What are some methods of birth control other than the pill?

Answer 1

• spermicide
  • sponge

• condoms
  • female condoms

• cervical barriers
  • diaphragm
  • cervical cap

• natural family planning
  • temperature
  • fertility awareness

• herbal contraception (seek information, sisterzeus.com)
  • queen anne's lace
  • neem oil
  • blue cohosh
  • black cohosh

Answer 2

Condom, The pill, The diaphragm, The Coil / IUD - explanation of how IUD's work is given below: (And it appears to be debatable as to if the Coil/IUD's are actually "Contraceptice" devices or an abortive device.
They sit in your womb and prevent you from getting pregnant. They do this in three main ways:

*they prevent your partner's sperms from getting through your womb and into your tubes

*they alter the secretions (mucus) in your cervix, so creating a further barrier for sperms

*they affect your womb lining - making it less likely to 'accept' an egg.

*Pretty well all family planning doctors and nurses say that the IUD does not work by 'causing an abortion', as some people have alleged.

____________________________________________________________________ Correction: Strictly speaking the coil is not a contraceptive. 'Contraceptive' means to 'prevent conception' - i.e. to prevent the sperm cell fertilising the egg. This happens in barrier methods (condom, diaphragm) and in methods that prevent the egg being released in the first place (the pill), or in methods that cause the sperm or egg to die (as in spermicides), or in methods that prevent sperm and egg meeting through e.g. timing (as in the rhythm method, the method used with the blessing of the Roman Catholic Church). However, the coil does not prevent conception - it allows conception to take place but prevents the embryo from implanting in the side wall of the womb. Therefore the coil strictly speaking is abortive rather than contraceptive, as it causes the abortion of a otherwise healthy embryo that could go on to develop into a normal child. The 'morning after' pill is another abortive - but unlike the coil that performs is abortive work physically, the morning-after pill does so chemically. The confusion between abortive and contraceptive is seen in the above answer. The writer above mentions that the coil affects the womb lining making it less likely to accept an egg. But of course, any schoolchild with elementary Biology would tell you that eggsaren't implanted in the womb. By the time it reaches the womb, the egg will have been fertilised (fertilisation happens in the fallopian tube) and so it is not an egg that is prevented from being accepted, but an embryo. If you are on the side of the millions of doctors, lawyers, philosophers, church people and so on who believe that life begins at conception (hence all the controversy over human embryo research), then the IUD prevents a living embryo from implanting, and is, therefore, by definition, abortive. ___________________________________________________________________ Above is true but if one is a catholic then ALL forms of contraception could and are put in the same category as above - They are contralife and by extension contra God. Another Correction: The above is true exept for two methods: refraining from sex at periods of greatest chance of pregnancy (ie, during ovulation and a few days afterwards) - sometimes called the 'rhythm' method, and the 'Billings method' - by examining cervical mucus to determine the time of greatest chance of pregnancy and refraining from sex at that time. I am not a Catholic, and therefore have no axe to grind on this, but I think that it is vital that the asker of the question has the correct facts without bias either way.

Answer 3

Keeping track of the woman's date of ovulation, and avoiding intercourse on the days that could lead to pregnancy (usually 5 days before and a day after, just to be safe). When the couple does have intercourse, they avoid the use of all Birth Control.

The definition of sexual intercourse is important. In the traditional method of natural family planning, intercourse is defined as beginning with the introduction of the penis into the vagina, and ending with ejaculation into the vagina before the penis is withdrawn. Having any type of sex that ends with the male ejaculating outside the vagina (the withdrawal method for example), is not an acceptable part of natural family planning. These are considered to be alternate methods of birth control (by strict adherants). In natural family planning, the timing of intercourse is not considered to be birth control since couples are free to have intercourse whenever they want.

Answer 4

The natural method or rhythm method of birth control avoids unprotected sex during the most fertile times of a woman's cycle. A woman is most fertile the five days before and the day of ovulation. Ovulation occurs 12 to 16 days after menstruation. However, each woman's cycle is different so determining the peak fertility takes reviewing past menstrual cycles.

Additionally, breast-feeding and abstinence are also natural ways to prevent pregnancy. Abstinence, simply means refraining from any intercourse. Breast-feeding acts as a birth control if the mother nurses frequently and did not have a menstrual period in between the birth and starting to breast-feed.

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A orgasm can make her ovulate again so there are no real safe days if that happens. Only 12% of all women ovulate on the same day each month so you will need your doctor to help you make a schedule and then pee on a stick when you want to have sex to make sure you are not ovulating.

Answer 5

Abstention. Mechanical contraception such as condoms. Sex without male female vaginal intercourse. Surgery.

All 50 states have birth control available (OTC) over the counter without a prescription. "Plan-B" was made available in 2006 and can be bought by both male and female clients over the age of 18. It can be found at most pharmacies including Wal-Mart, CVS, and Wal-Greens. Cost is usually $25-40.00. You do have to ask the pharmacist as it is kept behind the counter and will have to show ID to prove your age. You do not need a Rx!

It is also call "emergency contraception" and should be used accordingly.

Yes it's effective once in awhile after sex up to 120 hours but is not something you should use regularly. MAP will mess up your period if you take it too often and is only for that one time you missed. It has no lasting effect.

Answer 6

There are many different types of birth control:

Abstinence

• Barrier methods

• Contraceptive sponge
• Diaphragm, cervical cap, and cervical shield
• Female condom
• Male condom

• Hormonal methods

• Oral contraceptives - combined pill ("The pill")
• Oral contraceptives - progestin-only pill ("Mini-pill")
• The patch
• Shot/injection
• Vaginal ring

• Implantable devices

• Implantable rods
• Intrauterine devices

• Permanent birth control methods

• Sterilization implant
• Surgical sterilization

Answer 7

Withdrawal also lowers the risk of pregnancy significantly. (In general, it's more effective than the diaphragm). In addition, you can add the diaphragm or cervical cap, or spermicide, to increase the effectiveness of the pill. Fertility awareness methods are not useful if you're on the birth control pill.

Answer 8

There are a number of birth control methods available. There are condoms, the contraceptive pill for women and men, female condom and an IUD implant.