Contents:
- Medical Video: Female Birth Control Options | Family Planning
- Choice of contraception for women aged 35 years and over
- 1. Birth control pills
- 2. KB injections or implants (implants)
- 3. IUD
- 4. Condoms
- 5. Sterile birth control or tubectomy
Medical Video: Female Birth Control Options | Family Planning
Entering the age of 35 years and over, your health will change. Your body certainly will not be as strong as when you were young. Not only do you have to change your lifestyle to be healthier, you are also encouraged to adjust the type of contraception in this ripe age. Indeed, what contraceptives are suitable for use by women aged 35 years and over? Here's the explanation.
Choice of contraception for women aged 35 years and over
Age 35 years and over is the best age to adjust the type of contraception you use. Because, biologically your body is no longer optimal for pregnancy. Even if a pregnancy occurs, you are at high risk of experiencing complications that can endanger the health of the mother and fetus.
In addition, you are more susceptible to various diseases and it turns out this can be made worse by the use of wrong contraceptives. That is why, you are recommended to choose the type of contraception that is safe and in accordance with your health condition.
1. Birth control pills
For those of you who are delaying pregnancy in the short term, birth control pills can be the right choice. Once you stop using birth control pills, your fertile period will return faster and allow for the occurrence of pregnancy.
However, there are some important things that you must pay attention to. This birth control pill should only be used for women aged 35 years and over who are healthy, do not smoke, and do not have cardiovascular disease.
This was also approved by Alice Chuang, MD, a teaching assistant from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, United States. He said that women aged 35 years and over who smoke are not recommended to use contraceptives that contain estrogen such as birth control pills.
Because the combination of chemicals in cigarettes with estrogen can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, as quoted from Everyday Health. To be safer, choose birth control pills that only contain progestins if you experience any of these conditions.
2. KB injections or implants (implants)
For those of you who have a smoking habit, injection of KB or implant KB (implant) can be the right contraception. Both types of contraception tend to be safe for your blood vessels.
But remember, choose injections of birth control that contain progestin only, not combined with estrogen. The progestin content will not react with chemicals in cigarettes that can trigger a heart attack - just like estrogen.
However, KB injections and implant KB are not suitable for you who plan to get pregnant and have more children in the near future. Because, these two types of family planning can inhibit your ovulation.
As a result, you need more time to return to fertility after after stopping using KB injections or implants.
3. IUD
IUD aka spiral IUD is very suitable for you who want to delay pregnancy or even don't want to have children anymore. This tool can help block sperm from fertilizing the egg, so the chance of pregnancy can be prevented by up to 99.7 percent.
For those of you who experience vascular disorders or cancer, then this type of contraception can be the right choice. Both copper-coated IUDs and IUDs that contain the hormone progestin are both safe for blood vessels and your cancer condition.
4. Condoms
Condoms are one type of complete contraceptive package that you can try. In addition to effectively preventing pregnancy by 98 percent, this physical barrier contraceptive method can also protect you and your partner from venereal disease.
Condoms are also more practical and easy to use than other types of contraception. But remember, condoms must be properly installed so they are not easily separated. In fact, condoms that are not used properly are also at risk of tearing and increasing the chances of pregnancy.
5. Sterile birth control or tubectomy
For those of you who don't want to get pregnant and have more children, sterile birth control is the best contraceptive choice. Sterile family planning in women is called tubectomy, which is the procedure of cutting or binding the fallopian tube (oviduct). This means that this type of contraception is permanent and is guaranteed not to make you pregnant again.
But unfortunately, tubectomy cannot protect you and your partner from the risk of venereal disease. So, male condoms and female condoms are needed when having sex with a partner.
