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2007-03-18 04:19:24 · 4 answers · asked by Do 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
The Barrier Method
Here the aim is to block the sperm—that sly little thing—from getting to the egg. And that’s when latex comes to the rescue. You could opt for the diaphragm or the cervical cap. You need to use the diaphragm with a spermicidal jelly. It’s a dome shaped cup with a flexible rim to allow for insertion. It blocks the whole rear part of the vagina and the cervix to protect against the sneaky sperm. Both the diaphragm and cervical cap have to be fitted so you must visit a physician to get this type of birth control. However, they last for several years. But you do need to hold them up against the light to check for holes. Supposing you didn’t put on the diaphragm before sex, no worries.
Men are visual creatures and become excited with closer acquaintance with your vagina. So, don’t be put off by the thought of inserting your diaphragm in front of your partner because, it is guaranteed, it’ll make you as excited as it’ll make him and the extra lubrication is always great, isn’t it?
Condom!
Ah! Ultimately! It’s the man’s turn to take responsibility. And with the AIDS risk at large, the condom usage is again popular. The day of the boring latex sheath is over! You can buy them off the shelves in supermarkets or at drugstores in different colours, sizes, ribbed, flavoured, lubricated, dry — you name it!
The trickiest part of the condom is making sure that there’s no leakage while removing it because if that happens, the sneaky sperm could sidle into the vagina and hey, that’s love’s labour lost, isn’t it? It would be smart to remove the condom before losing your erection entirely.
Men are heard grousing that a condom reduces sensation. That may not be a bad thing for those who suffer from premature ejaculation. For the rest of you out there, if there’s the slenderest risk of passing on an infection, you really have no choice. The only way out (of a condom) is to stay in one relationship long enough!
Natural Family Planning
One way is to never have an intercourse. That’s abstinence! Another way is partial abstinence or abstaining at the time of the month when a woman is fertile. This reliance on the fertility cycle of the woman is called the calendar or the rhythm method.
Calendar Method
Your fertile period is not just the day that you ovulate. While the egg can live for 1-3 days, the sperm can live in the vagina for 2-7 days. Meaning, that if you have had sex before your ovulation, the sperm maybe hanging around the fallopian tubes waiting for the egg to come along and then fertilise it!
For safety from pregnancy, you should think of a 9-day period as being risky — 5 days before ovulation, the day of ovulation and 3 days after that. The other 19 days are considered ‘safe’. But while theoretically this is so, nothing can be foolproof against those sneaky eggs and sperm determined to get together!
Basal Body Temperature
A woman’s temperature rises between .4 and .8 degrees when she ovulates. If you take your temperature every morning before getting out of bed, you’ll one day discover a rise and if you have no infection to account for it, then you may assume that you have ovulated. No unprotected sex for you then unless you are trying to have a baby!
Myths about Birth Control!
Douching prevents pregnancy
This myth dates back to the time of ancient Egypt. The concept is to wash out the sperm before they can reach the uterus. Various types of douches have been used down the ages form vinegar to Coca-Cola to commercial douches. Actually, by the time you are done with intercourse and the douche, man’s sperm have already begun their trip towards the egg and it’s not possible to flush them out!
You can’t get pregnant without orgasm
Wrong again! Though it is a fact that vaginal contractions of orgasm can foster pregnancy, it is also true that some semen are going to make their way up the cervix irrespective of the fact that the woman has multiple orgasm or no orgasm.
Stand-up sex can prevent pregnancy
Ha! If you think that sperm cannot defy gravity, then you underestimate the tenacity of the sperm. The sperm are ace swimmers and capable of swimming upstream as well as downstream!
You can’t get pregnant when you have your period
Don’t believe that please! Although menstruation does limit the possibility of becoming pregnant, it’s not to be counted upon. Some women have irregular bleeding, which, if misinterpreted as menstruation, can lead to pregnancy.
Pulling out is protection enough
If there’s one myth that’s caused the maximum pregnancies, it is this! The withdrawal method is certainly not foolproof. Many men, who swear to their partners that they have wonderful control over their ejaculations and will pull out their penises from the vagina as soon as they feel it coming, don’t. They end up ejaculating before they pull out. Sometimes the heat of the moment gets the better of them.
Even if the man does pull out, the pre-ejaculatory fluid, known as the Cowper’s fluid, has already been released and is on its way to the uterus. This fluid is absolutely loaded with sperm. So the coitus interruptus is only a little better than nothing!
2007-03-18 12:01:05 · answer #1 · answered by panna g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
birth control works in a few different ways, it depends on what type you are talking about, mostly it keeps you from ovulating plus makes your body unfriendly to sperm lol.. I know that sounds funny.. anyway sperm do die and get absorbed
2007-03-18 05:03:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its simple birth control just kinds tricks your body into already believing that it's pregnant. Can't get pregnant twice!
N yes ... if there is no egg for the sperm to fertilze they will die!
2007-03-18 05:02:03 · answer #3 · answered by Bre'Oona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pill has hormones in it that make your body think you are already pregnant, therefore you dont ovulate (produce eggs). Sperm just dies if unused and will absorb into your body.
2007-03-18 05:02:26 · answer #4 · answered by British*Bird 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋