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CONTRACEPTIVE

The document discusses puberty in females, including the typical age range of 8-13 years old and physical changes like breast development and the start of menstruation. It also provides details on the menstrual cycle, noting it typically lasts around 28 days and ovulation occurs 10-16 days before the next period starts. The document then lists different contraceptive methods and their effectiveness as well as health risks of early pregnancy in adolescents.

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CONTRACEPTIVE

The document discusses puberty in females, including the typical age range of 8-13 years old and physical changes like breast development and the start of menstruation. It also provides details on the menstrual cycle, noting it typically lasts around 28 days and ovulation occurs 10-16 days before the next period starts. The document then lists different contraceptive methods and their effectiveness as well as health risks of early pregnancy in adolescents.

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INTRODUCTION:

Although human beings are fully sexually differentiated at birth, the differences between males and
females are accentuated at puberty. This is when the reproductive system mature, secondary sexual
characteristics develop, and the bodies of males and females appear more distinctive.

Female puberty usually beings at about 8-13 years of age; the reproduction maturation of boys lags
about two years behind that of girls. The physical changes of female puberty include breast
development, rounding of the hips and buttocks, growth of the hair in the pubic region and the
underarm, and the start of menstruation.

The major landmark of puberty among females is the onset of the menstrual cycle, the monthly
ovulation cycle that leads to menstruation (loss of blood and tissues lining the uterus) in the absence of
pregnancy. The menstrual cycle is from the first day of a period until the day before the next period
starts.

Normally, it lasts around 28 days, on the average, but can be as short as 21 or as long as 40. Whatever
the length, ovulation will happen about 10-16 days before the start of the next period.

Benefits Instruction for

Type of How it works Effectiveness Benefits Instruction for Benefits other than
Contraceptive use contraception
Method
Alters natural Theoretically Low cost, easily Takes daily after None
ovulation cycle 99-100 percent, available and menstrual cycle
but women have controlled by the begins
conceived on the women
“pill”

none
Withdrawal: Prevents the s , but in reality No cost under Dependent of the None
about 70 percent the control of the man
Removal of the penis man and the
from the vagina before woman involved
ejaculation

Intrauterine device Inserted inside Theoretically Long-lasting and None


(IUD) the by a doctor 95-98 percent relatively
inexpensive

What are the health effects of early pregnancy in the growing adolescent?

These are serious health risks associated with early pregnancy because a young woman’s body is not
mature enough to handle bearing a child. When a woman is under 20, the pelvic area (the bone scanal)
is still growing and may not be high maternal mortality rates is adolescent pregnancy. If a young woman
is not physically mature, the uterus may tear during the birth process, and she may die because of blood
loss, If she is lucky and survives the delivery, she might face fistula d

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