{"id":26996,"date":"2018-02-12T09:48:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T07:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/afrocentric\/contraception-101\/"},"modified":"2020-07-02T14:07:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T12:07:11","slug":"contraception-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/contraception-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Contraception 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24646 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/puppies-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/>Modern contraception is safe and effective. The most commonly used\u00a0methods are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>The Pill<\/strong> &#8211; must be taken every day and can be affected by certain antibiotics as well as by diarrhoea, but used correctly offers 99%+ reliability. Claimed to cause weight gain but in truth this is minor and limited. Very few side effects for most women.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Injections<\/strong> &#8211; administered every 2 or 3 months, these are a good option for women who struggle\u00a0to take the Pill reliably. Also offer 99%+ reliability. Often causes irregular periods initially and no periods later. Very few side effects for most women.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Condoms<\/strong> &#8211; used perfectly, offer 98% reliability but in real-world use, offer 80-90% reliability at best.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unplanned pregnancy is really not necessary given the availability of these effective options.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-articles","category-sex"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-25 14:01:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26996"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27423,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26996\/revisions\/27423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/workcarewellness.co.za\/healthwise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}