The Comparison of Ten Postpartum Contraception Methods

If not breastfeeding after giving birth to a baby for around four weeks, women already have the possibility of another pregnancy. Even through breastfeeding, only the recovery of menstruation could be delayed, ovulation will not be necessarily stopped. Thus, breastfeeding can not serve as a reliable method of postpartum contraception.
Moreover, some contraceptive methods you have taken before your giving birth, perhaps are no longer suitable for you. So, how to choose the method for your postpartum contraception? You need more information, therefore you can choose the way suits you best.
Surgery
1. Female Tubal Ligation
Efficiency rate - 99.9%
Advantages: The surgical removal of part of the fallopian tubes and ligation, resulting in ovum and sperm can not meet. The surgery can be carried out the day after the baby's birth. If the mom gives birth under the caesarean section, the surgery can be operated at the same time.
Disadvantages: Tubal ligation is a permanent contraceptive method, if moms would like to maintain their fertility, they should not choose this way.
2. Male Vasectomy
Efficiency rate - 99.9%
Advantages: The operation requires partly cut of spermaduct from testicles to the penis. For those couples who are willing to choose sterilization. This brings less trauma than tubal ligation for it only requires local anesthesia, and can be carried out in a general outpatient clinic. At the same time, less risk of suffering complications.
Disadvantages: It will be hard to restore male fertility. Usually it takes 6 weeks after surgery to achieve the contraceptive effect, if sex life during this period is needed, you should take other contraceptive methods.
Hormonal methods
3. Contraceptive pill
Efficiency rate -the best use of state up to 99.5% - actual use of state up to 95%
Advantages: oral contraceptive is most popular in the West for female as a means of contraception. It is not just a method that enables the restore of fertility, it's also stable. What's more, it could relieve discomfort caused by massive blood loss during menstruation and menstrual pain. The latest research shows that oral contraceptive pill can also reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.
Disadvantages: This requires taking the pills every day. It can not play a role in preventing sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS. And, for those who are frequently smoking, have high blood pressure or heart dysfunction should not use this method because the pills will increase blood clotting, the risk of heart attack. Breastfeeding moms who take oral contraceptive pill can get the secretion of breast milk blocked.
4. IUD
Efficiency rate - the best use of state up to 99% - actual use of state up to 97%
Advantages: This method is to place a plastic or copper IUD in the uterus in the female bodies, this gadget can ensure convenient, long-term contraceptive effectiveness. Once it was taken out, women can restore fertility. In addition, today there is another kind of progesterone IUD which releases constant and slow progesterone, resulting in long-term contraceptive effect. Each IUD can be used for one year, and have the function of easing menstrual pain and reducing menstrual blood.
Disadvantages: IUD placement may cause slight discomfort. Copper IUD also leads to bleeding or menstrual pain for some women. Moreover, the method can not prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Women who are suffering from venereal diseases or have not given birth yet should not use it.
5. Injection of Depo Provera
Efficiency rate - the best use of state up to 99.7% - actual use of state up to 98.7%
Advantages: This method only needs 4 times a year of injection of medroxyprogesterone vinegar, and could generate sustained contraceptive effects. One time of Medroxyprogesterone vinegar injection, takers can receive contraception effect for about 12-14 weeks.
Disadvantages: This injection must be operated by professionals. If you want to restore fertility, discontinuation injection for 9 months before implementation is a must. Recent studies indicates that long-terms trade for such injections could induce osteoporosis. This method can not prevent sexually transmitted diseases, either, it might lead to menstrual disorders, weight gain, dizziness and headache at the same time.
Non-hormonal methods
6. Male condom
Effectiveness - the best use of state up to 97% - The actual use of state up to 86%
Advantages: Male condom can be purchased directly in the pharmacy counter. In the sexual life, the use of male condom can prevent the introduction of bacteria to vagina,also can prevent the sexually transmitted diseases.
Disadvantages: male condom may slip or crack; condom with spermicide may also stimulate the vagina. It can play a role in contraception on the condition that males are willing to use it.
7. Contraceptive diaphragm
Effectiveness - the best use of state up to 94% - The actual use of state up to 80%
Advantages: This is a simple and feasible contraceptive method and can quickly restore fertility to women,without changing the hormone secretion. Before using it, women need to go to the doctor to customize their own contraceptive diaphragm that is suitable for their cervical diameter. After that, they can add or remove diaphragm as needed. This method can stop the sperm get into the cervix. And the bottom of it is coated with spermicide that can kill any sperm when it is touched. Once placed, the effect continues up to 6 hours.
Disadvantages: Because many women do not know the proper way to use it, thus,it could bring about a relatively high failure rate. Because of changes in women's cervical diameter after childbirth. A new proper contraceptive diaphragm is needed before the sexual life. Diaphragm's placement may cause inconvenient or difficult. Moreover, the contraceptive diaphragm may also lead to bladder infections.
8. Female condoms
Effectiveness - the best use of state up to 95% - The actual use of state up to 79%
Advantages: This condom is placed into a woman's vagina and female vulva can be covered by its outer part to block the touch of the penis and vagina. Women need not depend on the will of men to use condoms. It also can be effective in preventing sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.
Disadvantages: When the female condom is used, if wrongly placed.it's relatively easy to slide.
9. The vaginal spermicide
Effectiveness - the best use of state up to 94% - The actual use of state up to 74%
Advantages: spermicide can increase vaginal lubrication, so it can help women with vaginal dryness. This is also the non-prescription products could be purchased in pharmacy.
Disadvantages: some people may be allergic to some types of spermicide. When used alone, couldn't provide better effectiveness as other methods.
10. Ovulation prediction
Effectiveness - 75% to 99%
Advantages: By measuring women's body temperature regularly and observing the cervical mucus and other signs of ovulation. thus the women can control their own fertility.
Disadvantages: This method requires for their own body temperature and other signs of ovulation to persevere in the record; and during ovulation, a good control is needed for the couple on the sexual needs.