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Family Planning

Family Planning. What Is Family Planning?. Having the number of children you want, when you want them. If a person wants to wait to have children or to decide when to have children, there are many ways to prevent pregnancy. Who Does It?. Both men and women must take part in family planning.

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Family Planning

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  1. Family Planning

  2. What Is Family Planning? Having the number of children you want, when you want them.

  3. If a person wants to wait to have children or to decide when to have children, there are many ways to prevent pregnancy

  4. Who Does It? Both men and women must take part in family planning

  5. In America, many people use family planning and control when they have children

  6. All of the family planning methods we will talk about are used safely by millions of women and men

  7. Reasons for choosing smaller families

  8. Pregnancy is Risky! Mothers and babies will be healthier because fewer pregnancies means less risks

  9. More Food Fewer children means more food for each child

  10. More Time Fewer children can mean more time for parents to spend with their children

  11. Education Waiting to have children can give women and men time to finish their education

  12. Why is family planning hard? • Some people want to have large families • A woman’s husband might not want her to use family planning • It’s not accepted by some religions • A person might be afraid that others will think they’re having sex with someone other than their husband or wife if they are using protection

  13. It’s A Right! A person has the right to decide how many children they want to have

  14. It’s a Right! A woman has the right to protect her health from the risks of pregnancy

  15. What if a woman’s husband says NO? • She must decide if she will use family planning anyway • Some methods of family planning can be used without the man knowing

  16. Preventing Pregnancy

  17. A Pregnancy Happens When… • After a man ejaculates inside a woman, the man’s sperm and the woman’s egg join together to make a zygote. • When the zygote attaches to the side of a woman’s womb, a pregnancy begins.

  18. There are several methods of family planning • Barrier Methods • Hormonal Methods • IUDs (Intrauterine Devices) • Natural Methods • Permanent Methods All of these methods (EXCEPT FOR PERMANENT METHODS) can be stopped at ANY time if a woman decides to get pregnant or if she decides to try a different method of family planning

  19. Barrier methods work by physically preventing the man’s sperm from joining with the woman’s egg

  20. Condoms • An example of a barrier method • Can be bought at the store or at a clinic or an agency • The ONLY method of family planning that also protects against diseases

  21. Hormones and Hormonal Methods • Hormones are chemicals in the body. • Men and women have different hormones. • It is hormones that make men grow mustaches and women grow breasts. • Hormones also determine when a woman can get pregnant (when she is “fertile”) by getting her body ready for pregnancy.

  22. Hormonal Methods When a woman uses a hormonal method of family planning, she puts hormones in her body that prevent her from getting pregnant by: • Preventing her body from releasing an egg • Making it harder for the sperm to reach the egg • Keeping the egg from sticking inside the womb

  23. A woman needs to see a doctor to get a hormonal method!

  24. The Pill Woman takes one pill every day at the same time The Patch Woman wears on her skin and changes once a week Hormonal Methods

  25. Hormonal Methods • The Shot • Woman gets a shot every 3 months Implants Inserted into the woman’s arm by a doctor Work for up to 3 years

  26. Intrauterine Device: IUD • Put into the womb by a doctor • Can last for 5 or 10 years • Can be removed when the woman decides she wants to get pregnant or at any other time

  27. Natural Methods Natural methods help a woman know when she is fertile, so that she can avoid having sex at that time. • A woman is usually fertile during the middle days of her monthly bleeding cycle • A woman is usually NOT fertile when she is breastfeeding for the first 6 months after her baby is born

  28. Breastfeeding as a family planning method works only if: • The baby is less than 6 months old • The woman breastfeeds the baby every 6 hours and the baby eats no other food • Her monthly bleeding cycle hasn’t started yet

  29. Permanent Methods A doctor makes it impossible for men and women to have any more children The operation for a man is called a VASECTOMY The operation for a woman is called a TUBAL LIGATION

  30. Vasectomy and Tubal Ligation • DO NOT make sex any less pleasurable for men or women • DO NOT make sex any less desirable for men or woman • Men are still able ejaculate, but the ejaculate liquid does not have sperm

  31. Withdrawal or “Pulling Out” The man pulls his penis out of the vagina before he ejaculates This is NOT a very good method BUT it is better than not using any method of family planning at all

  32. Urinating after sex Washing out the vagina (“douching”) Methods That Do NOT Work Does NOT prevent pregnancy BUT it can help prevent some infections Sperm move too fast and will reach the womb before they can be washed out

  33. Emergency Family Planning If a man and a woman have sex without using any method of family planning, there are pills that a woman can take AFTERWARDS to prevent pregnancy, called “Emergency Contraception”

  34. Emergency Family Planning • A woman must take the pills within 5 days after sex • Emergency family planning is most effective within 3 days after sex

  35. Emergency Family Planning These pills PREVENT pregnancy, they DO NOT stop a pregnancy if the woman is already pregnant

  36. Where to get it? • A person can buy CONDOMS at most stores. They can get them for free at some clinics. • A person can get EMERGENCY FAMILY PLANNING at a pharmacy (if they are older than 17 years old)

  37. Where to Get it? • To get any of the other methods of family planning, a person has to call their doctor • If a woman is younger than 17 years old, she has to call her doctor to get emergency family planning.

  38. Only you can decide what family planning method is right for you!

  39. Evaluation!

  40. #1 What is one reason for choosing a smaller family?

  41. #2 Does a woman have the right to protect her health against the risks of pregnancy? A: Yes B: No

  42. #3 What family planning method also protects against diseases? A. Condoms B. The Pill C. IUDs D. The Shot

  43. #4 Does washing the vagina after sex (“douching”) help prevent pregnancy? A. Yes B. No

  44. #5 What method of family planning should a man and a woman use after they have sex without protection? A. Condoms B. An IUD C. Emergency Contraception D. Tubal Ligation

  45. #6 Where can a person get condoms?

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