Contraception/Abortion

5-6 days prior to ovulation

• perfect: 2-9%
• typical: 20%

• perfect: 3%
• typical: 12%

• perf: 6%
• typ: 18%

• perf: .1-.5%
• typ: 8%

1. regulates hormones/stops ovulation

2. thickens vaginal mucus

3. thins uterine lining

perf: <1%

risk increases if it falls out and not replaced within 3 hours or left in for 3+ weeks

within 72 hours of intercourse

the shot

stops ovulation and thins lining

thins lining and thickens mucus

rubber cup or dome fitted to the countour of a woman's vagina, coated with spermicide and inserted prior to coitus to prevent conception

agent that protects against disease

fertility awareness method of contraception that relies on prediction of ovulation by tracking the woman's temp over the menstrual cycle

stickiness; consistency

male sterilization where sperm are prevented from reaching urethra by cutting each vas deferens and tying it back

reversal of vasectomy

tubes blocked

sterilization where incision is made in abdomen to access tubes

small incision in belly button cut tubes

tubes are reached through back wall of vagina

removal of uterus

cervix is dilated and uterine contents are scraped out

cervix is dilated prior to vacuum aspiration

substance is injected into the sac to induce premature labor

cesarean abortion