Family Planning Flashcards
Using the calendar method of family planning, unprotected vaginal sex should be avoided on which days of the menstrual cycle
Days 8-19
Color of beads that indicate the fertile window (days the patient can get pregnant)
White
Color of beads that indicate pregnancy is unlikely
Brown
Total number of beads on the CycleBeads
32
Family planning method wherein calculations of the cycle are updayed monthly using the 6 most recent cycles
Calendar rhythm method
Anna uses the calendar rhythm method for family planning. Her shortest cycle was 24 days while her longest cycle was 31 days. What is her fertile window for this month?
Day 6-20
[(short - 18) - (long - 11)]
She can start unprotected sex again on day 21.
The 2 day method for cervical secretions indicates that a patient can resume unprotected sex on day [num], after [num] _____ days
Day 3, after 2 dry days
Family planning method that looks at the peak in cervical secretions as a basis for starting unprotected sex
Billings (Ovulation) method
Using the Billing’s/Ovulation method of family planning, a patient can resume unprotected sex on day [num], after the peak in cervical secretions
Day 4
According to the Basal body temperature method, a woman is fertile up to ___ days after a rise in BBT
3 days after a rise in BBT
The Symptothermal method is a combination of which 2 methods
Billing’s (Ovulation) method
Basal Body Temperature (BBT) method
Using the Symptothermal Method of family planning, a patient can resume unprotected sex on day ___ after peak in cervical secretions or day ___ after rise in BBT. Whichever comes ______.
Day 4
Day 3
Later
3 conditions for successful Lactation amenorrhea method
1) Fully or nearly fully breastfeeding (75-100%)
2) Monthly menstrual cycle has not resumed
3) Baby is less than 6 months old
The 2 hormone components of combined oral contraceptive pills
Estrogen and Progestin
Within a 28-day pack of COCs, which pills are active and which pills are inactive
Pills 1 - 21/24 = Active
Pills 22/25 - 28 = Inactive
Use of COCs protects the user from _________ and _________ cancers
Ovarian and Endometrial
Use of COCs for ≥ 5 years appears to increase slightly the risk for _________ cancer
Cervical
True or False: COCs are contraindicated for Smokers > 35 years old
True
True or False: POPs are contraindicated for Smokers > 35 years old
False
For COCs use, a backup method should be used if pills are missed for ≥ ___ days
3
For patients who missed a COC pill ≥ 3 days:
ECP should be taken if the patient had sex in the past ____ days
5
Hormonal Component of POPs
Progestin