We have heard too many excuses and entanglements about contraception! We often encounter girl/women asking questions about the use of contraceptives and the choice of contraceptive methods online. In view of the current lack of sexual knowledge, today we will have a large collection of contraceptive methods. We hope that through this popular science, you will no longer make mistakes actively or passively.
There are probably several types of contraceptive methods, one is tool contraception, one is drug contraception, and the other is safe period contraception. The most unsafe and unreliable is safe period contraception. Tool contraception is divided into condom contraception and intrauterine device contraception, which is commonly known as the ring. Contraceptives include male condoms and female condoms. There are many types of intrauterine devices, and different contraceptive rings will be selected according to their own situation. There are many types of oral contraceptives, long-acting and short-acting. It is mainly recommended to go to the hospital to consult a professional doctor, who will give you a very reasonable and suitable plan.
1 Contraceptive methods available to women
1.1 Condoms
In life, there are many contraceptive methods that can achieve contraceptive effects, such as condoms. Most people use condoms to achieve contraceptive effects. First, they are simple and convenient, and second, they are easy to buy, and can achieve the effect of contraception and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
Condoms include condoms that are put on the penis and placed in the vagina. This is a very widely used contraceptive method at present. Everyone basically knows that using condoms correctly and throughout the process has always been a recommended contraceptive method.
It is not to say that it is better than short-acting contraceptives or intrauterine devices. In fact, its contraceptive success rate is not higher than short-acting contraceptives and intrauterine devices, but it is the only contraceptive method that can prevent sexually transmitted diseases to a certain extent. Based on this alone, I believe that condoms will have a place in the contraceptive arena for quite a long time.
1.2 Short-acting contraceptive pills
Now when we talk about contraceptive pills, we often refer to short-acting contraceptive pills. Their contraceptive effect is mainly achieved by inhibiting ovulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis. At the same time, it can also increase the viscosity of cervical mucus and prevent sperm from penetrating.
As a contraceptive method highly recommended by foreign women, it naturally has many advantages: small dosage, fast metabolism, fewer side effects compared to long-acting contraceptive pills, you can fully enjoy intimacy during medication, and it does not affect ovarian function after stopping the medication, and you can try to get pregnant immediately.
In addition, it can also adjust menstruation and improve skin condition. The most important point is that if you take it correctly according to the instructions, the contraceptive success rate can be as high as 98%, which can be said to be a very efficient contraceptive method.
Of course, the disadvantages are also obvious: many women will miss or take the wrong dose due to busyness or carelessness, which is the most common cause of contraceptive failure; when there is no barrier, the infection rate of sexually transmitted diseases will naturally increase.
Short-acting contraceptives have many contraindications and are not suitable for every female friend. Therefore, they must be taken after excluding contraindications, otherwise it may induce danger. Although the side effects are small, many women in clinical practice eventually give up this method of contraception because they cannot tolerate the spotting after taking it.
1.3 Intrauterine contraceptive device
As the name implies, it is a contraceptive device placed in the uterine cavity, which can achieve the contraceptive effect by inducing inflammation of the uterine cavity or releasing drugs locally.
The advantages of intrauterine contraceptive device: you can still enjoy an intimate sex life, it does not affect ovarian function, you can get pregnant after removal, some intrauterine contraceptive devices can also treat diseases, and it is also a very efficient contraceptive method with a success rate of up to 98%.
But it has a more obvious disadvantage: after the intrauterine contraceptive device is inserted, due to continuous stimulation by foreign bodies, the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in women with intrauterine contraceptive devices is higher than that of women without intrauterine contraceptive devices, and whether the intrauterine contraceptive device is placed or removed, surgery is required.
1.4 Emergency contraceptive pills
It is recommended that you only use it in emergency situations. Emergency contraceptive pills are by no means a conventional contraceptive method. Its success rate is only about 80%, and it may also cause complications such as menstrual disorders, abnormal uterine bleeding, and ectopic pregnancy. If a man tells you "It's okay, I'll take the medicine later", I suggest you push him away and slam the door and leave.
1.5 Skin implants
In fact, the principle of skin implants is almost exactly the same as that of Mirena, except that Mirena puts the contraceptive device with drugs into the uterus, while skin implants bury it under the skin and continuously release progesterone to achieve the purpose of contraception. Similarly, because it is more likely to cause the side effect of irregular vaginal bleeding, it has not been promoted in China yet.
1.6 Tubal ligation
Among all the contraceptive methods available to women, I think this is the most cruel one, no one else.
1.7 New contraceptive methods: contraceptive rings, monthly contraceptive pills
With the development of medical technology, people have also made some new explorations in contraception, such as the two contraceptive methods that have recently appeared:
One is a contraceptive ring placed in the vagina
Yes, you heard it right. It is the first contraceptive tool with a validity period of one year and placed in the vagina. It seems magical, but it is actually the same as putting an intrauterine device in the vagina, but its usage is a bit like a short-acting contraceptive, that is, it is placed in the vagina for 3 weeks and taken out for 1 week, and there will be vaginal bleeding in the week when it is taken out.
It seems to be a good invention, but I don’t recommend you to try it. First of all, it has not really entered the market. Secondly, if it is inserted shallowly, there will be a certain degree of foreign body sensation during sexual intercourse. If it is inserted deeply, it is very likely that you will not be able to take it out. In addition, when there is vaginal inflammation, it is definitely not recommended to leave this foreign body in the vagina, but this will inevitably affect the effect of contraception.
The other type is a new type of monthly contraceptive pill.
It is composed of six polymer arms and looks like a snowflake. Similarly, it puts the drug in these six polymer arms. After taking it, it will unfold the polymer arms in the stomach, so as to ensure that the device stays in the stomach and slowly releases the drug to achieve the contraceptive effect. Similarly, this new contraceptive device is still in the experimental stage. Although it can open its arms and stay in the stomach, there is no particularly good solution for how to make it finally excreted completely through the digestive tract.
Under what circumstances should women use contraception?
Menstruation is a bit abnormal. If you have too much menstruation, don't put in an intrauterine contraceptive ring, because its stimulation will make the menstrual flow more. If the menstrual flow is too little, don't take contraceptive pills.
As a new mother. It is best not to take contraceptive pills every day, because you have just become a mother and have to take care of your children every day. You may forget to take the medicine one day, which may lead to contraceptive failure. It is better to use condoms for contraception.
Suffered from Hepatitis B. If you or he has hepatitis B, then condoms should be the first choice for contraception, which can prevent hepatitis B from being transmitted through sexual intercourse. Any other contraceptive method has no effect on blocking infectious diseases.
Suffered from vaginitis. If a woman has vaginitis, she should use condoms with caution, because latex can aggravate the symptoms of vaginitis or cause vaginal allergies. If the condition is more serious and urgent, you should suspend sexual intercourse to avoid cross-infection to the other party.
You and he have been separated for a long time. Don't use the safe period contraception method. Because you are likely to "ovulate impromptu" or "ovulate early" in excitement. Use condoms, oral contraceptive pills for visiting relatives, and you can also take emergency contraceptive pills. Emergency contraceptive pills can only be taken 3 times a year. Taking too much is not good for your body.
Allergy to latex. External contraceptive creams or films are prone to cause vaginal mucosal allergies. Cervical caps or intrauterine devices can increase secretions and cause inflammation. If you are severely allergic, you may not even be able to adapt to condoms.
Having lumps in your breasts. If you have lumps in your breasts, and the lumps are not clearly diagnosed or there is a possibility of malignant transformation, do not take any contraceptive pills to avoid aggravating the condition. It is advisable to use tools for contraception, such as condoms or intrauterine devices, vaginal rings.
Suffered from abortion. If you have just had an abortion, and you are in the ovulation period about 14 days after the operation, you should pay more attention to contraception at this time. Otherwise, getting pregnant again will not only be bad for the person who aborted, but also have a certain impact on the health of the child.
Vagina not moist enough. If you feel that you are not "moist" enough, then do not take progesterone contraceptives, which will make you "more dry and less pleasure". You can take estrogen-containing contraceptives, insert intrauterine devices or vaginal rings, which can make the vagina more lubricated and secrete more.
Contraceptive methods recommended for women of all ages
Newlyweds & young lovers: Because they are young and have not yet given birth, they should choose methods that are easy to use and do not affect fertility. Condoms and short-acting oral contraceptives can be used first;
Breastfeeding women: It is necessary to ensure the quality of breast milk and the health of the baby, so condoms are the best choice;
Women who no longer have fertility requirements (for example, women who have given birth to a second child and do not want to have more children): Relatively speaking, there are more choices, and all methods are applicable. However, short-acting contraceptives are not recommended for women over 40 years old. The older you are, the greater the risk of thrombosis;
Women in perimenopause (commonly known as "menopause"): At this time, ovulation is still possible, so you must insist on contraception and choose methods that mainly use external contraception. Male condoms are preferred;
Women with irregular menstruation: It is more important to establish a regular cycle. During this period, male condoms or short-acting contraceptives are preferred for contraception, because the latter can also regulate menstruation.
2 Contraceptive methods available to men
2.1 Condoms
The reason why condoms are not divided into male condoms and female condoms is mainly because no matter which type of condoms, women are expected to take the initiative, because you have the right to ask men to use condoms to provide you with the greatest degree of protection.
The fact is that condoms are the best contraceptive method for both men and women during sex. The contraceptive success rate is over 97%. Condoms are a non-drug form of preventing conception, mainly used to prevent human sperm and eggs from combining during sexual intercourse to prevent pregnancy. The side effects of condoms have been proven to be zero (except for groups allergic to rubber products).
2.2 Sterilization
Compared with female tubal ligation, which has deep incisions, is difficult to operate, and can cause complications such as intestinal adhesions and ectopic pregnancy, the vas deferens is superficial in anatomical location, and only requires a small local operation to achieve the purpose of permanent birth control. Therefore, vasectomy has been recognized as a simple, minimally invasive, safe, effective, and less complication-free permanent sterilization measure and is widely used around the world.
The attitude towards male sterilization is exactly the same as that towards female sterilization. First of all, this is an invasive contraceptive method. There are many contraceptive methods, and it is not necessary to take this one. Secondly, as a man, if you don’t want to be sterilized, I advise you not to let your loved one be sterilized, because all surgeries, no matter how big or small, have risks.
2.3 Spermicide
Spermicide is also called liquid condoms. It was popular on a small scale for a while under the gimmick of zero distance. It is essentially to inactivate sperm entering the vagina by chemical means. However, it has a failure rate of nearly 20% and may cause serious damage to the female reproductive tract. Therefore, this method of contraception is not recommended.
2.4 Male oral contraceptives
Like the short-acting contraceptives that women take, men can also use oral contraceptives to prevent pregnancy. The prospects are good, but the biggest problem is that it has not yet entered the clinic.
2.5 Male contraceptive injection
For a while, there was a news about male contraceptive injection that went viral. It is an injection that requires a small incision in the scrotum to expose the vas deferens, and an artificial gel called vasalgel is injected into the male vas deferens. It can interfere with the negative charge on the surface of sperm, rupture the sperm cell membrane and the enzymes that must be used in the acrosome reaction during fertilization, and make sperm lose the ability to swim and bind to eggs.
In fact, this injection started Phase I clinical trials as early as 2002. After 17 years, it finally entered Phase III clinical trials in 2019, and the data was encouraging. It seems that it will not take too long before it can be launched on the market.
If you think about it carefully, you will find that it is actually similar to male vasectomy, but it is done by injecting gel. According to research, it is also reversible. You only need to inject another drug into the same position, and then use physical actions such as vibration, microcurrent or transrectal massage to make the polymer leave the vas deferens. As a new method of male contraception, it has the advantages of being minimally invasive, highly effective, and long-lasting (the contraceptive effect can last up to 13 years). However, since there is currently insufficient data to support its reversibility and it has not yet been truly applied in clinical practice, it is sufficient to just understand it.
This contraceptive collection can be summarized in a relatively simple way:
①Short-acting contraceptive pills and intrauterine devices are currently the two most effective contraceptive methods, and they are ranked in no particular order;
②Condoms are still a mainstream contraceptive method, and they can effectively prevent sexually transmitted diseases;
③Contraceptive methods that are not listed, such as safe period contraception and external ejaculation contraception, do not need to be considered, as they are unreliable;
④It is important to choose the right contraceptive method based on your own situation;
⑤Pre-emptive contraception is the most correct, and post-emptive contraception can only be used as an emergency remedy.
3 Unreliable contraceptive methods
3.1 Safe period contraception
This is a very risky contraceptive method, safe period contraception is basically equivalent to no contraception! Not to mention that the ovulation cycle of girls cannot be completely accurate, the egg will not be absorbed immediately after it is discharged, there will still be a waiting time, and the sperm will not flow out immediately, it will also wait. After waiting for three or four times, maybe both parties will wait, and this contraception will fail.
Among the many rankings of unexpected pregnancy events, the bad luck index of safe period contraception is well-known.
3.2 Contraception by ejaculation outside the body
This is also a misunderstanding of many women. In fact, under normal physiological conditions, the secretions of seminal vesicles and prostatic fluids of men also contain sperm components, not just in body fluids. Sperm may flow out during the process, which is the same as the reason for the failure of half-course condoms. When men are excited, some things will flow out of the penis. Many people say it is prostatic fluid, but it is not. It is urethral gland fluid. In theory, there will be no sperm in this fluid, but if you have ejaculated before, the second urethral gland fluid will bring out these sperm. However, this probability is usually very small, especially during the first sexual intercourse. If you have a second sexual intercourse in a short period of time, the probability of danger will increase a lot-taking a bath is useless, it can only wash away the sperm on the outside, and you can't wash it into the urethra no matter how you wash it. However, urination can wash away the first semen, because male semen and urine are discharged through the urethra. The difference is that the urination thread follows the bladder→ureter→urethra route, while the ejaculation thread follows the seminal vesicle→vas deferens→urethra route.
In addition, ejaculation outside the vagina is also a test of the boy's skills. If it is not properly controlled, some semen may remain in the female vagina, causing the woman to have an unexpected pregnancy. Generally speaking, men can feel it themselves, but sometimes they want to have more pleasure, so they may ejaculate a little inside. Therefore, those who say that they ejaculate after 3 or 4 seconds of pulling out are much safer than those who ejaculate right after pulling out. But in theory, there will also be some boys who have a small amount of semen flowing out before ejaculation, which may not be felt, so ejaculation outside the vagina is actually very unsafe, very unsafe, especially not recommended for girls to hand their fate to their boyfriends who are not sure whether they can control themselves. Other situations, such as ejaculating at the vaginal opening, are usually not a big problem. If you must ejaculate outside, please try to ejaculate on the belly or other places. In theory, if you ejaculate at the vaginal opening, it is as difficult for sperm to pass through the entire vagina to reach the uterus as swimming across the Pacific Ocean, but if it reaches a considerable number and all rushes in, there may be a few lucky ones who can swim across.
In addition, frequent ejaculation outside the body can make men nervous and anxious, which can easily lead to premature ejaculation and seriously reduce the quality of sexual life.
Therefore, this dangerous and unhealthy contraceptive behavior should be avoided as much as possible.
3.3 Flushing the vagina after sex
Some women believe that flushing the sperm in the vagina after sex can prevent sperm and egg from meeting and achieve the effect of contraception. This is simply contempt for the strength of human sperm. During ovulation, it takes only a few minutes for sperm in the vagina to enter the fallopian tube. Therefore, by the time you get up to take a shower and flush the vagina, a lot of sperm has already entered the uterus. It is a black humor to use flushing as a way of contraception.
3.4 Sterilization surgery
This is applicable to both men and women, and is a relatively permanent solution, suitable for couples who do not want to have children. Sterilization surgery is divided into male sterilization surgery (vasectomy) and female sterilization surgery (tubal ligation). In view of safety and effectiveness, vasectomy should be the preferred sterilization method. Moreover, after vasectomy, if there is a desire to have children again, the chance of recanalization through surgery can reach 50% to 70%. However, female sterilization surgery is irreversible, so you must think carefully before implementing it.
At present, wearing a condom is still the most cost-effective contraceptive method, and it can also effectively prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Our factory established in 2002, is a manufacturer and supplier of condoms. We provide professional OEM & ODM services.
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