Family Planning: Choosing the Right Path for Your Future

Ideally a family should live a comfortable lifestyle. It means that parents must provide their children a good home, enough food, clothes and all other basic needs. It's advisable that a couple should plan their family so that they will not have a hard time providing all the needs of their children. One of the ways to plan a family is deciding the right number of children to have. If you are financially capable of supporting as many kids as you can, then go ahead. But if you and your spouse have only enough financial resources to support two kids then its best to use birth control methods. The Calendar Method Regarded as the oldest and most natural birth control method, the couple calculates the time of ovulation and abstaining from having sex during that time. The method is done by by counting 14 days backward from the first day of the woman's monthly menstruation. After identifying the time of ovulation, the couple decides to stop having intercourse during the ovulation day. This method is popular, however it is not 100% effective. There are some cases that a couple can conceive a baby even if they used this method. The Withdrawal Method Another natural method of birth control is called coitus interruptus or "withdrawal method". This is done by removing the man's penis out from the woman's vagina prior to ejaculation, so that semen could not enter into it. There are millions of couples who use this particular method, which can be effective if done properly. However there is still a chance of pregnancy if not done properly.