When you hear of family planning, what comes to your mind?

Family planning is the same thing as making decisions about child spacing and the number of children you want to have.

I have written extensively on how to determine the ideal child spacing between your children.

But in this article, we will focus on “Family Planning, or birth control methods, or contraception.”

I will use these words interchangeably so, let’s get started.

What is family planning?
Family planning is the practice of controlling the number of children you have.

It also deals with the intervals between childbirths, primarily through contraception or voluntary sterilisation.

Family planning is essential because it helps you and your spouse decide whether you want to have children, and if so, how many and when.

While you may want to take a break after childbirth and rest for a while before trying again…

Some moms have just had their last babies and are done having children.

Some of these women are not even the age of menopause yet.

So, how will they prevent future pregnancies?

That is what family planning is all about.

If you want to do the same thing to control childbirth, there are different family planning methods to apply.

We can further group the different family planning methods under hormonal and non-hormonal methods.

Let’s see them differently…

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11 Fail-Proof Methods of Family Planning