Family Planning
Family Planning • It means the spacing of children and that parents are completely free to choose the number of children they want. • People in almost all parts of the world are agreed that family planning is necessary in every country which desires to raise the living standard of its people. • Family planning has also been referred to as the totality of human efforts to achieve human dignity, economic stability, health and happiness and welfare through: o Birth regulation and spacing of children by the use of accepted scientific methods o Treatment for infertility o Family life and sex education o Pre-marital guidance and marriage counseling o Pre-natal and post-natal care
Advantages
Father -> He has the ability to choose the number of his children according to his means; less financial worry; more comfort at home and happier marital relation Mother -> She can have better spacing babies; freedom from fear of unwanted pregnancies; better health for too frequent pregnancies are major cause of anemia and ill-health and she can have more time to care for each member of the family. Children -> They can have a happier home; more love and care; better food; better health; better education and better chance of a good job in the future.
Contraception
• It is the conscious regulation of pregnancy by a couple who have regular sex relations. • Not used to destroy new life • Prevention of conception (meeting of egg cell and sperm cell)
Methods
The Pill • Combination of synthetic hormones. • Prevents the ovary from releasing egg cell • Usual schedule is 1 pill a day for 20 or 21 consecutive days each month, beginning 5 days after the menstrual period • Variation of the 21-pill schedule will result to danger in pregnancy • Must consult a doctor in using pills • Possible hazard as the risk of death • Side effects : Tenderness and swelling of breast
Advantages
Father -> He has the ability to choose the number of his children according to his means; less financial worry; more comfort at home and happier marital relation Mother -> She can have better spacing babies; freedom from fear of unwanted pregnancies; better health for too frequent pregnancies are major cause of anemia and ill-health and she can have more time to care for each member of the family. Children -> They can have a happier home; more love and care; better food; better health; better education and better chance of a good job in the future.
Contraception
• It is the conscious regulation of pregnancy by a couple who have regular sex relations. • Not used to destroy new life • Prevention of conception (meeting of egg cell and sperm cell)
Methods
The Pill • Combination of synthetic hormones. • Prevents the ovary from releasing egg cell • Usual schedule is 1 pill a day for 20 or 21 consecutive days each month, beginning 5 days after the menstrual period • Variation of the 21-pill schedule will result to danger in pregnancy • Must consult a doctor in using pills • Possible hazard as the risk of death • Side effects : Tenderness and swelling of breast