This method, which is also called the’jag’ or ‘jab’, is not as widely used as some of the others, and is not a first-choice method. It involves an injection of large amounts of a hormone similar to the hormone used in the mini-pill. It prevents pregnancy in the same manner as the mini-pill. The hormone is injected into the woman’s muscle and is then released into the woman’s body slowly over a period of months. A single injection usually protects against pregnancy for two to three months.
The ‘morning after’ pill and IUD-Considered emergency methods, these methods are used only in cases where a woman fears she might become pregnant because she hasn’t used birth control, she’s used her method improperly or she thinks that her method might not have worked properly. The morning after pills contain a high dose of hormones like the ones in combined birth control pills, and must be taken within seventy-two hours of unprotected intercourse in order to work.
Inserting an IU D within 5 days of unprotected intercourse will also prevent pregnancy, although this is usually done only in cases where the woman plans to go on using the IUD as her regular method of contraception and where it is medically suitable to do so.
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