I am a BIG BIG girl.. in a BIG BIG world.. PART I

Abortion and abandoned young children become a social issue all over the world. When a woman is pregnant accidentally, she will be blamed and isolated by family. This is one of the reason abortion happened. This  is not an individual issue, but social. Our country citizen still conservative minded. Sexual education is important. But since young, we are not exposed with it. It become harder when parents are very shy to share the knowledge with their children. I had been through the period of dating, we are flesh human being. Sexual temptation is everywhere. Sexual education and religion are here to help. So i hope to share some tips on family planning (specifically method of contraceptives). But i am not encouraging youngsters to practice it. But, "prevention is better than cure".

When i was young, i ever asked my mom:"How do you bring me to this world?" She was very honest to me. But she did mention she did ask the same question to grandma. Grandma said she was from dustbin. haha.... :P We need to be honest to youngsters nowadays because they are generation of curiosity.Pregnancy happened when a guy (sperm) met with girl (ovary during ovulation) through sexual intercourse or intimacy. Ovulation is the time where egg is produced by ovary.If the egg does not meet the sperm, it will burst and become menstrual or what we called as period. 

Family planning is a new age concept whereby a couple takes measures to space out the birth of their child or opt for a gender specific child by using certain natural or artificial methods. The methods of family planning might involve using contraceptives, condoms or by surgical methods. The most important factor of family planning is the health of the baby and the mother. When a woman gives birth to a child she undergoes a lot of physical trauma or stress and if proper family planning is not done then it could be harmful to the health of both the mother and the subsequent child. According to UNICEF every year half a million women die due to pregnancy related complications.

Another important reason of family planning is that family planning reduces the rate of abortions. Unwanted pregnancy leads to abortions which are gruesome and it harms the body as well. A startling statistic which is given by the Center for Bioethical Reform is that every year around the world a total of 42 million abortions happen. Thus good family planning leads to lesser abortion and lesser harm to the body. In conclusion, family planning is to help a couple plan a suitable time to pregnant and to plan the size of the family. Below are five common methods: 

1. Natural Methods:
How does this method helps? It was done by avoiding sexual intercourse during fertile days of a woman.Below are three commons method used: 

Rhythm or calendar methods

Cervical mucus methods

• Changes in the amount and consistency of cervical mucus. 
• Accurate assessment free of semen, contraceptive gels or foams, and blood or discharge from vaginal infections for at least one full cycle. 
• Affected by: douches and vaginal deodorants, sexually aroused state, medications such as antihistamines.
• Dryness → sticky (but does not stretch) → cloudy raw egg white (increase in estrogen), clear, stringy, slippery (lubricative), and stretchable. Slipperiness and a sensation of wetness = ovulation is occur. 
• Sexual abstinence until the fourth day after the peak mucus sign. Sticky, thick, and cloudy and less in amount (under progesterone influence).

Breast feeding

 

•  It works by suppress ovulation from happen. 
• But this method require consistent breast feeding.
• Once there is breakthrough bleeding or period, it is not longer effective. 

Advantages: 

• Accepted by religious groups that have  prohibitions against other types of contraception.

• Teaches a woman about her own reproductive physiology.

• Safe, inexpensive, or free.

• Teaches couples to work together on family planning. 

Disadvantages:

• Requires much information about physiological parameter.

• Monitored symptoms are sometimes vague or subtle.

• Women with irregular cycles may find the calendar and basal body temperature methods ineffective.

• Requires planning, partner cooperation. 
• May diminish spontaneity.   

Hormonal Contraceptives? Barrier methods? IUCD? Operation?
How does these method help? Stay tuned for more details and methods... ;) have a nice day..