Hello everyone, I am your obstetrician and gynecologist’s best friend Jojo.
Last week, I shared some unreliable contraceptive methods. Many of my friends said that they had refreshed their understanding of contraception and asked Jojo to talk about reliable contraceptive methods this week. Today, let’s have a serious talk.
Before starting, Jojo would like to remind you of a few words:
There are tens of millions of contraceptive roads, and safety is suitable for the first. The driver did not drive properly and his relatives suffered both.
Contraception, as a part of birth planning, needs to be individualized according to one’s physical condition, family and marriage situation and future birth needs.
In order to facilitate your understanding, Jojo will recommend suitable methods according to different age groups.
The first stage: madly in love or newly married
Girls at this stage are young (generally around 20-30 years old) and have not given birth to children. When choosing contraceptive methods, it is recommended to take convenience and not affect later pregnancy as the principle.
Five-star recommendation is compound short-acting oral contraceptives (that is, the kind taken every day). This medicine has better contraceptive effect, can regulate menstruation and does not affect sexual life, and is very suitable for fairies at this stage.
If you are worried that you will gain weight after eating, you can choose the fourth generation, which has little effect on endocrine and does not have to worry about obesity caused by water and sodium retention.
In addition, condoms are also the only choice. Contraceptive suppository, film, etc. can also be selected, but this kind of contraceptive commodities in China are relatively rare, so it is more appropriate to prepare some condoms.
Here, Jojo would like to make a special reminder: IUD contraception is not recommended at this stage. All fairies must pay attention.
The second stage: lactation
This stage mainly refers to the women who are nursing their babies after giving birth. If you happen to be in this period, when choosing contraceptive methods, it is recommended to take the principle of not affecting lactation.
Then, five stars recommend condoms, which is the simplest and most effective method. In addition, you can also choose intrauterine contraception.
However, Jojo does not recommend the use of compound short-acting oral contraceptives, contraceptive needles and other contraceptive methods, because this will affect the quality of milk.
The third stage: late birth period
Most of the fairies at this stage have already given birth to babies, passed the lactation period and have not yet reached menopause. For this group of women, Jojo suggested choosing long-term, safe and reliable contraceptive methods.
For example, the use of intrauterine contraceptives, oral compound short-acting contraceptives, contraceptive needles or condoms, etc., are better methods. You can choose appropriate methods according to your physical condition, economic conditions, taboos and other factors.
If it is a patient with a history of breast cancer, it is not recommended to use compound short-acting contraceptives for contraception. If you have copper allergy, do not choose copper-containing contraceptive rings, but change them to hormone contraceptive rings or use condoms for contraception.
Mothers who have multiple babies can also choose sterilization, such as ligation. If the father of the child agrees, he can also choose to have a ligation.
Well, the above is the conventional contraceptive method.