Monday, February 23, 2009
Plan B
Everyone always has a plan a. Plan a is usually your ideal situation, smooth, easy and comfortable. Things will fall into place and you can go on contently with your life. However, we live in a world where plan a just doesn't work out sometimes. That is when plan b comes into place.
This plan a meaning safe sex. This plan b meaning emergency contraception. What is emergency contraception? "Emergency contraception is a method to prevent pregnancy in women who have had unprotected sex. It can be used following many different situations including rape, unplanned acts of intercourse, or when a birth control method fails. For example, if a condom breaks, a diaphragm slips out of place, or a woman forgets to take birth control pills. Emergency contraception medicine is not the same as the "abortion pill." A woman who knows she is pregnant takes the abortion pill with the intent to end an early pregnancy (usually 4 to 7 weeks after conception). Emergency contraception pills are taken after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy from occurring. Unlike most types of birth control, which must be put in place or taken before intercourse, emergency contraception can be used up to 3 days after intercourse." (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007014.htm)
There are several types of emergency contraception. The most popular, known as the morning after pill, is called Plan B. It is the only FDA approved emergency contraception. It is a two pill pack. You take the first pill and then follow with the second one twelve hours later. It is available over the counter for women aged 18 and over. The pill works by delaying ovulation of the egg or slow egg or sperm movement in the fallopian tubes, making it harder for the embryo to stick to the lining of the uterus. Plan B is 89% effective if taken within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse.
You shouldn't abuse Plan B and use it as a form of birth control. That is not what it is meant for, and if done that way, it becomes less effective. It is for emergencies only.
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