Stopping Contraception
Method
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What do I need to do?
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The Pill
(Combined Oral Contraceptive)
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- Finish the packet you are on.
- Many doctors advise that you delay trying to conceive for two to three months so that your body is
back to its pattern. Fertility levels normally return during this time.
- Use alternative forms of contraception such as condoms.
- Most women are pregnant after stopping the pill within a year.
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Progesterone Pill
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- Finish the packet you are on.
- Many doctors advise that you should wait for one period before trying to conceive.
- Fertility levels return quickly
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Depo-Provera
(Injectable hormones)
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- Do not renew your injections.
- It will take up to twelve weeks for the effects of the injections to wear off. Many women
also find that it can take as long as a year before they conceive.
- Seek advice from your doctor or family planning clinic.
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Progesterone implants
e.g. Norplant
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- This is usually long-term contraception, but can be reversed.
- Make an appointment with your doctor to have the implants removed. This is usually a quick
procedure done with a local anaesthetic. Fertility levels return quite quickly with 40% of
women conceiving within four months.
- You might be advised to wait for a period before trying to conceive.
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Coil
Intrauterine Device, IUD)
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- Make an appointment with your doctor or family planning clinic to have it removed.
- You might be advised to wait until your next period before starting to conceive. Fertility levels
should not be affected.
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Condoms
(male and female)
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- Stop using them when you are ready to try for a baby. These don't affect your fertility levels.
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Diaphragm and Cap
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- Stop using them when you are ready to try for a baby. These don't affect your fertility levels.
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Rhythm/temperature method
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- This method does not affect your fertility levels. Aim now to have sex during the times when you
were previously abstaining.
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Withdrawal
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- This method does not affect your fertility levels. While in theory, you could have become pregnant
using withdrawal method alone, increase your chances now by not withdrawing.
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Spermicide
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- This method does not affect your fertility levels. Stop using spermicide, although consider in
future that this method alone may not prevent an unwanted pregnancy.
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