Anti-sperm jellies, foams, and creams. The device does nothing to disrupt ovulation, the menstrual cycle, or to thicken the cervical mucus. Thus, the baby is flushed out of the woman's body. NFP, therefore, is the timing of intercourse based upon the number of days in a woman's monthly menstrual period in an effort to either seek or to avoid pregnancy for that month. Try Couple to Couple League.
Some women experience no immediate side effects from birth control devices.
Some women, however, do suffer side effects. Lawsuits by approximately 30,000 women injured by Norplant are now pending in a South Texas state court. The Associated Press, August 8, 1997. PDR 1997, p. 2563. Several reports suggest an association between intrauterine exposure to progestational drugs in the first trimester of pregnancy and genital abnormalities in male and female fetuses.