At the get-together on friday night at " N Grill " restaurant, Jia and her friends decided to probe into the various methods of birth control each of them had adopted. It all started when they were having dinner and Preety's phone alarm went off. When asked if it was her cue to go to sleep, she answered that it was a reminder for her to take her pills she had recently started on. Mohini suggested that it was not a good idea, saying her husband is a doctor and he gave a no-no to pills. When Preety said the pills were giving her acne, weight gain and mood swings and asked for a better contraceptive method, everyone looked around the room and realised each of them had their own different coping strategies to this contraception issue. Pooja and her boyfriend it seems use the pulling-out method. But dosent that have a high failure rate, especially if the guy cant control himself? What if he's stressed that day or the girl is really sexy? How would this work??? But when Pooja suggested condoms, Preety said it gave her pain and that she has to use a numbing ointment with the condom everytime. Hmmm isnt that why lubricated condoms exist? Or isnt that good enough a solution? Jia suggested the use of gynaecologists recommended Xylocaine 2% gel to numb the pain; and a water based lubricant called K-Y jelly for easier penetration. Injection shots were suggested that would keep conception at bay for 3 months or so. Nina said she took the 'morning after pill' and still got pregnant(she has a baby to testify it...ahem). The copper T Intra Uterine insert apparently was voted a popular choice, though Mohini noted that her aunt got pregnant and delivered a baby even inspite of it... she apparently fell in the 1% failure rate category. And like any contraceptive, it has its side effects. Abstinence would lead to frustration and extra marital affairs. While counting the menstrual cycles and avoiding the central week is a good precautionary method to practice contraception, (though it works only for those women having regular periods), the irony of it all?.....The exact opposite of that calculation is used for calculating ovulation dates and getting pregnant! It amused Jia's mind how all through college people try so hard to avoid getting pregnant and when people finally feel its time to have babies, its like a marathon mind boggling mathematical formula....Yikes. While everyone rambled on about diaphragms , tubectomies, spermicidal creams and.......Mohini shut everyone's mouth with the final statement "The husbands can just go in for a vasectomy"!
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