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

reproductive sys
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

cervical mucus

cervical mucus

Fertility computers

Fertility computer

Fertility computer

Barrier methods

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

Condom

condom

condom

Female condom

female condom

female condom

Cervical caps

cervical caps

cervical caps

Diaphragm

diaphram

diaphram

Spermicides

spermicides

spermicides

Sponge

sponge

sponge

Hormonals

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

OCP

ocp

ocp

 

ocp2

ocp2

Injectables

injectables

injectables

Emergency contraception

emergency contraception

emergency contraception

Ring

Ring

Ring

IUCD

iucd

iucd

Surgical Sterilisation

surgical sterilisation

surgical sterilisation