Contraception

1. Contraception By: Alejandro Villamizar and Javier Patiño 10-O

2. Introduction • This project is an investigation about the more common contraception methods. • Also we will explain the relation with social and moral factors.

3. League table of popularity among the methods of family planning

4. Effectiveness of the methods

5. The pill • Usually contains 21 pills, and you take one every day for three weeks. At the end of those three weeks, you break for a week • Containsfemale hormones an oestrogen and a progestogen.

6. Further the hormones thicken the secretions round your cervix. • The Pill has now been shown to have certain major health advantages • During the first few packs of the Pill, many women get minor, passing side-effects. Rarely serious side-effects

7. The male condom • They provide some protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV and, of course, for preventing a pregnancy.

8. Structure • It's usually about 18 to 19cm long, but various other sizes are available. • Most condoms are made of thin latex. • Some brands of condom contain spermicides, which is another layer that prevents sperm to escape.

9. Religious opposittion • This played a very important role on the past; it wasn’t easy to get them. • However, in 2010 the Pope Benedict XVI modified the Catholic Church's view on condom use. • He said that its okay to use a condom in order to prevent the transmission of infection.

10. Vasectomy • Its an operation which stops your semen entering your seminal fluid. • 100 percent of effectiveness. But only around the 11 percent of the world population make use of it.

11. It is a permanent contraceptive method. • Vasectomy doesn't prevent std or sti and its simpler than the sterilization of women.

12. Female sterilization • Takes various different operations in which her Fallopian tubes are blocked or cut through, making it very difficult for her eggs to reach her womb.

13. Operation • The traditional way of performing it is to make a small cut in the lower part of the woman's abdomen, and to work through it in order to get at the Fallopian tubes, which are then cut through.

14. Side-effects • No new and alarming 'side-effects' of sterilization have been discovered. However, it seems that woman want a temporal operation in case they change their minds.

15. Withdrawalmethod • It consist that the man take out the penis of the vagina before ejaculating. • This is not very safe couples that do this have unwanted pregnancies • Its easy to fail using this method • This is not a safe contraceptive method this because disease could be transfer.

16. The Coil or IUD (intra-uterine-devisor). • The IUD or 'coil' is a small plastic device, which is placed inside the womb. • they prevent the guy’s sperm from getting through the womb and into the tubes. • they alter the secretions (mucus) in the cervix, creating a barrier for sperm. • they affect the womb’s lining – making it less likely to 'accept' an egg.

17. Side-effects • make the periods heavier • make them longer • may make them more painful. • it’s possible that you might become anemic.

18. Conclusion • There are many ways to prevent pregnancy, each have its benefits and side-effects, but perhaps the pill would be the best option because its effectiveness is of almost 100%, its not very expensive, and is very easy and simple.

19. Bibliography • Condom contraception title no author: Image of a contraceptive method: http://www.havefunbesafe.ca/contraception/ (10/02/12) • Choosing a contraceptive method by: Doctor David Delvin, links visited: http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/sex_relationships/facts/contraception_which.htmhttp://www.netdoctor.co.uk/sex_relationships/facts/contraceptivecoil.htmhttp://www.netdoctor.co.uk/sex_relationships/facts/condoms.htmhttp://www.netdoctor.co.uk/sex_relationships/facts/sterilisation_women.htm