Birth Control

Emergency Contraception for Teens

What can be done to prevent pregnancy if a condom breaks, you don’t use a regular method of birth control correctly, you have sex without using any method of birth control, or someone has forced you to have sex? You can take Emergency Contraceptive Pills (ECPs).

What are Emergency Contraceptive Pills?

ECPs are very safe pills made from hormones like the ones a teen girl’s body makes after she starts having her menstrual periods. When a certain number of ECPs are taken soon after unprotected sex, they can prevent pregnancy.

Birth Control Patch

What Is the Birth Control Patch?

The contraceptive patch is a small patch a woman can wear on her skin to keep her from getting pregnant. It sticks to the skin like a Band-Aid. The patch contains both estrogen and progestin. The hormones go slowly into the woman's body through her skin.

Each patch works for only 1 week. You wear 1 patch each week for 3 weeks. During the fourth week, you wear no patch at all. This is when you will get your period.

The patch works well to prevent pregnancy. But it does not protect against HIV and other STDs. If you have sex with anyone you think might give you a sexually transmitted infection, you should use a condom.

Birth Control Pill

What Is the Birth Control Pill?

The contraceptive pill is what most people think of as "the pill." It is a pill made with both estrogen and progestin. The woman takes one pill at the same time each day.

There are many types and brands of contraceptive pills. They come in different colors and in different kinds of packs. A clinician decides which type and brand is best for each woman.

Hormonal Methods

Hormonal methods work in different ways depending on the method being used. The two main ways most of the hormonal methods can work to prevent pregnancy are:

Female Condom

What Is the Female Condom?

The female condom is made of a thin, but very strong, plastic called polyurethane. It prevents sperm from meeting with the egg.

Female condoms can help prevent pregnancy and STDs, including HIV. Female condoms can be used to help protect against STDs when you have vaginal, anal and oral sex.

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