Choosing the right birth control method for each person requires taking into account many factors, including lifestyle and health factors. With a variety of options, whether it’s a long-term method like IUDs or implants or a method that must be use every day like birth control pills, understanding how they work, their effectiveness, their advantages and disadvantages will help you make a decision more easily.

We will take you to see an overview of popular birth control methods so that you can make the most informed and appropriate decision.

Birth control implant: The implant is place in the arm and takes effect after 24 hours. The hormones in the implant are release slowly and last for at least 3 years.

• Efficiency:  more than 99%
• Pros: Most effective and long-lasting birth control, reduces menstrual pain.
• Disadvantages: Spotting, may cause swelling and bruising at the insertion site.

Birth control pills come in combination (estrogen and progesterone) and progesterone-only pills. Birth control pills are about 93% effective at preventing pregnancy when taken daily. If you miss a pill, take it as soon as you remember and use condoms for the first 7 days. Side effects of the pills include nausea, breast tenderness สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที, mood swings, and spotting, which usually improve within 2 to 3 months.

• Efficiency:  91% when used correctly.
• Pros:  Easy to use, reduces menstrual pain, regulates menstrual cycle well.
• Disadvantages:  May have side effects of nausea, headache and breast tenderness. Effectiveness depends on discipline in taking the drug on time. May have spotting in some brands.

Emergency contraception: Suitable for emergencies only, such as condom breaks, forgetting to take pills. Having unprotected sex, or being sexually assaulte. There are both pills and IUDs, with the IUD being able to continue using it as a long-term contraceptive.

• Efficacy:  Best used within 5 days after unprotected intercourse.
• Advantages:  Used as a backup option when contraception fails or is not use.
• Disadvantages:  Should not be use as a regular method of birth control and is less effective than other methods.

Finally, birth control injections. Your doctor will inject the hormone Medroxyprogesterone acetate into the skin or muscle of your arm or buttocks every 3 months. People who use injections may experience some spotting for the first 3 to 6 months. About 50% of people stop having periods after using injections for 1 year. We will start to have periods or ovulate again about 6 months after stopping the injections. Their cycles usually return to normal after 1 1/2 years of stopping the injections.