1. BIRTH CONTROL OPTIONS

2. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BIRTH CONTROL THAT I COULD USE??
CONDOMS
DEPO PREVERA
DIAPHRAGM
FOAM, FILM, SUPPOSITORIES
IUD
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
PILL, PATCH, VAGINAL RING
STERILIZATION

3. CONDOMS
FITS OVER ERECT PENIS AND CATCHES SPERM WHEN THE MAN EJACULATES
98% EFFECTIVE AGAINST PREGNANCY IF USED EVERY TIME AND CORRECTLY
85% EFFECTIVE AGAINST PREGNANCY IF USED MOST OF THE TIME AND NOT ALWAYS CORRECTLY
MOST ARE MADE OF LATEX. ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS SUCH AS LAMBSKIN CONDOMS ARE AVAILABLE, BUT ARE MORE EXPENSIVE AND NOT AS EFFECTIVE AGAINST PREGNANCY
CONDOMS ARE AVAILABLE AT DRUGSTORES, GROCERY STORES, ON CAMPUS (STUDENT COUNSELING CENTER FOR FREE!)
EASY TO USE, EASY TO CARRY IN PURSE, BACKPACK, COAT POCKET. NEVER CARRY A CONDOM IN YOUR WALLET OR BACK POCKET!
LATEX CONDOMS ARE THE ONLY FORM OF BIRTH CONTROL THAT PROTECT YOU AGAINST HIV AND STD’S!
MUST BE PUT ON DURING SEX, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, BEFORE ANY PENETRATION. PRE-EJACULATE DOES CONTAIN SPERM!

4. DEPO PREVERA
A SHOT OF ARTIFICIAL HORMONES GIVEN BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
STOPS THE OVARIES FROM RELEASING AN EGG
THICKENS THE MUCUS IN CERVIX TO MAKE SPERM ENTERING MORE DIFFICULT
OVER 99% EFFECTIVE AGAINST PREGNANCY
FEW SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR MOST WOMEN
DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH SEX
MAY HAVE WEIGHT CHANGES, MOODINESS, HEADACHES OR DIZZINESS
NO PROTECTION AGAINST HIV/STD’S
LASTS 3 MONTHS
OFTEN DECREASES BLEEDING AND CRAMPING ASSOCIATED WITH PERIODS
SAFE TO USE WHILE BREASTFEEDING
LESS CHANCE OF ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
SHOT ONLY AVAILABLE FROM HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
MAY CAUSE HEAVY PERIODS, LIGHT PERIODS, OR NO PERIODS AT ALL
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET PREGNANT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE SHOTS ARE DISCONTINUED

5. DIAPHRAGM SMALL RUBBER CUP FITS INSIDE VAGINA, OVER THE CERVIX
USED WITH CONTRACEPTIVE CREAM OR JELLY THAT KILLS SPERM
MUST BE FITTED TO A WOMEN’S BODY BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
EFFECTIVE 94% IF USED CAREFULLY EVERY TIME
ONLY 84% EFFECTIVE IF NOT USED CAREFULLY EVERY TIME
RISKS INCLUDE FEW HEALTH PROBLEMS
INCREASED BLADDER INFECTIONS FOR SOME WOMEN
VERY SMALL CHANCE OF TSS, TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME, IN WOMEN
CAN BE PUT IN 2 HOURS BEFORE SEX
ONLY USED WHEN NEEDED
CAN BE DIFFICULT TO PUT IN AND TAKE OUT
CAN BE MESSY
CREAM/JELLY MAY IRRITATE VAGINA OR PENIS
MUST BE LEFT IN FOR 6-8 HOURS AFTER SEX
PROVIDES NO PROTECTION AGAINST HIV/STD’S

6. FOAM, FILM, SUPPOSITORIES
MADE UP OF CHEMICALS THAT KILL SPERM
PUT INTO VAGINA BEFORE SEX
EFFECTIVE 85% IF USED EVERY TIME AND CAREFULLY
EFFECTIVE 71% IF NOT USED CAREFULLY EVERY TIME
AVAILABLE IN MOST DRUGSTORES
EASY TO USE, EASY TO CARRY
USE ONLY WHEN NEEDED
MUST BE PUT IN SHORTLY BEFORE SEX
CAN BE MESSY
MAY IRRITATE THE PENIS OR VAGINA
PROVIDES NO PROTECTION AGAINST HIV AND STD’S

7. IUD SMALL DEVICE PUT INSIDE THE WOMB BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
PREVENTS SPERM FROM FERTILIZING THE EGG
THICKENS MUCUS IN CERVIX MAKING IT HARD FOR SPERM TO ENTER THE WOMB
OVER 99% EFFECTIVE
MAY INCREASE THE CHANCE OF PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID)
ALWAYS STAYS IN PLACE, CANNOT MOVE AROUND
DOESN’T INTERFERE WITH SEX
LASTS 5-10 YEARS
MAY CAUSE LIGHT PERIODS OR NO PERIODS AT ALL
MAY CAUSE SPOTTING IN BETWEEN PERIODS
IF PREGNANCY OCCURS, IUD MUST BE REMOVED
SHOULD NOT BE USED BY WOMEN WITH MULTIPLE SEX PARTNERS
PROVIDES NO PROTECTION AGAINST HIV AND STD’S

8. NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING/FERTILITY AWARENESS METHOD
WOMEN RECOGNIZE AND CALCULATE THEIR FERTILE DAYS
CAN USE BARRIER METHOD DURING FERTILE DAYS
ABSTAIN FROM SEX DURING FERTILE TIME
EFFECTIVE 91-99% IF VERY CAREFUL
EFFECTIVE 75% IF NOT VERY CAREFUL EVERYTIME
NO USE OF BIRTH CONTROL IS APPROVED BY ALL RELIGIOUS GROUPS
LOW COST OR NO COST
CAN IMPROVE A COUPLE’S COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION AND SELF-CONTROL
HELPFUL WHEN PREPARING TO BECOME PREGNANT
MUST CHART BODY TEMPERATURE AND/OR VAGINAL MUCUS DAILY
IF PERIODS ARE NOT REGULAR, EFFECTIVENESS IS LOWERED
SPECIAL CLASSES MAY BE OFFERED ON HOW TO LEARN METHOD OF CHARTING DAYS AND TEMPERATURE
PROVIDES NO PROTECTION AGAINST HIV AND STD’S

9. PILL, PATCH, VAGINAL RING
PILLS, SKIN PATCH, OR VAGINAL RING ALL RELEASE ARTIFICIAL HORMONES
STOPS OVARIES FROM RELEASING EGG
THICKENS MUCUS IN THE CERVIX IN ORDER TO MAKE SPERM ENTERING DIFFICULT
MUST BE PRESCRIBED BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
EFFECTIVE 99% IF VERY CAREFUL
ONLY 92% EFFECTIVE IF NOT VERY CAREFUL
POSES FEW SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR YOUNG WOMEN
VERY SMALL CHANCE OF BLOOD CLOTS, HEART ATTACKS, AND STROKES
MAY CAUSE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE
DOESN’T INTERFERE WITH SEX
LIGHTER PERIODS
DECREASED RISK OF PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE WITH THE PILL
SOME PILLS CAN REDUCE NUMBER OF PERIODS IN A YEAR
MAY CAUSE WEIGHT CHANGE, MOODINESS, SPOTTING
NOT IDEAL WHILE BREASTFEEDING
MAY NOT BE THE BEST CHOICE FOR WOMEN OVER 35 WHO SMOKE
PROVIDES NO PROTECTION AGAINST HIV AND STD’S

10. STERILIZATION
SURGICAL OPERATION MAKING IT PERMANENT TO NOT HAVE A BABY
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN CAN BE STERILIZED
MORE THAN 99% EFFECTIVE
SAFER FOR MEN THAN FOR WOMEN
SMALL CHANCE OF COMPLICATIONS DURING SURGERY OR INFECTION/BLEEDING AFTER SURGERY
TUBAL PREGNANCY COULD OCCUR IF OPERATION DOESN’T WORK
NO OTHER METHOD WILL EVER BE NEEDED
NO PHYSICAL EFFECT ON SEXUAL DESIRE AND ABILITY
IT IS A PERMANENT ACTION. THERE IS NO GOING BACK AND CHANGING YOUR MIND.
PROVIDES NO PROTECTION AGAINST HIV AND STD’S.

11. CONTRACEPTION: DID YOU KNOW…
CONDOMS ARE THE ONLY FORM OF BIRTH CONTROL, BESIDES ABSTINENCE, THAT PROTECTS AGAINST HIV AND STD’S!
A WOMEN WHO HAS SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITHOUT USING ANY FORM OF CONTRACEPTION HAS AN 85% CHANCE OF BECOMING PREGNANT IN A YEAR.
MEN ARE FERTILE FOR AN AVERAGE OF 18,250 DAYS IN THEIR LIFETIME. THIS IS OVER 50 YEARS OF FERTILITY! WOMEN HOWEVER, ARE ONLY FERTILE FROM MENARCHE TO MENAPAUSE. AN AVERAGE OF 36 YEARS!
IN THE EARLY 1900’S, DISINFECTANTS WERE ADVERTISED AS CONRACEPTIVE DOUCHES. USED BY MILLIONS OF AMERICAN WOMEN, THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND INEFFECTIVE METHOD.
MILLIONS OF SPERM SWIM UP INTO THE CERVICAL MUCUS ALMOST INSTANTLY AFTER EJACULATION. DOUCHING THE VAGINA IS NOT AN EFFECTIVE FORM OF BIRTH CONTROL.
AFTER A VASECTOMY, IT TAKES ABOUT A DOZEN EJACULATIONS TO CLEAR OUT SPERM THAT WERE ALREADY BEYOND THE BLOCKED AREA.

12. “HOW TO CHOOSE A BIRTH CONTROL METHOD THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU AND YOUR PARTNER…”
IS IT IMPORTANT THAT YOU OR YOUR PARTNER DOESN’T GET PREGNANT? WOULD AN ACCIDENTAL PREGNANCY BE HAZORDOUS TO YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW? IF YOU OR YOUR PARTNER DO GET PREGNANT, ARE YOU GOING TO STAY IN SCHOOL?
IS THE METHOD YOU CHOOSE A SAFE ONE? ARE THERE ANY HEALTH CONCERNS THAT WOULD MAKE THIS METHOD RISKY FOR YOU OR YOUR PARTNER TO USE?
HOW MUCH DOES THE METHOD YOU’VE CHOSEN COST? WILL YOU AND YOUR PARTNER BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT?
HOW DOES YOUR PARTNER FEEL ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL AND THE METHODS THAT YOU CHOOSE? CAN YOU COMMUNICATE ABOUT WHICH METHOD YOU BOTH ARE COMFORTABLE WITH?
IS THIS METHOD EASY TO USE? IS IT MESSY? WILL YOU OR YOUR PARTNER BE ABLE TO USE IT CORRECTYLY EVERYTIME YOU HAVE SEX?
HOW OFTEN YOU HAVE SEX MAY DETERMINE WHICH METHOD TO USE. DO YOU WANT SOMETHING ALWAYS INSIDE YOUR BODY OR JUST WHEN YOU ARE PLANNING TO HAVE SEX?

13. “HOW TO CHOOSE A BIRTH CONTROL METHOD THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU AND YOUR PARTNER…”
SHOULD YOU CHOOSE A METHOD THAT PROTECTS AGAINST HIV AND STD’S? ABSOLUTELY. LATEX CONDOMS ARE THE ONLY FORM OF BIRTH CONTROL THAT PROTECT BOTH PARTNERS FROM EXPOSURE TO HIV AND STD’S!
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT TOUCHING YOUR BODY AND GENITALS? DOES THE METHOD YOU CHOOSE REQUIRE YOU TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR BODY IN ORDER TO USE THE METHOD PROPERLY?
WILL YOU BE EMBARRASSED ABOUT USING BIRTH CONTROL OR TALKING TO YOUR PARTNER ABOUT WHICH METHOD TO USE? WILL YOU AND YOUR PARTNER BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE METHOD YOU CHOOSE, AND BE ABLE TO USE IT CORRECTLY EVERY TIME YOU HAVE SEX?
DO YOU HAVE RELIGIOUS OR MORAL BELIEFS ABOUT USING BIRTH CONTROL? IS THE METHOD YOU CHOOSE ACCEPTABLE BY YOUR RELIGIOUS OR MORAL BACKGROUND AND BELIEFS?

14. WHERE CAN I GO FOR QUESTIONS?
STUDENT HEALTH CENTER ON CAMPUS SCREENS FOR MOST STD’S, EXCLUDING HIV
PLANNED PARENTHOOD:
TERRE HAUTE HEALTH DEPT:
STUDENT COUNSELING CENTER FOR FREE CONDOMS:
STUDENT HEALTH PROMOTIONS: FOR QUESTIONS OR PAMPHLETS ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL METHODS, STD’S, SEX, AND MANY MORE TOPICS! ASK FOR AIMEE!