C5: ASSISTING THE FAMILY WITH REPRODUCTIVE LIFE PLANNING Flashcards
involves no introduction of chemical or foreign material into the body or sustaining from sexual intercourse during a fertile period.
periodic abstinence methods
involves detecting when a woman is fertile so she can use periods of abstinence during that time.
Fertility awareness
involves detecting when a woman is fertile so she can use periods of abstinence during that time.
Fertility awareness
requires a couple to abstain from coitus (sexual relations) on the days of a menstrual cycle when the woman is most likely to conceive (3 or 4 days before until 3 or 4 days after ovulation).
CALENDAR (RHYTHM) METHOD
requires a couple to abstain from coitus (sexual relations) on the days of a menstrual cycle when the woman is most likely to conceive (3 or 4 days before until 3 or 4 days after ovulation).
CALENDAR (RHYTHM) METHOD
As soon as she notices a slight dip in temperature followed by an increase, she knows that she has ovulated. She refrains from having coitus for the next 3 days (the life of the discharged ovum).
BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE METHOD (BBT)
Before ovulation each month, the cervical mucus is thick and does not stretch when pulled between the thumb and finger. Just before ovulation, mucus secretion increases.
Cervical Mucus Method
cervical mucus is slippery and stretches at least 1 inch before the strand breaks,
SPINNBARKEIT
combines the cervical mucus and BBT methods.
symptothermal method
midcycle abdominal pain
mittelschmertz
These kits detect the midcycle surge of luteinizing hormone (LH) that can be detected in urine 12 to 24 hours before ovulation.
Such kits are 98% to 100
OVULATION DETECTION
As a rule, after 3 months of breastfeeding, the woman should be advised to choose another method of contraception
LACTATION AMENORRHEA METHOD
Douching following intercourse, no matter what solution is used, is ineffective as a contraceptive measure as sperm may be present in cervical mucus as quickly as 90 seconds after ejaculation.
POSTCOITAL DOUCHING
composed of varying amounts of synthetic estrogen combined with a small amount of synthetic progesterone (progestin).
pill, OCs (for oral contraceptive), or COCs (for combination oral contraceptives)
oral route after pregnancy
After childbirth, a woman should start the contraceptive on the Sunday closest to 2 weeks after birth; after an elective termination of pregnancy, she should start on the first Sunday after the procedure.
applied each week for 3 weeks. No patch is applied the fourth week.
During the week on which the woman is patch free, a menstrual flow will occur. After the patch-free week, a new cycle of 3 weeks on/1 week off begins again.
TRANSDERMAL ROUTE
Patches may be applied to one of following four areas:
upper outer arm, upper torso (front or back, excluding the breasts), abdomen, or buttocks.
They should not be placed on any area where makeup, lotions, or creams will be applied;
is a silicone ring that surrounds the cervix and continually releases a combination of estrogen and progesterone.
A vaginal ring (NuvaRing)
are inserted with the use of a local anesthetic, during the menses or no later than day 7 of the menstrual cycle, to be certain that the woman is not pregnant at the time of insertion.
IMPLANTATION
A single intramuscular injection given every 12 weeks
medroxyprogesterone acetate (Depo-Provera [DMPA]
must be fitted by a physician, nurse practitioner, or nurse-midwife, who first performs a Pap test and pelvic examination. The device is inserted before a woman has had coitus after a menstrual flow, so the health care provider can be assured that the woman is not pregnant at the time of insertion.
INTRAUTERINE DEVICES
side effects of IUD
pelvic pain, anemia, sensitive breast, acne, weight gain
removed by inserting a finger into the vagina and loosening the diaphragm by pressing against the anterior rim and then withdrawing it vaginally.
diaphragm
