Choosing a suitable contraceptive method

There are many contraceptive methods available.
Women frequently get confusion regarding the method to be choosen.

It depends on factors like:
-Frequency of intercourse
-Whether the woman needs protection from sexually transmitted diseases or not
-How long she wants to postpone the pregnancy
-Family completed or not
-Presence of pelvic infection
-Any associated medical problems like liver disease, coagulation abnormalities, heart problems etc
-Breastfeeding or not

According to above factors:
-For women having infrequent intercourse, barrier contraceptive methods like condoms are useful.
-For women who want to avoid risk of sexually transmitted diseases also barrier contraceptive methods are advised.
-For young women who are having frequent intercourse, without any medical risk factors, who want to postpone the pregnancy for one to two years, oral contraceptive pills, monthly hormonal injections etc are advisable.
-For women who wants gap between two pregnancies, intrauterine contraceptive devices are useful.
 IUCDs can give protection upto ten years depending on the type used.
To use IUCDs, pelvic infection should be ruled out.
-For women who have completed their family, permanent family planning methods like tubectomy are advised.
-For women having medical complications like coagulation abnormalities etc, barrier contraceptive methods are advised.
-For breast feeding women, progesterone containing low dose pills or progesterone monthly or once in three months injections are useful.

Barrier contraceptives for women