Problem
A 24 year old woman comes to the clinic because she wants to change her method of birth control. She has used oral contraceptive pills for 2 years a few years ago but stopped since she was not sexually active. She has not been sexually active for the last 3 years and if she was at all, she used condoms.
A. How would you discuss these methods of contraception would you discuss with her? (condoms with spermicide, birth control pills, diaphragm with spermicide and IUD)
B. What are the major advantages, disadvantages and effectiveness of each method?
C. What are potential contraindications of each one?
D. What education would you provide on each of these methods?
E. Which method would you choose for this patient and why?