Contraceptive methods

Combined Pill

Periods lighter and less painful.

Control over when periods come.

Helps to treat acne and spots.

Can be difficult to remember.

Good for preventing most sexually transmitted infections.

Can be difficult to negotiate and use.

Injection every 3 months.

Good for period pain.

Good for stopping periods.

Change patch once a week.

Periods lighter and less painful.

Control over when periods come.

Helps to treat acne and spots.

Very reliable.

Low level of only one hormone.

Irregular bleeding can happen.

Very reliable.

No hormones.

Periods regular and can be heavier than with hormonal methods.

Put in the vagina before sex.

Used with spermicide gel.

No hormones.

As reliable as condoms.

Very reliable.

Very low level of only one hormone.

Irregular bleeding can happen.

Carefully working out when it’s safer to have sex.

No tablets, no hormones.

1 in 4 women get pregnant by accident.

Each vaginal ring lasts three weeks.
Periods lighter and less painful.
Control over when periods come.
Helps treat acne and spots.

One pill every day with no breaks.

One hormone only.

Easy and safe, but can be difficult to remember.

No clinics, no tablets, no hormones.

Can be difficult to do.

Approximately 1 in 5 (~20%) women get pregnant by accident.

Contraceptive methods

Combined Pill

Condoms

Injection

Patch

Implant

Copper Coil

Diaphragm

IUS (Mirena)

Fertility Awareness

The Ring

Mini Pill

Withdrawal

What's right for me?