4. FAMILY PLANNING
◦ Family planning refers to practices that help individuals or couples to attain
certain objectives:
◦ To avoid unwanted births
◦ To bring about wanted births
◦ To regulate intervals between pregnancies
◦ To control timing of birth
◦ To determine no of children in the family
Ref :WHO (1971) Tech. Rep. Ser. No. 476.
36. IMPLANON
• INSERT AND FORGET FOR 3 YEARS
• ONLY PROGESTERONE
• IMPROVES ACNE
• NO WEIGHT GAIN
• 99%EFFECTIVECAN USE WHILE
BREAST FEEDING
• QUICK RETURN OF FERTILITY ON
REMOVAL
38. VASECTOMY
◦ MORE THAN 99% EFFECTIVE
◦ NO NEED FOR GENERALANAESTHESIA
◦ LOWER COST THAN ALL OTHER FORMS OF BIRTH CONTROL
◦ DOES NOT AFFECT SEXUALPLEASURE
◦ TAKES ABOUT 7-10 MINS FOR THE PROCEDURE AND PATIENT IS BACK HOME IN 24 HOURS AND READY TO RESUME DAILY ACTIVITY IN 48 HOURS AND
ALSO CAN RESUME SEXUAL ACTIVITY AS AND WHEN DESIRED
◦ IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS REVERSIBLE!
39. TUBECTOMY
• MORE INVASIVE THAN TUBECTOMY
• AN HOUR OR LONGER PROCEDURE IN OT
UNDER GA
• RECOVERY NEEDS 4-7 DAYS
• RISK OF INJURY TO VITAL ORGANS WHICH IS
NOT THERE IN VASECTOMY
