ADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGES OF FAMILY
PLANNING
Family planning allows both men and
women to make informed choices on
when and if they decide to have
children. Knowing both the advantages
and disadvantages of family planning
methods may help you decide what
option is right for you.
METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION

*Emergency contraception
*Fertility awareness
*Permanent contraception, such as
vasectomy and tubal ligation
BENEFITS OF FAMILY PLANNING/
CONTRACEPTION ACCORDING
TO THE WHO
*Prevent pregnancy-related health
risks in women
*Help prevent HIV/AIDS
*Reduce adolescent education
*Slow population growth
 BENEFITS OF USING FAMILY
PLANNING ACCORDING TO DOH

Family planning provides many

benefits to mother, children, father,
and the family.
 MOTHER

*Gives enough time and opportunity

to love and provide attention to her
husband and children.
*Gives more time for her family and
own personal advancement.
*When suffering from an illness,
gives enough time for treatment and
recovery.
 CHILDREN

*Healthy mothers produce healthy

children
*Will get all the attention, security,
love, and care they deserve
 FATHER

*Lightens the burden and

responsibility in supporting his family
*Enables him to give his children
their basic needs (food, shelter,
education, and better future)
*Gives him time for his family and
own advancement
 DISADVANTAGES
*BIRTH CONTROL HEALTH RISKS
Some forms of birth control pose health concerns
for women and men, such as allergies to
spermicides or latex.
*POSSIBILITY OF PREGNANCY
Family planning methods are not one hundred
percent reliable. Other than abstinence, there is
no birth control method (including the natural
rhythm method)that is completely effective.
*PREGNANCY AFTER BIRTH CONTROL
The most important thing to know about
stopping your preferred method of birth control is
that ovulation can return immediately.
THE NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING

Natural family planning is the method

that uses the body’s natural physiological
changes and symptoms to identify the
fertile and infertile phases of the
menstrual cycle. Such methods are also
known as fertility-based awareness
methods.
The effectiveness of any method of
natural family planning varies from couple
to couple.
TYPES OF NATURAL FAMILY
PLANNING METHODS
1.Periodic abstinence (fertility
awareness) method
2.Use of breastfeeding or
lactationalamenorrhoea method
(LAM)
3.Coitus interruptus (withdrawal
or pulling out) method
 PERIODIC ABSTINENCE (
FERTILITY AWARENESS)
METHODS
There are three common techniques used
in periodic abstinence methods, namely:
a. Rhythm (calendar) methods;
b. Basal body temperature (BBT)
monitoring
c. Cervical mucus ( ovulation) method
 Rhythm (calendar) method
This helps the couple determine when they will
most likely conceive.
Basal body temperature monitoring
. This indicates fertile and non-fertile stages of the
cycle. By monitoring temperature every day, a
woman can determine the periods of her
menstrual cycle when she is, or is not fertile.
Cervical mucus (ovulation) method also
called the BILLING’S METHOD as this was
devised by John and Evelyn Billings in the
1960s, involves examining the color and
viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover
when ovulation is occurring.