FAMILY PLANNING METHOD

 Family planning allows people to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing of pregnancies.
 Having the desired number of children and when you want to have them by using safe and effective modern methods.
Proper birth spacing is having children 3 to 5 years apart, which is best for the health of the mother, her child, and the
family.

NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING

 BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE
- Refers to one’s body temperature when one is fully at rest that is upon rising from sleep and before eating.
- Woman identifies the beginning and end of her fertile period by taking her body temperature in the same way at
the same time each morning before she gets out of the bed.

 SYMPTOTHERMAL METHOD
- Woman observes a combination of changes in her body, her mucus secretions, her temperature, and cervical
positions.
- All the signs of fertility are taken note. Such as:
 Mittelschmerz
 Spinnbarkei
 Breast tenderness
 Increased libido
 Mood changes

 STANDARD DAYS METHOD (SDM)

- Appropriate for the couple where the woman’s menstrual cycle last from 26 to 32 days. This method requires
tracking of menstrual cycles

 TWO-DAY METHOD
- Is a simple, fertility awareness technique that uses cervical secretions as an indicator of fertility. It requires the
woman to check the presence of secretion everyday

ARTIFICIAL FAMILY PLANNING

 COMBINED PLANNING CONTRACEPTION (COC)
- Simply called as pills
- Are preparations that contain hormones similar to the woman’s natural hormones – estrogen and progesterone –
taken daily to prevent conception.
 DEPOT MEDOXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE
- Known by its brand name Depo Provera
- Is a progestin-only preparation injected intramuscularly every 3 months.
 INTRAUTERINE DEVICE (IUD)
- Is a small plastic or metal device inserted inside a woman’s uterus to prevent pregnancy.
- Work chiefly by preventing the sperm and egg from meeting. The IUD makes it hard for sperm to move through
the woman’s reproductive tract and reduces the ability of the sperm to fertilize an egg.
BARRIER METHODS
- Involve the use of devices that mechanically or chemically prevent fertilization.
- Barrier devices include male condoms, diaphragms and cervical caps
 VASECTOMY
- Is a surgical procedure where the vas deferens is tied and cut or blocked through a small opening on the scrotal
skin.
 BILATERAL TUBAL LIGATION (BTL)
- Involves cutting or blocking the two fallopian tubes.