A young couple desires to start a family later, but they currently rely on the rhythm method and are uncomfortable with the thought of hormonal contraceptives. What additional form of birth control would you advise them to use?
What will be an ideal response?
Statistically twhe rhythm method has a failure rate of 25%. That is, pregnancy results in 25 out of 100 instances. At minimum, the couple could combine the rhythm method with using condoms. Alternatively, vaginal barriers and intrauterine devices also do not rely on hormones and have a comparatively low failure rate of 5-6%.
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