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Birth control is a method that is used to prevent pregnancy. Many of the techniques and technology have been developed over the centuries to assist family planning, and you have a range of choices. Our skilled family care doctors and practitioners offer family planning services that include pills, injections, and IUD insertion and removal in a comfortable setting. We’ll help you assisting the right birth control method. By taking care of yourself and choosing a healthy lifestyle can help you and your loved ones. Start to make an appointment now at the Palm Desert office that serves the great valley area in Rancho Mirage, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Indio, and other desert cities.
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What are the Different Kinds of Birth Control?

Finding the best types of birth control can be challenging and birth control methods come in various forms, each method may help you make your decision. To learn more about types of contraception to long-lasting options like IUDs. B&B Family Medicine Clinics offer you options for counseling to help you understand all of your family planning choices.

Here are common types of birth control:

  • Barrier Methods

    The barrier is a type of contraception that places a physical impediment to the movement of sperm into the feminine reproductive system. the foremost well-liked barrier method is that the male condom, a latex or polymer sheath placed over the male member. The preventative is additionally out there in an exceedingly feminine version, that is made of polyurethane. The feminine preventative contains a versatile ring at every finish – one secures behind the pubic bone to carry the preventative in place, whereas the opposite ring stays outside the duct.

  • Hormonal Methods

    Hormonal varieties of contraception embody all contraceptives that use artificial feminine hormones as contraception. The oldest of those is that the pill, which incorporates combined oral contraceptive pills and the newer estrogen-free mini-pill. These same hormones will not produce the pill are utilized in the OrthoEvra patch and therefore the star duct ring. Lunelle, a monthly injectable kind, is another kind of secretion contraception.

  • Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives

    Long-term is also a type of contraception, as well as the intrauterine device (IUD), contraceptive implant, and sterilization.
    IUDs area unit inserted by a doctor or nurse through the vagina and cervix, into the female internal reproductive organ. Most area units are manufactured from wrought plastic and have a string that you simply will feel within the vagina.

Can I use birth control pills to delay or stop my period?

Yes, you can. Birth control pills were once only packaged as 21 days of active hormone pills and seven days of inactive pills. While you take the inactive pills, menstrual-like bleeding occurs.

Today you have many more options — from regimens with 24 days of active pills and four days of inactive pills to regimens that are all active pills.

Some extended-cycle pill regimens have active hormone pills every day for three months, followed by a week of inactive or low-dose estrogen pills. You experience menstrual-like bleeding during that week. Other extended-cycle regimens involve taking active pills continuously for one year, which can stop all menstrual-like bleeding.

Continuous or extended-cycle regimens have several potential benefits. They prevent the hormone changes that are responsible for bleeding, cramping, headaches and other period-related discomforts. They allow you to skip a period during important events or trips. If you experience iron deficiency due to heavy menstrual bleeding, using continuous regimens can reduce bleeding.

Unscheduled bleeding and spotting often occur during the first few months on continuous or extended-cycle regimens, but usually stop with time.

What are the side effects of birth control?

The potential side effects depend on the method you use. The pill raises the risk of blood clots and high blood pressure, while Intrauterine devices slightly increase your risk of ectopic pregnancy. Your provider at B&B Family Medicine Clinics Medical Group will walk you through the side effects of various family planning methods.

How do I choose the birth control that’s right for me?

Your choice of birth control depends on your lifestyle, health, whether you’d like to have children in the next few years, and other factors. Before choosing a method, your provider at B&B Family Medicine Clinics Medical Group talks with you about:

  • How often do you have sex
  • Your sex partners
  • Your health
  • If and when you plan to have kids
  • Whether it’s easy for you to remember to take a daily pill

It’s also a good idea to discuss preventing sexually transmitted infections. Many methods don’t prevent STIs. Condoms are the best option to prevent STIs.

If you’ve been thinking about going on birth control or are dissatisfied with your current method, it’s time to take charge of your future with the right family planning services. Call or schedule an online consultation today with B&B Family Medicine Clinics.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

As long as you take 1 pill every day, you'll be protected from pregnancy. You don't have to take your combination pill at the exact same time every day. But taking it at the same time is a good idea because it helps keep you in the habit of remembering your pill.
You may be able to get pregnant within 1-3 months of stopping a combination pill -- meaning those that have estrogen and progestin. But most women can get pregnant within a year.
Often called the morning-after pill, emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) are pills that can be taken up to 120 hours (5 days) after having unprotected sex. Some types of emergency contraception work best when taken within 72 hours (3 days) after intercourse.