The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using
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Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using
#2Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive comparison of ~30 different birth control methods:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_met...
It lists both the perfect use failure rate and the typical use failure rate. When I first saw this I was surprised at how often condoms fail! I'm also a little puzzled by the infographic in the article that claims that natural family planning is less effective than condoms. While the rhythm method is less effective than condoms, symptoms-based fertility awareness is as effective as the copper IUD in the perfect use case, and its typical use case is still far better than the pill, patch, and ring.
Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using
#3Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive comparison of ~30 different birth control methods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_met... It lists both the perfect use failure rate and the typical use failure rate. When I first saw this I was surprised at how often condoms fail! I'm also a little puzzled by the infographic in the article that claims that natural family planning is less effective than co…
What is the perfect use case for symptoms-based?
Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using
#4Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive comparison of ~30 different birth control methods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_met... It lists both the perfect use failure rate and the typical use failure rate. When I first saw this I was surprised at how often condoms fail! I'm also a little puzzled by the infographic in the article that claims that natural family planning is less effective than co…
What is the perfect use case for symptoms-based?
The perfect use failure rate for symptoms-based fertility awareness is (according to Wikipedia anyway) 0.6% per woman per year. (So, 1 woman in 167 per year.) The typical use failure rate is 1.8%, or 1 woman in 56.
Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is the perfect use case for symptoms-based?
The perfect use failure rate for symptoms-based fertility awareness is (according to Wikipedia anyway) 0.6% per woman per year. (So, 1 woman in 167 per year.) The typical use failure rate is 1.8%, or 1 woman in 56.
Sorry, my question is: How does one use symptoms-based perfectly?
My understanding is that a perfect use case happens only a few days each month. So on those few days, you might have very low "failure" rates, but on the other 25 days per month, is a "perfect use" possible?
Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
The perfect use failure rate for symptoms-based fertility awareness is (according to Wikipedia anyway) 0.6% per woman per year. (So, 1 woman in 167 per year.) The typical use failure rate is 1.8%, or 1 woman in 56.
Sorry, my question is: How does one use symptoms-based perfectly? My understanding is that a perfect use case happens only a few days each month. So on those few days, you might have very low "failure" rates, but on the other 25 days per month, is a "perfect use" possible?
By precisely observing symptoms and acting on them appropriately? Wikipedia has a link to the paper the data comes from, if you want their definition.
Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using
#7One of the biggest plus point for condoms is that both the partners can be confident about whether it's being used or not.
IUD may be verify effective but as a male, I have to trust my partner that she is using IUD. Of course, this is not important when couple already trusts each other and are committed. [Similar logic applies for vasectomy]
Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using
#8In britian at least its important to talk to the correct part of the NHS. The sexual health clinics are great for information, thats what they specialize in.
You GP might have a decent grounding, if you're lucky. However the NHS prints a range of excellent leaflets with the 4 main approaches compares side by side.
In the US you have to run the gambit of worrying if you doctor has recently been taken on a golf trip by a pharma rep.
Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using
#9Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive comparison of ~30 different birth control methods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_birth_control_met... It lists both the perfect use failure rate and the typical use failure rate. When I first saw this I was surprised at how often condoms fail! I'm also a little puzzled by the infographic in the article that claims that natural family planning is less effective than co…
I'm sure children will appreciate the best-case use of fertility-awareness methods! :)
Re: The IUD: The Best Form of Birth Control is the One No One is Using
#10From the chart in the article I'm surprised the pill has such a poor performance record of 6-12 pregnancies out of 100 women.
When I was in high school, university and in my 20's almost all the women I knew were on the pill and I didn't hear once about an unplanned pregnancy or abortion.
Infact all the women I know joked about how they were surprised when they went off the pill how easy it was for them to get pregnant given that the pill had never failed them when they were younger.