When having sex at a fertile age, it is necessary to think about protection from unwanted pregnancy. Modern medicine provides the widest opportunities for this. For different categories of people, there are contraceptives.
Instructions
Step 1
If you have an irregular sex life, as well as if you frequently change partners, pay attention to protection with condoms. In addition to unwanted pregnancy, they will protect you from sexually transmitted diseases. This method is convenient in that it does not carry any health side effects and is actually contraindicated only for people who are allergic to latex. Before using a condom for the first time, read the instructions that came with the pack. If the rules for putting it on are not followed, the risk of pregnancy may increase.
Step 2
If you are not tired of condoms, and you are married or in some other form of stable relationship, turn to hormonal contraception. This includes pills and injections. You should not prescribe such medicines yourself - consult your doctor before purchasing such contraceptives for the first time. An obstacle to the use of these tablets can be, for example, the tendency to form blood clots.
Step 3
Use an intrauterine device for protection. It should be installed exclusively by a physician. At the same time, keep in mind that it can cause serious side effects, up to inflammation of the internal organs. In addition, such a remedy is often not suitable for nulliparous women.
Step 4
Learn about the so-called natural methods of prevention. The simplest, but also the least reliable, is the calendar method, which determines the days when conception is unlikely. To a greater extent, you can trust the temperature method, which allows you to determine the onset of ovulation and the highly fertile period of the cycle by measuring and analyzing data on the temperature in the rectum.
Step 5
Such methods can be supplemented by studying the state of the cervix and cervical mucus. Taken together, these methods can give a fairly high degree of reliability, but they also have a significant drawback - when all factors are taken into account, the number of days in a month with a high risk of pregnancy can reach fifteen.
