Natural contraception method
Release time : 06/09/2025 09:30:01
Pregnancy and childbirth are significant events in life, thus, couples or married couples who have not prepared for pregnancy should take precautions when having sexual intercourse.
There are many methods of contraception available, including condoms during sexual intercourse and oral contraceptives. Additionally, postpartum men and women can use intrauterine devices or vasectomy for contraception.
One method of contraception is natural contraception. What exactly is natural contraception? What are the advantages of natural contraception? How does natural contraception work? What are the precautions for natural contraception? What are some common natural contraceptive methods? In modern times, contraceptive methods are numerous and varied. Men can utilize a variety of condoms with different durations, while women can choose long-acting, short-acting, or emergency contraceptives.
There is also a method called natural contraception, which refers to the observation of changes in women's menstrual cycles and the timing of sexual intercourse to avoid sperm and egg contact, thus achieving contraceptive purposes.
Natural contraception is currently the recommended method in the international community, which does not interfere with a woman's reproductive physiology and is completely harmless to the human body. It does not require taking birth control pills or using tools; instead, it relies on the cervical mucus and vulvar condition of women during their menstrual cycle to determine the ovulation day. By controlling the timing of sexual intercourse, it prevents sperm from meeting the egg, thereby achieving the purpose of contraception.
Natural contraception is convenient, reliable and free from the disadvantages of using contraceptive pills, condoms or surgery.
The method is based on the cyclical changes in vaginal mucus secretion by women, relying on their own sense and observed characteristics of the discharge. Each menstrual cycle is divided into three phases: dry phase - moist phase - dry phase. The moist phase (with abundant and thin discharge) is a possible fertile period, especially when the discharge appears like egg white, clear, transparent, high elasticity, long stretchiness, it is likely to be ovulation day, this day can easily become pregnant.
Thus, within a 3-day period around this day, sexual activity is strictly prohibited to achieve contraception.
This method is also known as the safe period method, but it differs from previous methods of calculating ovulation.
The principle of natural contraception is based on the theory that, with proper knowledge and practice, couples can achieve sexual satisfaction without the use of artificial contraceptives.
However, natural contraception requires the woman to actively participate. Its accuracy is restricted by many subjective and objective factors and may fail, so general medical experts do not recommend it.
The principle of natural contraception is that the ovaries produce an egg every 28 days. The ovulation occurs in the middle of the cycle, between day 14 and 16. However, due to differences in health, living conditions, psychological stimuli, etc., the ovulation often advances or delays.
Step One: Observe your menstrual cycle.
Does your menstrual cycle have a regular pattern? How many days between each menstrual period are there? These are the first things to learn.
Step Two: Determine the ovulation period.
The key to conception is the period of time when the ovaries release mature eggs from the ovary and into the fallopian tubes, known as the ovulation phase.
Therefore, the second thing that needs to be done is to determine the ovulation period. For male individuals, sperm can enter the cervix within 5-15 minutes after ejaculation and may even reach the fallopian tubes, where they begin to die within 4-6 hours and lose their ability to fertilize within about 120 hours.
This means that 120 hours before and 24 hours after the woman's ovulation, this is the dangerous period for pregnancy and should be avoided.
If the date of ovulation can be determined, then avoiding the same sex from 5 days before ovulation to one day after ovulation can achieve the purpose of contraception.
The benefits of natural birth control Men long for natural sex and want not to wear condoms.
Like men, a healthy and natural sex life is also the sweetest thing in love life. But because the responsibility for pregnancy and childbirth falls on women, they want a secure and safe sex life more.
So what are the benefits of natural contraception? 1. Based on scientific medical principles, there will be no side effects without any medication or medical means.
2. Close cooperation between the couple is required, and there is no "gender discrimination" on contraceptive issues, which will further promote the emotional harmony of the couple.
3. If you want to have a child, you can consciously choose to share the same sex during the fertile period to obtain the highest probability of conception.
4. It is not restricted by social, cultural, religious and other background and can be accepted by the broadest possible group of people.
Warm reminder: Natural contraception is very suitable for the following types of people who cannot accept other contraceptive methods due to world outlook, religious beliefs and other reasons.
(2) Due to health reasons or a subjective reluctance to use other contraceptive methods, especially birth control pills and intrauterine devices.
Even if an unexpected pregnancy occurs, women who are able to accept it.
Natural contraceptive methods: With the increasing openness of sexual views and the widespread dissemination of sexual knowledge, many young people believe they have sufficient understanding of sex.
But a new survey in Britain has found that many young people have very dangerous misconceptions about pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
What are the precautions for natural contraception?1. Women with irregular menstrual cycles or during special stages such as lactation and menopause may have difficulty using natural contraception.
2. The user needs to undergo appropriate training and accumulate his own experience.
3. The efficiency of contraception is not as high as that of modern contraceptive methods such as contraceptives and intrauterine devices.
Be cautious when using this method. Generally, after 3 months of training and observation, you can master the rules of cervical mucus secretion. If this method is used properly, as long as the couple cooperates closely, the contraceptive effect is equally reliable, and the effective rate can reach 98%.
5. When women feel vaginal itching and burning pain, be wary of having fungal vaginitis or other infections. At this time, treatment is needed before you can have the same room, because vaginitis can affect the judgment of the nature of cervical mucus and easily lead to contraceptive failure.
6. If you cannot be 100% sure that the woman is in a safe period, please use reliable contraceptive methods for the woman's health.
There are several common natural contraceptive methods. Natural contraceptive method is currently internationally recommended contraceptive method that does not interfere with human reproductive physiological functions and is completely harmless to the human body. It does not require taking contraceptives or tools. So, here is a detailed introduction to several common natural contraceptive methods.
1. Calendar calculation method: In order to estimate a safe period, a woman must know her longest and shortest menstrual cycle days.
The value minus 20 from the shortest menstrual cycle is used as the first day of the risk period, and the value minus 11 days from the longest menstrual cycle is used as the last day of the risk period.
The method's pearl index is 20-24, and it is considered very insecure contraception.
II. The vaginal smear observation method, also known as the Billings method, is based on the principle that vaginal secretions produced by specialized cells in the cervical canal vary in quantity and quality in response to menstrual cycle changes and ovulation.
During one menstrual cycle, there are three types of cervical mucus: unsuitable for pregnancy, suitable for pregnancy and extremely suitable for pregnancy.
Observe the secretion of cervical mucus daily, including its quantity, viscosity, and transparency.
When the mucus is most abundant and elastic (easy to stretch), it is considered the ovulation period.
Abstinence, at least 4 days before and after ovulation.
This method corresponds to a pearl index of 1 - 12 and is only suitable for women with regular and normal menstrual cycles.
3. Other methods: In addition to the above two common methods, natural contraception also includes saliva testing, basic body temperature, symptom-body temperature method, lactation amenorrhea contraception, etc.
The medical information provided in this text is for reference only.
If you feel unwell, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately, and the medical diagnosis and treatment will be subject to offline diagnosis.