PM- Responsible Parenthood Flashcards
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10354
The Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 or RPRH Act
refers to the will and ability of a parent to respond to needs and aspirations of the family and children
Responsible Parenthood
It is likewise a shared responsibility between parents to determine and achieve the desired number of children, spacing and timing of their children according to their own family life, aspirations, taking into account psychological preparedness, health status, sociocultural and economic concerns consistent with their religious convictions.
Responsible Parenthood
includes all the decisions an individual or couple make about whether and when to have children, how many children to have, and how they are spaced.
Reproductive life planning
is the capacity of the woman to conceive and bear a child and the capacity of a man to have a woman conceive.
Fertility
Males, after they reach puberty, are always fertile and are able to make females pregnant at any time. + when does it end?
Male Fertility - ends at death
female fertility ends at menopause which occurs at (average)
50 years of age (at an average)
involves the united and equal contribution of the male and female in the decision and ability to have a child.
Joint or combined fertility
are family planning methods that focus on the awareness of the beginning and end of the fertile time of a woman’s menstrual cycle.
FERTILITY AWARENESS BASE METHODS
during the FAB method what are the methods used
- determination of the fertile and infertile periods of a woman
- observation of s’s of infertility and fertility
what is the effectiveness of the FAB method
95%
name the three FAB methods
CERVICAL MUCUS/BILLINGS OVULATION METHOD (CMM/BOM)
BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE (BBT)
SYMPTO-THERMAL METHOD (STM)
STANDARD DAYS METHOD (SDM)
is based on the daily observation of what a woman sees and feels at the vaginal area throughout the day, this is 97% effective (proper and 80% typically
CERVICAL MUCUS/BILLINGS OVULATION METHOD (CMM/BOM)
states that two dry days (no secretions for two consecutive days) signify that intercourse will not result in pregnancy.
Two Day Mucus-Based Method Rule
what day after wetness are considered infertile
4th day after last day of wetness, all dry days are absolutely infertile days
T OR F:On dry days following menstruation, couples can engage in sexual intercourse on consecutive nights only.
FALSE: alternate nights only
is based on a woman’s resting body temperature (i.e., body temperature after three hours of continuous sleep) which is lower before ovulation until it rises to a higher level beginning around the time of ovulation.
BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE (BBT)
in BBT when does the infertile day begin
Her infertile days begin from the fourth day of the high temperature reading to the last day of the cycle.
what is the effectiveness of BBT method
perfect:99% typical 80%
based on the combined technology of the Basal Body Temperature (e.g. the resting body temperature) and the Cervical Mucus/Billings Ovulation Method (e.g. observations of mucus changes at the vaginal area throughout the day) together with other signs (i.e., breast engorgement, unilateral lower abdominal pain) which indicate that the woman is fertile or infertile.
SYMPTO-THERMAL METHOD (STM)
what is the effectiveness of STM
98% if perfectly done,
s based on a calculated fertile and infertile period for menstrual cycle lengths that are 26 to 32 days.
STANDARD DAYS METHOD (SDM)