Sterilization Sterilization is permanent birth control. Vaginal ring “Get it and Forget It” It is surgery for women and men who This small ring has do not want children. Birth Control hormones. You leave the methods ring in place for three (3) ...you don’t have Emergency Contraception (EC) It’s your choice ... weeks. You remove it for to remember a thing. EC works best if taken as soon as one (1) week and then use a new ring. These methods work best. possible after sex. EC may work up to five (5) days after sex. The Diaphragm Birth control implant sooner you take the pill, the better it works. You can decide This round rubber cap The implant, called Use EC if you didn’t use birth control. This IF and WHEN covers your cervix. Put it in Nexplanon®, is a thin, can happen from rape, a broken condom or when sex “just happens.” One type of EC to have a baby. your vagina before having plastic rod about the is Plan B One-Step®. sex and leave it in place for size of a matchstick. A health care provider puts six (6) hours after sex. Call or visit a health clinic for: the rod under the skin of your upper arm. It works for three Cervical cap • Free or low-cost birth control (3) years. for women, men and teens This cap covers your cervix as well. Put it in your vagina • Health exams before having sex. It can be IUD and IUS • Pregnancy testing An IUD (intrauterine left in place for two (2) days. device) is a small To find a clinic near you: piece of plastic with Visit www.ccare.oregon.gov or call 2-1-1. a short string. It is put into your uterus to This document can be provided upon request in an prevent pregnancy for alternate format for individuals with disabilities or in up to 10 years. An IUS a language other than English for people with limited (intrauterine system) is made of soft English skills. To request this publication in another ® format or language, contact the Oregon Reproductive plastic and has hormones. Mirena Health Program at 971-673-0355 or 711 for TTY. works for five (5) years. Skyla® and Download this brochure in English and ® Liletta work for three (3) years. other languages at www.healthoregon.org/rh. Funded in part by a U.S. DHHS-OPA grant.

PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION Reproductive Health Program OHA 8725 (rev 12/2015) If you don’t want Birth control you can use without going to a clinic Visit a health clinic to get pregnant: Abstinence Natural family planning for these methods Abstinence, as birth Couples use this • Use a birth control method the right control, means not method to plan or Depo-Provera way every time you have sex. having intercourse. prevent pregnancy. A doctor or nurse gives • Try one of the other methods if you There are many other You record body you a hormone shot. don’t like the birth control you are using. ways to be close to signs and/or use The shot works for • Take your partner with you to visit your partner with no risk of getting pregnant. a calendar to know when you can get three (3) months. a health clinic and learn about Remember, it’s OK to say “not now” to sex. pregnant. You don’t have vaginal sex or birth control. you use birth control during this time Birth control patch Condoms to prevent pregancy. The patch is a thin, stick-on Placed on your erect square with hormones. Put penis, the condom keeps Spermicides it on your body to prevent semen from getting into Buy spermicides in a drug the release of an egg. A new her vagina. It protects store. They kill sperm and patch is used once a week against STDs and HIV. come in foams, jellies, for three (3) weeks and the creams or film. Put them 4th week is patch-free. Female Condoms in the vagina before sex. Female condoms are They work best if used with a condom. Birth control pills soft plastic pouches Birth control pills have with a ring at each hormones and must be end. The ring in the taken every day. closed end is placed Most birth control methods do in your vagina. The not protect against STDs/HIV. Use other ring at the open end stays outside your condoms with your birth control method body. Female condoms protect against HIV in order to protect against STDs/HIV. and other STDs.

Many STDs have no symptoms. Withdrawl Get tested. A man pulls his penis out and away from your vagina BEFORE he ejaculates (cums). This method depends on pulling out at the right time.