FRHD 2100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Fertility Awareness, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Female Condom

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2100
• Professor: Cindy Clarke

Document Summary

Condom: a sheath made of animal membrane or latex that covers the penis during coitus and serves as a barrier to sperm following ejaculation. Most common contraceptive methods used at last intercourse were condoms and birth-control pills. Withdrawal was the third most common method. As teenagers get older and form longer-term relationships, they switch from using condoms to using the pill. Oral contraceptive: a contraceptive, consisting of sex hormones, that is taken by mouth. Combination pill: a birth control pill that contains synthetic estrogen and progesterone. Multiphasic pills vary the dosage of these hormones across the menstrual cycle to reduce the overall dosages to which the woman is exposed and possible side effects. Minipill: a birth-control pill that contains synthetic progesterone but no estrogen. The combination pill fools the brain into acting as through the woman is already pregnant, so that no additional ova mature or are released. Since ovulation does not take place, the woman cannot get pregnant.