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How to prevent pregnancy?

9 types of contraception you can use to prevent pregnancy (with pictures!)
  1. The Condom. ...
  2. The Oral Contraceptive Pill. ...
  3. Intrauterine Device (IUD) ...
  4. The Contraceptive Implant. ...
  5. The Contraceptive Injection. ...
  6. Emergency Contraception Pill (The 'Morning After' Pill) ...
  7. Contraceptive Ring. ...
  8. Diaphragm.
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What are 100% ways to prevent pregnancy?

Abstinence: Sexual abstinence is defined as refraining from all forms of sexual activity and genital contact, such as vaginal, oral, or anal sex. This method is the only 100 percent effective way to protect against pregnancy, ensuring there is no exchange of bodily fluids (such as vaginal secretions and semen).
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What are 5 methods of birth control?

What birth control options are available?
  • Barrier methods. Examples include male and female condoms, as well as the diaphragm, cervical cap and contraceptive sponge.
  • Short-acting hormonal methods. ...
  • Long-acting hormonal methods. ...
  • Sterilization. ...
  • Spermicide or vaginal gel. ...
  • Fertility awareness methods.
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How effective is the pull out method?

How effective is the pull-out method? The pull-out method is about 80% effective. About one in five people who rely on the pull-out method for birth control become pregnant.
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What's the safest birth control?

The kinds of birth control that work the best to prevent pregnancy are the implant and IUDs — they're also the most convenient to use, and the most foolproof. Other birth control methods, like the pill, ring, patch, and shot, are also really good at preventing pregnancy if you use them perfectly.
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How to avoid pregnancy before 1 month? - Dr. Teena S Thomas

What to do if sperm went inside?

The most straightforward way is to wash the vaginal area gently with warm water. The American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) recommend using mild, unscented soap around the vaginal area. It is best to avoid perfumed soaps as these can cause irritation by disturbing the pH level of the vagina.
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What should I do if I accidentally pregnant?

Here are the first five steps you should take.
  1. Call your primary care doctor or ob/gyn and make an appointment. ...
  2. If you're not doing so already, start taking a prenatal vitamin that has 400 mcg of folic acid right away. ...
  3. If you drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, or use drugs, stop right away. ...
  4. Take good care of yourself.
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How can vinegar prevent pregnancy?

Vinegar does not work as a contraceptive. But it “causes an imbalance in the natural bacterial balance in the vagina, which increases vaginal infections,” said Dr. Yasser Joha, a gynaecologist in Damascus. Many women wash or douche with soap and water after sex in an attempt to prevent pregnancy.
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What are early signs of pregnancy?

The most common early signs and symptoms of pregnancy might include:
  • Missed period. If you're in your childbearing years and a week or more has passed without the start of an expected menstrual cycle, you might be pregnant. ...
  • Tender, swollen breasts. ...
  • Nausea with or without vomiting. ...
  • Increased urination. ...
  • Fatigue.
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How many drops of sperm is needed to get pregnant?

How many sperm do you need to get pregnant? It takes just one sperm to fertilize a woman's egg. Keep in mind, though, for each sperm that reaches the egg, there are millions that don't. On average, each time men ejaculate they release nearly 100 million sperm.
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Can sperm come out days later?

Why does sperm flow out after intercourse? Sperm leakage, if there is enough of it, can be expected even hours after intercourse. Sperm can even come out the next day, in specific cases.
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How long does it take to know if you are pregnant?

You can do a test on the first day your period's due. The test measures a hormone called human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) in your urine. For the result to be positive, your body must be making enough for the test to pick it up, usually about 2 weeks after you conceive.
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How do you check if he came in me?

There is no way for either of the partners to know if the sperm entered the egg. The only way to know for sure if the sperm did enter the egg is after a positive pregnancy test.
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How long can sperm sit inside you?

Ejaculated sperm remain viable for several days within the female reproductive tract. Fertilization is possible as long as the sperm remain alive — up to five days.
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How long do you let sperm sit inside you?

The stuff that leaks out after sex is just fluid and some dead sperm. Some experts do recommend staying in bed anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour after intercourse to keep the sperm pooled at the top of the vagina.
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Which is safer condoms or birth control?

With typical or average use, here's how effective birth control pills vs. condoms are in preventing pregnancy: Birth control pills are 91% effective. Male condoms are 87% effective.
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Why do condoms fail with perfect use?

Among couples who use condoms perfectly for 1 year, only 2 out of 100 will become pregnant. The most common reason for failure, besides not using a condom every time, is that the condom breaks or partially or completely slips off the penis. Slippage occurs more often than breakage, usually when a condom is too large.
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What birth control fails the most?

Shorter-acting hormonal methods include the pill, patch, injectable and vaginal ring. The injectable has a typical-use failure rate of 4%, and a perfect-use failure rate of less than 1%. The pill, ring and patch have typical-use failure rates of 7%, and perfect-use failure rates of less than 1%.
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Can I get pregnant if he pulled out and put it back in?

Pregnancy can happen if any semen gets in your vagina or on your vulva. So the best way to make the pull out method effective is to use it with another type of birth control (like the ring, pill, or condoms). This way, if there's a slip up, you're still protected. Accidents happen.
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Can you get pregnant if he pulls out?

For every 100 people who use the pull out method perfectly, 4 will get pregnant. But pulling out can be difficult to do perfectly. So in real life, about 22 out of 100 people who use withdrawal get pregnant every year — that's about 1 in 5.
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How often can Precum cause pregnancy?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the chance of conceiving from pre-cum is about 20% if you're using the withdrawal method. So, while it's low risk, it's not impossible.
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How do you know if there is sperm in Precum?

There's no way to know when there is or isn't sperm in pre-cum — that's one reason why the withdrawal method (pulling out) isn't the best at preventing pregnancy, even if they pull out before they ejaculate (cum). If you want to prevent pregnancy, put on a condom before your penis and vagina touch.
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How can I tell if I'm pregnant before 1 week?

Pregnancy symptoms in week 1
  • nausea with or without vomiting.
  • breast changes including tenderness, swelling, or tingling feeling, or noticeable blue veins.
  • frequent urination.
  • headache.
  • raised basal body temperature.
  • bloating in the belly or gas.
  • mild pelvic cramping or discomfort without bleeding.
  • tiredness or fatigue.
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