The term ‘birth control’ almost always conjures images of birth control pills of different sizes and colors. For many years, the public has been led to believe that the use of the Pill is the only effective chemical and hormone-based contraception available. Of course, the use of the prophylactic condom is very popular especially among men.
However, it is very beneficial to know that there is actually a wide range of contraceptive methods and products. There are several birth control methods that a couple can use to prevent or delay pregnancy. Contraceptives are most often described in terms of how effective they are. a method that is 99 percent effective allows only one woman in a hundred to get pregnant over the course of one year. If no method of birth control is used, there is a 30 percent chance of becoming pregnant each month–which can lead to about 80 percent of women becoming pregnant during a year of regular intercourse. The failure percentage of any given birth control is simply determined by the percentage of women who get pregnant in one year, despite using that specific kind of birth control.
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