Throughout the various stages of human history, people have tried many ways to avoid pregnancy. As a result of the research, they use a lot of methods. Withdrawal, barrier methods, and herbal abortion is the oldest method.
To prevent pregnancy during intercourse, ancient Roman women wore leather patches i.e. full of hearts. In Egypt, a suppository made with crocodile dung and fermented dough placed in a woman’s vagina. They believe that sticky substances will stop sperm from entering a woman’s body. All were not accurate methods to avoid pregnancy, people had myths.
With time, today’s generation does not believe in such myths and they use to follow technological methods. In this era, there are some devices that are used to control pregnancy which is successful too. One method is a birth control implant that is placed in a women’s arm.
Another method of birth control for women is ParaGard which is a flexible plastic and copper device. ParaGard was placed in the woman’s uterus by a health professional. It takes a few minutes to install.
Therefore, we have to choose from a variety of methods to see which one works for you. Birth control methods can be permanent or temporary or reversible. The devices used to control pregnancy have their own time limit to give better results. After some time, they will stop working and need to be replaced.