There are four barrier methods. All four are devices that are placed in the top of the vagina, in front of the cervix prior to intercourse. They work by acting as a barrier to prevent the sperm from passing through the cervix into the uterus. The cap and diaphragm are circular rubber domes. Caps are [...]
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Also called birth control pills and oral contraceptives, this method requires a woman to take a monthly series of pills that contain hormones like the ones naturally made in a woman’s body to control the menstrual cycle. This method works by preventing a woman from ovulating, by causing changes in her uterus so a fertilized [...]
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Triplets (three babies), quadruplets (four), quintuplets (five), sextuplets (six), septuplets (seven) and octuplets (eight) happen much less frequently than twins. Once you start getting more than three babies at a time, the chances of all the babies surviving are lower. Because there are so many of them, they’re smaller than average and they’re usually born [...]
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If a woman has twins, do they both come out at the same time? Twins can happen in one of two ways: either there are two fertilized ova or there is one fertilized ovum that splits into two. Usually a woman’s ovaries produce only one ripe ovum a month. Occasionally, though, a woman will produce [...]
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Sometimes babies are born with physical problems or handicaps, such as blindness, brain damage, heart or lung problems or deformed limbs. Because these problems are present at birth they are called birth defects. They may be caused by defects in the ovum or sperm, problems inherited from the mother or father, the mother being exposed [...]
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