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1
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What to ask?

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(No birth control is 100%) What is the effectiveness rate?, What is the actual rate?, Who is responsible?, What form of birth control do you want to use?(Risks, Side effects, Cost, Ease of use)

2
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Classifications

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Hormonal, Barrier, IUD, Fertility Awareness Method, Sterilization, *Emergency Backup

3
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What is the method of choice with sexually active teens?

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Condoms are ;

4
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Sexually active teenagers that does not use contraception have how much of a chance of becoming pregnant with in the year?

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90%

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Fertility Awareness Method

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AKA: Rhythm method, Based on abstaining from sex during times that conception takes place

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Fertility Awareness Method Avoidable Times

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Ovum is most likely to become fertilized with in 24 hours after ovulation, Sperm can survive up to 7 days, To avoid pregnancy the couple needs to avoid intercourse between days 8-19

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What is the key to the Fertility Awareness Method?

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Key to using this method is knowing when the woman ovulates

8
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Fertility Awareness Method can be measured three ways

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Count days (calendar method), Basal body temperature, Cervical mucus

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Basal body temperature (Fertility Awareness Method)

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Body temp rises @ ½ to 1 degree when a female ovulates, Temperature is recorded everyday on fertility tracking calendar; Must be tracked for at least a few months to ensure best time for conception/worst time for prevention

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Cervical Mucus Method

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Menstruation (Days 1-5), Dry Days (Days 6-9), Wet Days (Days 10-20), Wettest Days (Days 17), Dry Days (Days 21-30)

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Spermicide

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Sold at most drugstores, no prescription needed; Chemical that stop sperm from reaching the egg

12
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Forms of Spermicide

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Gels, Films, Foam Suppositories

13
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How does Spermicide work?

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Works by blocking sperm from entrance to cervix and stops sperm from moving well

14
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How to use Spermicide

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Insert into vagina before sex to prevent pregnancy; Can be used by itself or with other birth control (diaphragm, cervical cap, condoms); Some aren’t effective right away need at least 10-15 minutes before sex, many only effective for 1 hour if engaging in sex more than once need to add more

15
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Spermicide Effectiveness

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18 out of 100 who use become pregnant each year even if used correctly; Actual rate: 28 out of 100 people who use spermicide become pregnant each year

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Problems with Spermicide

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Does not protect against STDs; According to planned pregnancy website: “using spermicide many times a day may actually increase your risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. That’s because the chemical in spermicide (called Nonoxynol-9) can irritate your vagina and make it easier for STD germs to enter your body.”

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Pros of Spermicide

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Inexpensive: Cost: @$8-15 per kit, No hormones, No prescription

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Cons of Spermicide

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Have to use every time you have sex; Side effects: can irritate tissue, No protection against STDs, Can be messy

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Emergency Contraception

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Must be taken within 120 hours of unprotected sex
NOT TO BE ROUTINELY USED
Two types: Contains high level of progestin or Contains ulipristal acetate

20
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Emergency Contraception that contains high level of progestin

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One Step, Plan B, Next Choice

21
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Emergency Contraception that contains ulipristal acetate, requires a prescription

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Ella

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Emergency Contraception works by:

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Preventing a woman from ovulating, Thickening a women’s cervical mucus

23
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Emergency Contraception is relatively safe besides

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Nausea, vomiting, breast tenderness, irregular bleeding (Emergency Contraception is NOT RU- 486, abortion pill)

24
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Abortion expulsion of the conceptus

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Induced abortions, intentionally terminated pregnancies

25
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Abortion methods

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Surgical is the most common in the US but medication is also possible (Vacuum aspiration, Dilation and Evacuation)

26
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Abortion RU 486 pill (Mifeprex)

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Available in the US in 2000; works by blocking the activity of progesterone