Everyone wants to look as good as their celebrity idols, with their perfect hair, fresh looking skin, perfect shapes thighs, bum and tits. However for the everyday teen of this world, looking like their favourite celebrity will either be (a) near impossible and/or (b) be very time consuming.
The only way to be sure is to have a pregnancy test, you can either get one from the doctor or but a home pregnancy test from the shop, if either of which come back positive it means that you are pregnant.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI), it may not be as common as some other STIs, however if left untreated it can leave both men and women with serious damage.
Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV for short is a non-curable infection, once infected you will have the virus remain in your body for the rest of your life.
The contraceptive vaginal ring is a small, flexible piece of plastic, that if you have not already guessed is shaped like a ring and is around about 5×5cm in size. The ring is placed inside the vagina where it releases 2 hormones, estrogen and progestogen. These are similar to the natural hormones that women produce.
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.