So you have just finished giving birth and have now brought a beautiful baby into the world, now its probably the only thing you think and care about. The baby is your new life, however unless you want to go from 1 baby to 2 babies you really should think about contraception straight away, even if you have no plans on having sex for a while.
Emergency contraception can be used when you have had unprotected sex or when you think that your contraception may have failed, an example of this could be that your condom split half way through and you want to make sure you don’t end up pregnant.
An IUD is a small plastic and copper device that is sometimes called a coil. The IUD is t-shaped and will be fitted by a trained doctor or nurse, they will put it into your uterus.
An IUS is a small piece of plastic that releases a hormone called progestogen, this hormone is similar to the natural one that women normally produce. The IUS is t-shaped and will be fitted by a trained doctor or nurse, they will put it into your uterus.
The male condom acts as a barrier that covers directly over an erect penis, and work by stopping sperm from meeting an egg. They usually come covered in a spermicide which kills sperm once they come into contact with it.
These little things fit inside a women’s vagina and aim to cover the entrance to the womb. They can come in different shapes and sizes and are usually shaped like a dome. Caps are usually smaller in size.
The implant is a small flexible rod that is inserted into the skin in your upper arm. It releases a progestogen hormone that is similar to the natural protesterone hormone that women release. The contraceptive implant can last for upto 3 years and is over 99% effective.
Also known as POP, the progestogen only pill (as the name suggest) contains the hormone progestogen which is similar to the progesterone which is produced naturally by women. There are different types of POP available, some which contain different progestogens. They are different from the combined pill because they do not contains estrogen. This pill is over 99% effective.
The patch is a small, skin coloured patch that you stick to your skin and is around 5×5cm in size. The patch releases 2 hormones estrogen and progestogen. These are very similar to the natural hormones that female bodies produce.The UK version of the patch is known as evra.
The contraceptive injection contains a progestogen hormone, this is very similar to the natural hormone that women produce, pregesterone.