Control Your Life with Birth Control Maybe you aren't interested in having kids.

Maybe the timing isn't right. Maybe you're waiting to meet the right person. All of these are good reasons to consid er birth control. While, in the past, it was difficult to attain birth control i n any shape or form, and there were not many options available, there is a wide array of choices for women today. Whether you are interested in a daily, monthly , or yearly method, there is something for everyone. The most commonly used form of birth control is the condom. Usually x, this functions as a wrapper for the male penis, preventing the bodily fluids. A new condom must be used every time you have sex in effective, and only one can be used at a time. Improper application m decreases the effectiveness of this form of birth control, but it ery popular form due to its accessibility and temporal nature. made of late transmission of order to be of the condo is still a v

Another popular form of birth control is referred to as The Pill. Oral contracepti ves come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The traditional pill is taken on a mo nthly basis, with three weeks of hormone pills and one week of sugar pills. The hormones prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the side of the uterus, and allows one week for the uterus to shed its lining and restart the cycle. This is tremendously effective, but does not prevent the transmission of sexually trans mitted infections (STIs). Variations of the Pill will either postpone or elimina te a girl's period altogether. Birth control has now evolved to simple insertions as well. For example, the Nuv a Ring is inserted into a girl's cervix and continually dispenses hormones for u p to three months. Other insertion related birth control methods include IUDs, o r Intra Uterine Devices. A well-known brand is the Mirena, which is a small plas tic device which, once inserted into the uterus, prevents pregnancy for five yea rs, unless removed. These techniques also do not prevent the transmission of ST Is. A final, and more permanent form of birth control is a tubal ligation. Also refe rred to as having one's tubes tied, this is a surgical procedure that permanently cuts off the ovaries from the uterus, preventing ovulation, and thus, preventing fertilization and implantation. This is an extreme technique, and is usually on ly recommended if a woman is having other medical problems, if pregnancy would t hreaten her life, or if a woman has already expanded her family to a desired siz e.