How to keep from getting pregnant

Contraceptive Methods, Pricing, Availability

Method

Price

Availability

Nothing. Have sex 2-3 times per

week.

Free.
20% effective
(80 of 100 women
are pregnant by the
end of the first year.

Can only get pregnant if your

sexual partner is of the opposite
gender.

Male condom. Prevents disease

AND pregnancy!
It has to go on before his parts
touch her wet parts. He should
pull out as soon as he comes,
while his penis is still hard-ish, and
hold the condom to make sure it
comes out too.

$0-$10/package

Drug Store, Planned

Parenthood, World Wide Web.

Female condom
Prevents disease AND pregnancy!
Covers more of her wet parts, and
is better at preventing disease
transmission than even the male
condom. One part covers the
external genitals and one part
goes inside.

$4-$10/package

Catholic Method
(Calendar Timing)
Sex only when you menstrate, 1-2
days before, and 1-2 days after.
NEVER half-way betwwen.

Free

Coitus Interruptus (Pulling Out)

Requires a man to pull out just
before he comes (has an
orgasm). His body wants to push
just then.

Free.

Depo provera Injection (IM)

A shot that you have to get every 3
month. It doesnt work if you miss
a shot. You may not have periods,
or you may bleed irregularly.

150 mg/mL (1):

$95.99

90-95%
Use with spermicidal
cream, foam or jelly
for 100% protection.

90-98%
Use with spermicidal
cream, foam or jelly
for 100% protection.

60-75% effective

40-60%

400 mg/mL (2.5):

$191.59

Comes in colors, and flavors and

shapes. Any can stretch big
enough to cover your whole arm.
No man is that big.
Doesnt work if you dont use it.

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Parenthood, World Wide Web
Doesnt work when its in the
bathroom and you arent. Gotta
remember to use it.
Doesnt work if you dont use it.

Not very effective, unless your

periods are VERY regular and
you write them down, and you
are willing to do without sex
when you most want to.
Requires a disciplined man, and
one who does not leak
lubricating fluid when he gets
excited. That clear fluid often
has a few sperm in it, it only
takes one of the little swimmers.
OB/GYN, Planned Parenthood,
Womens Health Center.
You dont have to think about it
when you are in the mood

85-95% effective.
Intertriginous Intercourse
Free.
Sex between the womans legs but
not inside her.
40-60% effective.

Getting some of his fluids on her

wet parts is enough for the best
swimming sperm

Rectal / Oral Intercourse

Free.
100% effective.

No one can get pregnant in their

mouths or inside the anus.

Implanon Rods.
Once put under the skin of your
upper arm, it protects you from
pregnancy for 5 years. Your doctor
can put them in or take them out in
the office.

$400$800

OB/GYN, Planned Parenthood,

World Wide Web
You dont have to think about it
when you are in the mood

Diaphragm
Has to be personally fitted to you;
size may change after giving birth.
Fill it with spermacidal jelly, and
slide over your cervix. Take it out
tomorrow morning.

$15-$30/month

Oral Contraceptive Pill

Some are made for you to take for
3 weeks and then have a period;
other kinds are made for you to
take and have 2-4 periods per
year.

$5-$30/month
Prescription only.
98%.

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Spermicidal Foam
The spermicide goes in before he
goes in. No playing around before
using it.

$5-$11/container

Drug Store, World Wide Web

Doesnt work if you dont use it.

Spermicidal Jelly
The spermicide goes in before he
goes in. No playing around before
using it.

$3-$5/container

Drug Store, World Wide Web

Spermicidal Sponge
The spermicide goes in before he
goes in. No playing around before
using it.

$6-$25/box

Drug Store, World Wide Web

Intrauterine Device

$500-$1000

OB/GYN

98-100% effective.

OB/GYN, Planned Parenthood

Doesnt work if you dont use it.

You have to remember to take

them every day, but you dont
have to think about it when you
are in the mood.

Tubal ligation

$1,500-$7,000/per
procedure

OB/GYN

Tubal blockade

$1,500-$7,000/per
procedure

OB/GYN

Vasectomy

$250-$1,000/per
procedure

Urologist

Abdominal/Vaginal Hysterectomy

$10,000$20,000/procedure

OB/GYN

Hormonal Patch

$15-$70/month

OB/GYN

Abstinence

Sources:
Uptodate.com
Costhelper.com