CONTRACEPTIVES NATURAL CONTRACEPTIVES

RHYTHM METHOD CONTRACEPTIVES

• THIS IS THE ONLY METHOD APPROVED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
• IT IS BASSD ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE FERTILE PERIOD OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND TO ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL INTERCOURSE DURING THAT PERIOD.
• IT INCLUDES-

a.CALENDAR METHOD CONTRACEPTIVES –

• THE FIRST UNSAFE DAY IS OBTAINED BY SUBTRACTING 20 DAYS FROM THE LENGTH OF THE SHORTEST CYCLEAND THE LAST UNSAFE DAY IS OBTAINED BY DEDUCTING TEN DAYS FROM THE LONGEST CYCLE( FOR THIS A RECORD OF THE PREVIOUS 12 MENSTRUAL CYCLES IS OBTAINED)

b.TEMPERATURE RHYTHM CONTRACEPTIVES –

• ABSTINENCE UNTIL THE THIRD DAY OF THE RISE OF TEMPERATURE.

c.MUCUS RHYTHM CONTRACEPTIVES –

• ABSTINENCE ON ALL DAYS OF NOTICEABLE MUCUS AND THREE DAYS THEREAFTER.

COITUS INTERRUPTS CONTRACEPTIVES

• IT NECESSITATES WITHDRAWL OF PENIS SHORTLY BEFORE EJACULATION.

BREAST FEEDING, LACTATIONAL AMENORRHOEA

• THE RISK OF PREGNANCY TO A WOMAN WHO IS FULLY BREAST FEEDING AND AMENORRHIC IS LESS THAN 2% IN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS.IN WOMAN WHO HAVE STARTED MENSTRUATING ALONGWITH BREAST FEEDING THE RISK IS AS HIGH AS 1-10%