Links Between Birth Control Pill and Infertility
Every day, all over the world, hundreds of thousands of women, use some kind of pharmaceutic birth prevention method or oral contraceptive such as the birth control pill to prevent pregnancy while engaging in sex. For many years now, oral contraception has been the most popular of birth control methods, currently used by over 12 million women in the United States alone.
In this new century, longer term methods of birth control have become available. Among these are the hormonal contraceptive ring which provides approximately 3 continuous months of contraceptive control. Another birth control method is progestin implants, which release a continuous dose of progestin that acts to prevent ovulation. These implants can work from 3 to 6 years.
Some women use pharmaceutical contraception to avoid unwanted pregnancy. Others, however, use it as a means of spacing the births of their children. For those in the latter category, many fear that continuing to use pharmaceutical birth control will increase their chances of infertility and possibly prevent them from having children in the future.
Other lesser used birth control methods include the Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device or IUD, condoms, spermicidal lotions, and, of course, abstinence.
The IUD is made of metal and plactic and is inserted into the woman’s uterus. It prevents the fertilized female egg from being inserted into the uterine cavity, thus preventing pregnancy.
Of all methods of birth control, the ones at most risk for possibly causing future infertility are the IUD and the hormonal birth control methods such as the pill, hormonal contraceptive ring, and so on.
Consequently, if any of the women on either side of the family has had a trouble with fertility in the past, they should be very wary of using this kind of birth control. In fact, any couple thinking of using any type of birth control should talk with their doctor and discuss if it will have any effect on their fertility.
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