FAMILY PLANNING – Dr A. O. Odunsi

DEFINITION

Family planning is the planning of when to have children, and the use of birth control and other techniques to implement such plans.

The Unmarried are Excluded

Best Method: Abstinence

ADVANTAGES

• Financial Health
• Maternal Health
• Marital Health
• Spiritual Health
• Children’s Health
• Societal health
• Christian Perspective
• Principles of Safe Motherhood

Women should not have children:

(a) Too early

(b) Too Frequently

(c) Too many

(d) Too late

The Female Reproductive System

METHODS

• Abstinence
• Natural Methods
• Barrier Methods
• Hormonal Methods
• IUCD
• Surgical sterilisation

Natural Methods

• Coitus Interuptus
• BreastFeeding
• Calendar Rhythm Method
• Symptothermal Methods
• Cervical Mucus
• Fertility Computers

Cervical mucus

Fertility computers

Barrier methods

• Condom
• Female condom
• Diaphragm
• Cervical cap
• Spermicides
• Sponges

Condom

Female condom

Cervical caps

Diaphragm

Spermicides

Sponge

Hormonals

• Oral contraceptive pills
• Injectables
• Implantables
• Rings
• Patches

OCP

 

Injectables

Emergency contraception

Ring

IUCD

Surgical Sterilisation