How to Avoid Getting Pregnant

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With proper care, attention and knowledge, avoiding pregnancy is a challenge all women can meet.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Birth Control Pills
Cervical Caps
Diaphragms
Lubricated Latex Condoms
Spermicides

Step 1

Steering clear of genital-to-genital contact with men - though not the preferred solution for everyone - is the most surefire way to avoid conception.
Step 2

For other methods, know some basic body facts: Ovulation is when an egg is released into the fallopian tube, where conception usually takes place. If your cycle is regular (many are not), you'll ovulate about 14 days before you expect your next period.
Step 3

Learn to recognize your body's signs of ovulation, including tender breasts, clear and stringy discharge or, for some women, a twinge in the lower abdomen. Be extra careful during that time.
Step 4

Settle on a birth control strategy (pill, cap, diaphragm, shot, implant, condoms - so many to choose from!) and stick with it every time. Every time.
Step 5

Avoid getting lax and falling off the birth control wagon. If you don't like the method you've chosen, find another contraceptive you like better and stick with it.

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btm20147 said

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on 5/19/2009 When you are first in love you will probably accept everything your partner says is true. Be aware that when it comes to satisfying a strong sexual urge people have been known to lie!!! So you ALWAYS need to protect against STD and be prepared just in case your resolve to wait is overcome by your feelings.

adarraa said

on 5/16/2009 I tell my daughters and their friends when we talk about it, IF you are having sex, or Going to, the only way to prevent pregnancy is to use contraceptives, I always recommend using Double Protection because no one method is 100% all the time, not even the pill. So if you want to avoid pregnancy, both partners need to use protection, he needs to use a condom, and she needs to use a contraceptive also, there are many choices! If the man is SILLY enough to not want to use a condom, tell him it is NOT OPTIONAL! No Condom = NO SEX!!! Pregnancy is not the only thing to consider, there are also all those nasty STD's too! Unless you are both virgins the possibility exists! And virgins CAN get pregnant the 1st time! Two times I've gotten pregnant the first time I did not use protection (that was planned), and once when I was on the pill (SURPRISE!). So there's more proof, if you need it, th...