Every day, all over the world, hundreds of thousands of women, use some kind of pharmaceutic birth prevention method or oral contraceptive such as the birth control pill to prevent pregnancy while engaging in sex. For many years now, oral contraception has been the most popular of birth control methods, currently used by over 12 million women in the United States alone.
Now, in the new era of the 21st century, researchers have developed much longer term ways of controlling pregnancy. Among these are the hormonal contraceptive ring which provides approximately 3 continuous months of contraceptive control. Another birth control method is progestin implants, which release a continuous dose of progestin that acts to prevent ovulation. These implants can work from 3 to 6 years.
Women use contraception methods for a variety of reasons. Some women use them simply to prevent an unwished-for pregnancy. Other women, however, use it as a way of spacing the births of their children. For women in the latter category, quite a few fear that continuing to use pharmaceutical birth control will increase their chances of infertility and possibly prevent them from having children in the future.
Other lesser used birth control methods include the Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device or IUD, condoms, spermicidal lotions, and, of course, abstinence.
In general, IUDs are made of metal and plastic. They are inserted into the woman's uterus. It prevents the fertilized female egg from being inserted into the uterine cavity, thus preventing pregnancy.
When you look at all the possible means of birth control, the ones at most risk for possibly causing future infertility are the IUD and the hormonal birth control methods such as the pill, hormonal contraceptive ring, and so on.
Therefore, if the women on either side of the family has a history of having trouble becoming pregnant, they should be careful about using this type of birth control. In fact, any couple thinking of using any type of birth control should talk with their doctor and discuss if it will have any effect on their fertility.
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