Methods

Diaphragm Birth Control

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There are different types of birth control devices in the market today. Women who don’t want to use pills can use something called a diaphragm.

A diaphragm is a shallow, dome-shaped rubber disk with a flexible rim that fits nicely within the vagina as it is able to cover the cervix which prevents the sperm from ever reaching the uterus. It should be inserted prior to intercourse and covered with spermicide. The spermicide works by killing the sperm thus making it impossible to fertilize the egg.

Birth Control Pills and Weight Loss

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But can birth control pills make you lose weight? Most studies have shown that you will gain weight rather than lose a few pounds because the hormone estrogen causes fluid retention in the body. So you can imagine what a 50 mcm pill can do compared to that of a lower dosage.

Birth Control Pill

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For the birth control pill to work it should contain a combination of hormones such as progesterone and estrogen that prevents the release of the egg every menstruation or “ovulation”. Once no ovulation takes place, there will also no fertilization of the egg that leads to pregnancy.

Birth Control Options

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Birth control options have been subject to a lot of debate and argument in the past and in the present, but even with all the opposition, it gets from different sectors it still remains the number one option of people who want to take care of how their family. What are the advantages of having birth control options?

Birth Control Methods

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Birth control methods were created to solve the problem countless families are encountering. Family planning is a method of spacing your children. Birth control methods also allow people to have the maximum number of children they can provide for.