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Child Development: Contraceptives
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Types of contraceptives and how they work from AQA Home Economics: Child Development
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Child Development: Contraceptives
FEMALE
Combined Pill
Prevents ovaries from producing eggs
100% successful
Advantages
Reduces periods, pain and blood loss
Reliable for preventing pregnancy
Some health advantages
Disadvantages
No protection from STIs
Remembering to take is at the same time everyday
Some health risks
Prescription required
Mini Pill
Makes it hard for sperm to get into the uterus and hard for fertilisation or implantation to take place
99% successful
Advantages
Reduces periods, pain and blood loss
Reliable for prevent pregnancy
Some health advantages
Fewer health risks than the combined pill
Can be used by breastfeeding mothers
Disadvantages
No protection from STIs
Remembering to take it at the same time everyday
Some health risks
Prescription required
Female Condoms
Sperm stopped from entering the Vagina
95% successful
Advantages
Protection from STIs and unwanted pregnancy
Available without prescription
No medication needed
Can be put in hours before sex
Can be used by people allergic to latex
Disadvantages
Put on and removed carefully
Not widely available
Large and can make an off-putting noise
Diagphragm (cap) (used with spermicide jelly or creams
Sperm stopped from reaching egg and spermicide makes sperm inactive
92-96% successful
Advantages
Good protection from unwanted pregnancy
Can be put in hours before sex
No medication or side effects
Disadvantages
Difficult to use correctly
Must be fitted by a clincian
May slip out of places during sex
IUD (intra-uterine device)
Implantation is prevented
98-99% successful
Advantages
Excellent protection from unwanted pregnancy
No medication - lasts for 10 years
More reversible than sterilisation
Disadvantages
No protection from STIs
Additional bleeding and cramps possible
Small number of women allergic to copper
IUD
Intrauterine System (slow release of progesterone)
Progesterone is gradually and slowly released. This stops the sperm reaching the egg.
99% successful
Disadvantages
No protection from STIs
Advantages
Excellent protection from unwanted pregnancy
No medication - lasts for 7 years
More reversible than sterilisation
Less bleeding and cramping than IUD
Contraceptive implant (slow release of progesterone)
99% successful
An implant of the hormone progesterone, usually into the upper arm, prevents implantation.
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