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Myths and facts about birth control
There are birth control methods that are medically proven to be effective in preventing an unwanted pregnancy.
And then there are those that people think will work to avoid pregnancy, but in reality do not. Several myths, or stories, about birth control do the rounds every day. This makes it important for every sexually active woman to stay aware about birth control myths and facts.
Myth: Having sex during the period doesn’t get you pregnant.
Many women believe that having unprotected sex during menstruation or during the first or last part of their menstrual cycle will keep them from becoming pregnant. While many women may be more likely to become pregnant mid-cycle, the chance of conceiving may be higher than previously thought at any time of the month. Sperm can live up to 5 days in a woman’s body. There are several reasons for this. Even if a woman’s periods are pretty regular, she can never be sure when her ovaries are releasing an egg. Ovulation, the release of the egg from the ovaries, has nothing to do with when you had your last period. It depends on when you will have your next period, which is something you can never be sure of. Especially for younger women, this is a very risky approach to birth control, because for the first few years, the woman’s periods will probably be very irregular.
Myth: Washing the vagina after sex can prevent pregnancy
Vaginal douching, or taking baths or showers after sexual intercourse, will do nothing to help prevent pregnancy. That’s because the sperm has already traveled up towards the egg. Some people think that deodorant vaginal suppositories or deodorant vaginal sprays will also kill sperm. None of these are methods of birth control. Equally important is the fact that they can be harmful, and none of them work.
Myth: Too old to get pregnant
As long as you are having periods, you can become pregnant. While it is true that the older you get the less fertile you are, you must consider yourself fertile and able to get pregnant until you have been without periods for at least one full year. After one year without periods, you can forget about birth control and enjoy unprotected sex as long as you are in a monogamous relationship.
Myth: The pull out method works and is safe
This is just as risky as any other falsehood about birth control. There is usually a drop or two of clear fluid before ejaculation, and these drops usually contain a few sperm. Since it takes only one sperm to unite with the egg for pregnancy to occur, ejaculation isn’t always necessary. Ejaculation is often a powerful physical and emotional feeling that a guy doesn’t have total control over it, no matter what he thinks. Sometimes a man means to pull out but gets carried away and doesn’t. Also, it’s hard for a guy to know exactly when he’ll ejaculate.
Condoms and birth control pills are the only effective and reliable methods of protecting yourself from pregnancy. All other methods like douching with cola and using toothpaste are just myths. If you don’t want to get pregnant or get someone pregnant, be suspicious of any method that hasn’t been proven medically effective.
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Phebby Chiwama SA
January 13, 2012 at 11:06 am
good information i didn’t know,my husband thinks when he discharge out side i’ll won’t get pregnant i’ll start taking pills now and enjoy S3X
Rex-Q
January 13, 2012 at 11:10 am
Ichakulya chakumubili..
Dmx
January 13, 2012 at 11:35 am
U r advertising family planning pills and cds?whites hav bcome quite sophiscatd.remember depoprovaela?some cds r HIV contaminatd.Long tym ago ther wer no cds f.p. Pills yet pipo stil controld births.Lets rivert 2 those methods other than worshpn wateva a white man makes endn up killin ourselvs
REAL MAN
January 13, 2012 at 11:36 am
“Also, it’s hard for a guy to know exactly when he’ll ejaculate.”
I’m not sure about this statement. Can someone elaborate more.
DATA
January 13, 2012 at 11:38 am
knowledge is indeed power
DATA
January 13, 2012 at 11:41 am
this article must have been written by a lady who obviously doesn’t know anything about ejaculation
dmx
January 13, 2012 at 11:52 am
@real man u r right,unless öne is ejaculatn 4 da first tym in hs life tym or kunzuna kwamusoköneza 2 an xtent of havn memory lapses öneself always knws whn he is ejaculatn
Alergic 2 Corruption
January 13, 2012 at 11:55 am
I trusted the withdrawal method so much & thought i was man enough since alot of men don’t manage to achieve this defective method, little did i know i was wasting my time i should just have enjoyed cuming in them women. It’s nowander they kept conceiving & i always thought they were playing me & that somebody else was cuming in them. I spent a fortune on deleting, F*%k them editors this should have come earlier
susuberry
January 13, 2012 at 12:07 pm
So men don’t have controll when ejaculating.it explains y my boyfriend farts after ejaculating.thanx for the info.
birth controller
January 13, 2012 at 12:14 pm
It is a sweeping statement that condoms and birth control methods are the only effective methods of birth control.Consider also the” Natural Birth Control Methods by Kim Otteby in the postnewspaper dated 1 August,2010.”
I can tell you that contraceptive pills can have a lot of adverse effects on a woman.I have experienced this.The Calendar Method works well too combined with condoms.
banger
January 13, 2012 at 12:53 pm
@allegic, dnt lie my man u mst have been creamin in da pussy 4them to fal pregnant, i have used withdrawal method for a decade now n
chwewen.
January 13, 2012 at 12:57 pm
ba tumfweko pliz introduce a like button for sum comments sum jst make my day…. ati the boyfriend fats after ejaculating ha haha ha lmfao.
marshal
January 13, 2012 at 1:02 pm
u always feel that u ar about to ejaculate,so u can control it…talkng thru experience…
marshal
January 13, 2012 at 1:05 pm
u always feel that u ar about to ejaculate,so u can control it…talkng thru experience.
Sansamo
January 13, 2012 at 1:05 pm
Susubery mulimingulufye na boyfriend obe. Kuti mulenya shani pakunyenga
twiumfwako
January 13, 2012 at 1:28 pm
The only time a man can’t know if he is ejaculating is when he has a nocturnal emission which occurs involuntarily during sleep. Not when he is awake.
susuberry
January 13, 2012 at 1:29 pm
Sansamo,a lot happens during ejaculation n you know it too.so don’t come out like u don’t do things.
Phebby Chiwama SA
January 13, 2012 at 1:44 pm
@Susuberry:hey gal you’ve made my day ati….it explains y my boyfriend farts after ejaculating.thanx for the info.wansekeshamwandi
Phebby Chiwama SA
January 13, 2012 at 1:48 pm
My husband always ask me if im satisfied so that he can ejaculate
Barca 10
January 13, 2012 at 2:03 pm
@phebby and all other women,do u feel satistified wen yo hubby/boyfriend releases outside???
yaa
January 13, 2012 at 2:14 pm
susubery limbi walilowesha pakuti alenya nokunya,i cant do that bicoz i control my ejeculation(ilomfweka ngayaisa).
Chikalabwamba
January 13, 2012 at 2:19 pm
@iwe Phebby Chiwama SA
this thing called sex is a two well traffic. you can feel that your partner is coming is coming is coming and automatically blood level will increase to bobiloz and simultaneously you will explode on cloud-9. ifyakupowela panse kuonaula ama proteins…. kanofye MUKATI ESPECIALLY kupela…. plus nokushindayila ekufwikisha bwino ati eaaa sekesi nizeee.
mutinta
January 13, 2012 at 2:32 pm
Ovulation takes place atleast 8 days afta menses nd sperms can only savive for a maximum of 72 hrs.so sumone can neva get pregnant afta having sex during menses
Phebby Chiwama SA
January 13, 2012 at 2:36 pm
@Bacar 10..I feel more satisfied when he release inside i hold him tight.
Chikalabwamba
January 13, 2012 at 2:41 pm
@mutinta, talk about probability. you can be pregnant but chances are slim. there are no safe dayz ka. pregnancy is entirely based on chances mutinta.
True story.
January 13, 2012 at 2:58 pm
I have no control over round one but with round two i release when both of us are satisfied,all the same a pill 4her is ok.
Analyst
January 13, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Bambi mulemona kwati amalabishi mu chita kwati yalabomba.
This info is true. Some of u tamufyala so u think withdraw method works.
Chikalabwamba
January 13, 2012 at 3:19 pm
the only varied point is menopause (too old), the rest you can be pregnant. washing …. how? cooked rubber? is not like a t-shirt you can turn the inside out and wash. spelele is thick liquid and it can remain inside the grooves of the vagina ka. you can only be on pills for max of 3 yrs, longer than that women develop some blackout, dizziness, and sometimes deformed children. sex during period, nishi ba guy balibuka sana…. anyway there slim chances of getting pregnant… apa kulyafye ichisabo pa position 9.
rule1
January 13, 2012 at 3:31 pm
this article was written by a woman possibly one who works for a family planning pill manufacturing company or resaler, shes trying to promote there products.@ a man doesnt know wen he is about to ejaculate i dont agree with that statement.
Wiponta
January 13, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Only a woman knows nga ulafyala boi wilaibepa,especialy if your kids look like your wife only get concerned,coz if all children are to be taken for DNA 60% of marrieges ud end.
Sex & Zambia
January 13, 2012 at 4:28 pm
Ise timachinda mupaka spelele mukati..kuchinda mokwana bwino monga akambila wina kuti ” Holding him tightly as he releases”…ukutombesha!!!
zoro4thepipo
January 13, 2012 at 4:28 pm
“After one year without periods, you can forget about birth control and enjoy unprotected sex as long as you are in a monogamous relationship”..This needs some clarification; when you say birth control in this article, do you mean to say CONDOM USE, because even when you are using the pill, you have it ‘live’, the so called unprotected sex! And its also not very true for you to say you can’t know when you will ovulate; here is how you go about it: the 1st day that your wife starts your period, count it as DAY ONE, so the safe days will be from DAY ONE to DAY about DAY SEVEN then DAY EIGHTEEN onwards, meaning that DAYS to avoid if you don’t want to become pregnant are from the EIGHTH to SEVENTEENTH day. Take note that the lifespan for the sperm after you deposit it in your woman is about THREE to FIVE DAYS. Then its also not true that a man doesn’t know when he is about to ejaculate! FALSE, unless you are talking about an AMARTURE or a DRUNKERED! you will know when you are ejaculating. Ine I even tell my wife to HOLD me tight when Iam about to and it feels so nice, better still I time it in such a way that I COME at the same time with my wife. This is very sweet. Try it.
zoro4thepipo
January 13, 2012 at 4:30 pm
“After one year without periods, you can forget about birth control and enjoy unprotected sex as long as you are in a monogamous relationship”..This needs some clarification; when you say birth control in this article, do you mean to say CONDOM USE, because even when you are using the pill, you have it ‘live’, the so called unprotected sex! And its also not very true for you to say you can’t know when you will ovulate; here is how you go about it: the 1st day that your wife starts your period, count it as DAY ONE, so the safe days will be from DAY ONE to DAY about DAY SEVEN then DAY EIGHTEEN onwards, meaning that DAYS to avoid if you don’t want to become pregnant are from the EIGHTH to SEVENTEENTH day. Take note that the lifespan for the sperm after you deposit it in your woman is about THREE to FIVE DAYS. Then its also not true that a man doesn’t know when he is about to ejaculate! FALSE, unless you are talking about an AMARTURE or a DRUNKERED! you will know when you are ejaculating. Ine I even tell my wife to HOLD me tight when Iam about to and it feels so nice, better still I time it in such a way that I COME at the same time with my wife. This is very sweet. Try it. Its such a breath taker!
Confused
January 13, 2012 at 7:26 pm
My partner complain that she doesnt cum,now hw many roundz shud i go 4 her 2 cum?
gi jane
January 13, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Withdrawal method is selfish and not enjoyable for a woman, cause just when your enjoyin it, the guy has to pull out. this method is not effective because of pre cum, which comes out during sex. trust i know, i got pregnant. the safest and most effective is the pill
Lebo lida
January 13, 2012 at 8:23 pm
But wandepaula boyi.utusushi paku nyenga ube careful pantu palast aka kunyela utumafi elo nga nitupalabyanga awe mwandi.nganya ukamu chite dedicate akalwimbo ka ba Pk chishala pwetete pwetete.gud nyt pipo.
Ladies these pills have terrible side effects. 8years of marriage and no child. My hubby got desperate and got another gal pregnant.. When i went SA i ws tod it depends on your blood type. Anyway i got treated now i hav twins. So i wudnt advise any woman
January 13, 2012 at 9:51 pm
Www.
sweet luv
January 14, 2012 at 9:19 am
CHIKALABWAMBA stop lying tawaishiba ukutomba.I was once your girlfriend and u never satisfied me.U were ejaculating like a chicken.HEhehehe
Chin Tom Fwa
January 14, 2012 at 9:54 am
Myths and facts ba Tumfweko. You ve focussed on the myths
sexiestman
January 14, 2012 at 12:52 pm
I can always control my ejaculation by regulating my dancing,yes it is a bit trick on the first round because there is a limit to which you can regulate. I have 5 kids with my wife and 2 with my mistress and having been having sex every after 2 days atleast since 1988. Am now 41 and still controls my ejaculation except that it makes my ball ache if l don’t ejaculate. Its possible those that are not strong can fart because that experience is intriguing. Its like blood stops to move for a moment to increase pressure in the heart chambers and then it flows at high speed faster than light
na mvela nyele nifuna big zwambo
January 15, 2012 at 2:46 am
Sexiest man come n nyenga me, my nini is so sweet n its tutaling
DMX part 2!
January 15, 2012 at 4:10 pm
@ Chikalabwamba!what is position 9?kwekwekwe!
DMX part 2!
January 15, 2012 at 4:24 pm
@ big zwambo,ili waterly apo nangu bwa!kwekwekwe,I like it tight en manzi manzi!I’ve gat a Luvale type,size 18.99cm,email Me if you want some!esp “LIVE”
atm
January 15, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Chikalabwamba u have data mudala
Umuntu
January 16, 2012 at 5:54 am
Mwalipena ba pushi, you are analysis sex like your lives depend on it …. yaba, tukalanda pali development lilali ?
Phebby Chiwama SA
January 16, 2012 at 9:20 am
@Umuntu, ulimbwasana iyabula amasako which development do you want as to talk about you bastard, you don’t know that s3x is part of life and you can learn something I.D.I.O.T
Sex & Zambia
January 16, 2012 at 12:53 pm
@Umututu,if u r not interested in these kind of stories, then check on other development & plitical isues which are displayed on the tumfweko page…leave it 2 us hu r enjoyin da chattin b4 we produce bad language @ u…