Various methods of birth control have been used all throughout the years. Amongst these different methods, the pill is considered to be the all time favorites of women, married or single, who are above 21 years of age.
The only problem that is related to taking birth control pills is that it creates weight gain issues with women who are taking it. There are a lot of women out there that are complaining about this problem but apparently not all women are afflicted with this problem. There are some women who do not have issues when it comes to taking the pill.
Luckily, there other forms of birth prevention that can be used. Going natural or other wise known as rhythm method can help prevent pregnancy. In this method, the couple should only have sexual intercourse during the time when their female partner is not fertile. Another way is by using condoms. We all know that the condom is being popularly used by men. Now, a condom can also be used by women.
Let us take a look at the old ways of birth prevention. Sexual abstinence is one of the oldest ways of not getting knocked up. Another popular method at those times is the coitus interruptus or more well known as the withdrawal method.
With withdrawal method, it is the male who must have great control during mating. He will have to pull out his penis before he reached orgasm. This will prevent the transmission of his semen into the uterus of his female partner thus no fertilization will take effect and can effectively prevent pregnancy.
On the part of the Egyptian women, during the old times they would use pessary. This is a kind of suppository that they inject in their vaginas and it is made up of oil and other lubricants. Pessary would kill the sperm during the mating process. Cervical caps have been also used by women. The Asian women use an oiled paper while European women have been using beeswax for the same purpose. At those times it was not of course that popular compared to present times.
All of these methods are used to help prevent pregnancy and at the same time prevent men and women from acquiring sexually transmitted diseases like herpes and syphilis. There were other forms of contraceptives that have been using different abortive agents. As time goes by, the use of herbal method have been gaining popularity when it comes to birth prevention and has been quite effective most of the times.
Birth control has greatly developed over the years and scientists are still looking for other ways on how to prevent pregnancy. This will be of great help to our control over our population and at the same time prevent pregnancy for couples who are not yet ready for a family.
