Unwanted pregnancies bring up a lot of complications for teenagers and adults alike. Once you are pregnant, the solutions become less simple, more stressful, and a lot less easy to deal with. Furthermore, pregnancy is one hundred percent preventable if you take the proper measures to keep conception from taking place. We are fortunate enough to live in a time where there are many safe, effective, and affordable options to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Knowledge is the key to preventing unwanted pregnancy. Here are three effective and reliable ways to prevent unwanted pregnancy that you should explore for your contraceptive health.
Hormonal Contraception
The first reliable method to prevent unwanted pregnancies is the use of hormonal contraceptives. Hormonal contraceptives are more commonly just known as “the pill”, is a pill taken by females every day to adjust their hormones to prevent ovulation and implantation. These hormonal contraceptives are up to 99% effective when taken perfectly, but they are prone to mishaps. You have to remember to take your pill every single day at the same time of day for them to be maximally effective. It is not easy to imagine how life can make this a challenge sometimes.
More Permanent Options
Hormonal contraceptives are easily reversible, you simply stop taking the pill, but there are more permanent options that are even more reliable at preventing unwanted pregnancies. For instance, a vasectomy. Vasectomies are nearly 100% successful at preventing pregnancy. Vasectomies are also great as they are one of the few options available to males. If you know that you are done having children, then having a vasectomy is probably one of the best options for you to prevent an unwanted pregnancy from occurring. If you want to take some of the responsibility for birth control off of women, vasectomies could be the option for you.
Condoms
The final reliable way that you can prevent unwanted pregnancies is with the proper use of condoms. If you are in a situation where hormonal birth control is not an option to you, and a vasectomy isn’t right yet, condoms present a relatively cheap, simple, and effective method of contraception. In order to be effective, however, you need to use them properly and use them every single time. If used properly, condoms can be incredibly effective.
Unwanted pregnancies are the source of a lot of stress and trouble. Preventing unwanted pregnancies from occurring is much easier than dealing with them after they have occurred. Consider using any of these three reliable methods of contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancy in your life.
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