Misconceptions

Because birth control is such a complex topic and talking about it may be taboo in various places, different myths and misconceptions abound. Learning from unreliable resources can only create wrong decisions and may end up with unplanned results. Getting advice from medical and birth control experts is the best step in making any birth control choices. On this part of the article, common myths and misconceptions will be discussed to clear all doubts.

One of the most common myths surrounding pregnancy is you can not get pregnant on your first sexual experience. Unfortunately, once the female becomes ovulating, chances of fertilization are higher especially with unprotected sex regardless if it is the first sexual experience. There have been reported cases of pregnancy among younger females who believe in this misconception.

Sexual experience

A common misconception about birth control includes breastfeeding as a method to control conception. Although, breastfeeding does contribute to non-ovulation, knowing when the eggs ovulate is a hit-or-miss. Usually, the first three months of pure breastfeeding results to amenorrhea or lack of menstrual bleeding. In this process, the ovulatory cycle of the ovum is not achieved, making it an option for birth control. However, this does not protect the mother from spread of STDs nor a 100% assurance that she will not get pregnant again. Preventive measures other than lactation-induced birth control should be observed just to make sure that unplanned pregnancies do not happen. Apart from that, definite spacing of children should be encouraged also to protect the health of the mother.

Another misconception on birth control particularly the use of condoms is reusing them. It is absolutely unhealthy to reuse condoms, and may even defeat the purpose of protecting the partners from disease and pregnancy. Always use a new condom, and dispose of the used ones properly. To increase its effectiveness, a person can use condoms with spermicide and lubricants to enhance the sperm death and enhance the sensations, respectively.

Majority think that just because a person is using contraceptive, he or she is protected from diseases. This may be true if the person is using condoms effectively. However, hormonal, other barrier and behavioral methods are not assurances of not contracting syphilis, gonorrhea, and other known STDs. Although these methods help in preventing the conception of the male sperm and female egg, it does not help in the infection control.

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