Of course sensitivity is decreased but in my experience it’s never been decreased by much and never enough to make me want to roll the dice and take a chance without wearing one.

And trust me guys, if you think a condom is uncomfortable that’s nothing compared to the discomfort you’ll experience when you realize you just got someone pregnant, or the discomfort your bank account will experience when your earnings are garnished for child support for the next 18 years because you were worried about having 10% more sensation in your penis. Doesn’t sound so great when you say it out loud like that, does it? Roll it down over the head of the penis and down the base of the shaft. Always hold it securely when pulling out to prevent “slipping out” of it and spilling. Yes there is a risk of pregnancy even then. Oh, and condoms are like eggs: they have an expiration date. Don’t push it!

So in short, my friends, Birth Control = Good. I’m not going to sit here and espouse the virtues of remaining abstinent until marriage (though it’s not a bad idea, just sayin’). Odds are most of you reading this are too late for that and that’s not my personal viewpoint either. Go out and have fun, but do it responsibly. Birth control is everywhere, it’s readily available, and in most cases very affordable. Sometimes your insurance will cover it.

Oh and please no one give me that “I’m against birth control due to my religion” argument. If your religion prohibits birth control it probably also prohibits pre-martial sex and marital sex for any other reason than contraception. Don’t tell me your religion prohibits you from wearing a condom but is okay with you having sex in the backseat of your dad’s Buick after the Junior Formal. Hypocrisy abounds with that argument.
In addition, I don’t want to hear any woman tell me they don’t want to go on the pill because it’ll make them gain weight so they’ll just not use ANY form of birth control. Weight gain is a potential side effect of some of the female birth control pills however I would just like to point out that while you MAY gain weight on the pill it’s nothing compared to the weight you WILL gain if you become pregnant. Don’t want to go on the pill? That’s fine. But make sure someone’s using something. Don’t just do nothing.

Planned Parenthood can provide you with more information as well as set you up to begin a birth control routine. Check them out at http://www.plannedparenthood.com or call toll free at 1-800-230-PLAN. Contrary to popular belief they employ board certified physicians, registered nurses, social workers, etc. And do a lot more than just perform abortions. Note: Dave is not a doctor and his opinions should not be taken as a substitute for medical opinion/diagnosis. Medical information in this column was obtained from common knowledge, http://www.plannedparenthood.com , The American Society for Reproductive Medicine ( http://www.asrm.org ), and personal experience. Always check with your doctor before starting/taking any medications. Read labels on all packages and consult your doctor immediately if side effects/problems occur. Read condom package for detailed instructions on storage, use, and shelf life, and disposal.
(1) According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine: Infertility affects about 6.1 million people in the U.S., equivalent to only TEN percent of the reproductive age population. Male infertility only accounts for one third of total infertility cases.

Dave Trouson is an advice columnist for Ask Nat and Chris Free Advice Message Boards.

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