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These guides and handbooks are an excellent source of
information concerning all aspects of birth control methods and contraceptives.
They provide in depth usage and function explanations, costs of products, risks
involved, diagrams, success rates, etc. All are highly recommended by the author
of this page! Locations are given, and provided for each is a brief annotation.
Pasquale, Samuel and Jennifer Cadoff. The Birth Control Book: A Complete
Guide to Your Contraceptive Options. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996.
- Found in Chapel Hill Public Library. Call Number 613.94 Pas.
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The introduction includes a brief overview of the book and how to use it.
Discusses how a woman and her partner should choose a contraceptive method.
This work not only discusses barrier methods, hormone methods, intrauterine
devices, sterilization, but also discusses "natural birth control," meaning
fertility awareness methods. This work also explains contraceptive failure,
and the future of contraception. It includes a Glossary, and also an Appendix
which includes organizations the reader can contact for more information about
birth control.
Westheimer, Ruth and Amos Grunebaum. Dr. Ruth's Pregnancy Guide for Couples:
Love, Sex, and Medical Facts. New York: Routledge, 1999.
- Found in Chapel Hill Public Library. Call Number 613.96 Wes.
- This work by the famous love doctor is a fun read, but also provides some
useful information on safer sex options and contraceptive methods. The authors
provide step-by-step advice on planning parenthood, once you have made the decision
to have a baby.
Winikoff, Beverly and Wymelenberg. The Contraceptive Handbook: A Guide to Safe
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Effective Choices. ed. Editors of Consumer Reports Books. New York: Consumer
Reports Books, 1992.
- Found in Chapel Hill Public Library. Call Number 613.94 Win.
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This work provides detailed information about how barrier contraceptives work,
their effectiveness, health effects, who should not use them, what to do if
contraceptive device fails or breaks, how to remove them, and their cost.
Diagrams show how to insert/apply contraceptive devices.
Winikoff, Beverly and Suzanne Wymelenberg. The Whole Truth about Contraception:
a guide to safe and effective choices. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 1997.
- Found in Chapel Hill Public Library. Call Number 613.94 Win.
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This work is made up of six parts: "Barrier Methods," which include usage instructions,
effectiveness, health effects, cost, care and storage, and where to get the male condom,
female condom, diaphragm, cervical cap, and spermicides, "Hormonal Methods,"
which follows the same overviews for the Pill (combined oral contraceptives,
and progestin only pills), Norplant, and Depo-Provera, "Intrauterine Method,"
"Surgical Methods," meaning female and male sterilization, "Other Methods of
Fertility Control," which includes cycle based fertility awareness methods,
withdrawal, and emergency contraception, "and finally "Other Issues of Birth
Control," which highlights the relationship between breastfeeding and contraception,
and abortion. Includes a section on Resources and a Subject Index.
Knowles, Jon and Marcia Ringel. Planned Parenthood All About Birth Control:
A Personal Guide. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998.
- Found in Chapel Hill Public Library. Call Number 613.94 Kno.
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This book is a work done by Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Provides advantages and disadvantages for all methods of birth control
and includes diagrams, discusses effectiveness, reasons for use, possible
allergies and side effects, and also reasons why not to use birth control
(includes "withdrawal method"). Also includes interesting dialogues of
"If your partner says....You can say...." for each type of method. Includes
information on medical and surgical abortion processes.
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