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Contraception After Pregnancy
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Goals

Section 1
Section 2

- Introduction
> Objectives
- Breastfeeding
- HIV-Positive
- Options
- Nonhormonal
- Activity
- LAM
- Barrier
- Copper IUDs
- Expulsion
- Removal
- Abstinence
- Withdrawal
- Sterilization
- Sterilization
- Activity
- Hormonal
- Progestin-Only
- Combined
- Activity
- Initiation
- Initiation

Section 3

Conclusion

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Section 2 - Contraceptive Options after Childbirth

Learning Objectives

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By the time you finish this section, you will be able to:

  • Describe the importance of breastfeeding.

  • List the three contraceptive options for breastfeeding women.

  • Describe the correct and consistent use, mechanism of action and advantages and disadvantages of nonhormonal, progestin-only and combined estrogen-progestin methods for postpartum women.

  • Explain the appropriate timing for method initiation for breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding women post-partum.
 

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