Types of Family Planning

• Barrier methods, which prevent pregnancy by keeping the sperm from reaching the egg.
• Hormonal methods, which prevent the woman’s ovary from releasing an egg, make it harder for the sperm to reach the egg, and keep the lining of the womb from supporting a pregnancy.
• IUDs, which prevent the man’s sperm from fertilizing the woman’s egg.
• Natural methods, which help a woman know when she is fertile, so that she can avoid having sex at that time.
• Permanent methods. These are operations which make it impossible for a man or a woman to have any children.