Mirena Pills

Women all over the world are finding ways in order to have a birth control method which offers the highest percentage when it comes to efficiency. Barrier methods such as condoms do not offer this luxury for they may break at any time. Some operations like tubal ligation and vasectomy prove to be dangerous at some point and are irreversible. Some oral contraceptives also have flaws in them depending usually on errors in intake. This is why there are a number of women that resort to Mirena as their birth control method.

Mirena is a type of intrauterine contraceptive device. These devices are implanted in the female reproductive system, specifically the cervix. They contain hormones that work in two ways. First is that it thickens the mucus in the cervix which gives difficulty for sperm to pass through. Another is that it makes the uterus wall thinner that will result to it shedding before fertilization occurs. To some women, it effects can even prevent the ovaries to produce an egg.

• In terms of ratio comparison of birth control types, here’s where Mirena stands.
• For other intrauterine contraceptive devices it is 10 to 1000
• For the injected contraception it is 15 to 1000
• For the oral contraceptives it is 20 to 1000

As you can see Mirena proves to be the most efficacious among the types of contraceptives.

However, just as any other birth control methods there are chances encountering complications. In the off chance that fertilization occurs despite having Mirena or taking mirena pills. There is a chance of having an Ectopic Pregnancy, the egg ripening in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus, which is very dangerous. So responsibility plays a major part in dealing with Mirena, the same or maybe evn greater than other types of contraceptives.