Reproductive Life Planning

• Natural family planning

  Periodic abstinence, lactation amenorrhea method, coitus interuptus, post coital douching
• Coitus interuptus


  oldest method of contraception
• Billing's method


  cervical mucus method, before ovulation each month, the cervical mucus is thick and does not stretch when pulled between the thumbs ans finger, just before ovulation, mucus secretion increases
• Spinnbarkeit


  with ovulation during the peak day, cervical mucus becomes copious, thin, watery, and transparent. It feels slippery and stretches ar least 1 inch before the strand breaks. This property is known as _. This means wet days and signals unsafe days
• Mittelschmerz


  during ovulation, some women experience localized lower right abdominal pain called_. Which corresponds to the release of egg cells
• Calendar methos


  or rhythm method. A woman keeps a record of at least 6 menstrual cycles and uses the record to determine which days she is most likely to be fertile during an average menstrual cycle
• Basal body temperature


  measures variation in body temperature to determine when ovulation has occurred. Under the influence of progesterone, temperature rises
• Oral contraceptive pills


  inhibits the release of FSH, LH and ovum
• Recommended that the first pill must be taken first sunday after the bgeinning of a menstrual flow
• After childbirth, a woman should start the contraceptive on the Sunday closest to 2 weeks after birth
• COC's are not effective for the first 7 days (placebo)
• Mini pills


  contains progestin but no estrogen
• Emergency post-coital contraception


  high in synthetic estrogen. Rape victims or sexualy abused
• Nonoxynol 9


  ingredient found in condoms, active chemical ingredient that destroys the sperm cell membrane at the same time kills any STU
• Intrauterine Device (IUD)


  flexible device inserted into the uterine cavity
• Subdermal implants


  rods the size of a pencil lead that are embedded just under the skin of the inside of the upper arm. 3 to 5 years. Release hormones that suppress ovulation
• Depo-provera injection


  a progesterone given every 12 weeks that inhibits ovulation