There are many types of birth control methods out there for both women, and men to choose from, things like physical methods, barrier methods, and hormonal methods. The physical method is when the male, or female is surgically altered in order to block or throw off the reproductive track. Most older men, and women have this method performed because they have already had kids, are just do not want them anymore, and get this done, so they do not have a pregnancy happen. In the male this process is called a vasectomy, this is where the doctor will cut open the scrotum of the male, and surgically cut, or block the tube which carries the sperm to the penis. In the female the process is commonly called “tying the tubes”, which is basically the same thing just in a female. Another type of birth control that is very popular nowadays in the younger population is the barrier method. This is the type in which a male, or a female uses something to block the sperm from entering the vulva.
The object that is most commonly used by the male is called the condom, which is a piece of latex that covers the penis, and prevents the travel of sperm into the vagina. The female object that is used is called the diaphragm, which is the same thing as a male barrier, its just used on the female, and is connected to the cervical bone so it is secure. The hormonal method is the most popular method nowadays for women to use to prevent pregnancy. Since its release in the early 1990′s the birth control pill, has became more, and more popular over the years, and is now taken by more then one-million women worldwide. The birth control pill has also been found to be used in the younger population as well, while parents try to get them to take it so that they know that there kids will not get pregnant. The hormones in the birth control pill, are that of estrogen, and progestin, these hormones throw off the female reproductive track, and do not allow the fertilization process to take effect. There is also a method in which prevents pregnancy for up to fourteen weeks at a time, this is called Depo Provera.
Depo Provera is a birth control shot that is administered by your local doctor usually once every twelve weeks to ensure its still active within the body. This is a large shot of a hormone similar to that in the birth control pill, progestin. The shot has been proven to be ninety-nine percent effective, and the patient either gets the shot in the buttocks, or the upper arm. There different types are just some of the different methods in which people use to help prevent pregnancy. Many doctors recommend the use of the barrier the condom, whenever having sexual intercourse because it not only prevents pregnancy, but the condom also helps in preventing you from getting any STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease).
