Birth Control Precautions
Perhaps one of the best medical inventions in the last decade is birth control. Not all methods of controlling birth are medicinal, of course, but many like to take these hormone based medications. There are other means to make sure you do not get pregnant, and some of these are better after you turn 35 years old. Make sure you are aware of the risks of each type, and talk with your doctor to find out which is the very best choice for you.
The Pill is very commonly used when women are in their twenties. This is because the Pill is very effective and is easy to take, as long as you remember to take it each day at the same time. There are a few things to remember about taking the Pill, however, and the most important is that some medications can interact and render this type of birth control to be useless. Always tell your doctor you are on the Pill for your birth control method so they can prescribe other medications appropriately.
When you go into your thirties, especially when you get to thirty five, you should think about another method of birth control. This is when the Pill can actually do more harm than good. This is especially true if you have a history of blood clots, or this runs in your family. You can go with the shots that offer the same protection, but your doctor may say that this type of birth control is just as bad for you as the Pill might be. There are female condoms that can be used, and some like to use the Sponge, but most worry about their effectiveness.
For alternative birth control methods, you can always use condoms. However, many at this stage of life dont want to mess with them, and they dont like them. If they are in a committed marriage, they dont have to worry about sexually transmitted disease anyway. This is a good time to talk with a doctor about an IUD as your method of birth control. This is inserted into through the cervix, and is effective for five years of avoiding pregnancy. It can be removed at any time when someone decides they would like to have another baby. It is ideal because it does not release hormones into the body, and is much safer than it was years ago.
