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There are many different contraception methods available, and different methods suit different people at different times of their lives. You can also ask your GP, practice nurse or family planning clinic for more information about what methods of contraception are available to you (this counts for the boys as well as the girls) and what method would be best for you to use.

Most contraceptives need to be prescribed (with the exception of condoms that are available in most shops and can be brought over the counter). Not all contraceptives will be available to you at your local doctors, however he should be able to direct you to the nearest doctors or family planning clinic that have the methods of contraception that they dont.

You can buy male or female condoms and spermicides without going to a doctor or clinic. Condoms can be brought in almost any shop (like supermarkets, boots & superdrugs are the most likely to sell them), some places also offer vending machines that sell condoms (not recommended). You can also buy diaphragms and caps at a pharmacy, if you know your size.

When you are ordering contraception, you should also research the possible side-effects that each methods carry. Ask your GP, practice nurse or family planning clinic if you need help.

Using Contraception

No contraceptive is 100% effective, and only condoms will help protect you against STIs & STDs. How effective the contraceptive is depends on how carefully and consistently you use the method.

If you dont use contraception you have an 80-90% chance of becoming pregnant.

The methods of contraception available are split into 2 main groups;

* No user failure: do not depend on you remembering to take or use contraception. These are long acting methods.

* User failure: methods you have to use and think about regularly or each time you have sex. For these methods to be effective you must use them according to the instructions given.

Some facts about pregnancy

A women can still get pregnant if;

* If it the first time she has had sex.

* If she does not have an orgasm.

* If a man pulls out of her vagina before he comes.

* If she has sex when she is on her period.

* If she not fully breastfeeding.

* If she douches (squirts fluid into the vagina). This can be harmful to women.

* Whatever position the couple sex in.

More On Contraception

Contraception and the menopause

Contraception needs to be used until the menopause. Contraception should continue to be used until a women has not had a period or any bleeding for two years if aged under 50 and for one year if over 50.

Contraception and breastfeeding

Breastfeeding can act as a very effective contraceptive when you are fully breastfeeding a baby under six months. This means you must;

* Be breastfeeding at regular intervals, day and night.

* Be giving your baby no other food or drink, so no breastfeeds are missed.

* Have no periods.

Emergency Contraception

If you have had sex without using contraception or think your method might have failed there are two emergency methods you can use.

* Emergency hormonal pills - Must be taken up to three days (72 hours) after sex. They are more effective the earlier you take them.

* An IUD - must be fitted up to five days after sex, or up to five days after the earliest you could have released an egg (ovulation).

Sexually transmitted infections

Most methods of contraception do not protect you from sexually transmitted infections.

Male and female condoms, when used correctly and consistently, can help protect against sexually transmitted infections. Diaphragms and caps may also protect against some sexually transmitted infections. Condoms that contain Nonoxynol 9 (spermicidally lubricated) do not protect against HIV.

For further reading, help or information visit www.fpa.org.uk or call 0845 310 1334.

Getting Married? Congratulations!

Part of the wedding planning process for many happy couples is to plan a honeymoon, which is a trip taken after the wedding. A honeymoon is usually just for the newly married couple, and allows for a romantic break after the hectic pre-wedding and wedding period.

Many resorts and vacation destinations offer special packages for honeymooners. These special offers can range from price incentives, to room upgrades to romantic little 'extras'. Such extras can include:

A welcome gift in your room upon arrival. Possibly including champagne, fresh fruit, chocolates and/or flowers. Some hotels even offer these every day as part of their honeymoon packages.

Complimentary daytrips such as excursions into a local town for shopping, a romantic boat ride or helicopter ride.

Sports extras such as parasailing lessons, scuba lessons for two or horseback riding on the beach.

Spa treatments for two, such as a couples massage or other body treatments, sometimes available in the privacy of your own room.

Private meals served on your balcony or elsewhere within the resort complex. Some resorts will set up a romantic setting just for two of you right on the beach so you can revel in sunset dinner complete with champagne, flowers and butler service.

Complimentary breakfast brought to your room each day or on your first morning.

When planning your honeymoon, be sure to mention the occasion so the travel agent booking your trip will secure any special offers available only to honeymooners at the destination of your choice. If you are calling and making reservations yourself, be sure and mention your newly-married status to the reservation agent. You may also find that there are deals on plane and hotel tickets combined for honeymooners - ask your travel agent .

Note that some hotels require proof of your recent marriage in order to honor their honeymoon incentives or gift offers.

If you are interested in saving money on your honeymoon planning, the best tip we can give you is to get a travel ID card. You can more information about this at Travel-like-a-pro.com. Have a great time on your honeymoon!

Shauna Arthurs is a writer/editor, and co-founder/owner of a network of web-based help sites, including Travel-like-a-pro.com, home of the Travel Industry Secrets guide to never paying retail travel rates again! Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Shauna_Arthurs

Theres nothing like a little bit of trivia to test your knowledge of the sport of soccer. You may say that soccer is your favorite sport, but how much do you really know? Following are some facts and tidbits that you may or may not know about soccer.

Soccer originated generally in its present form in Britain.
The world's oldest club formed in 1857 is Sheffield FC
Soccer is the most played and most watched sport on Earth
Soccer is called football in practically every country except America, who call 'Grid Iron' football and football soccer.
Famous soccer rivalries include the Old Firm (Scotland), Manchester derby, London derbies, Milan derby, Real vs Barcelona, and many more.
Some famous soccer players: Pele, Maradonna, Charlton, Eusebio, Cruyff, Dalglish, Ronaldo, Beckham, Mattheus.

Those are some basic bits of soccer trivia and facts. How much did you know? Well, here are so more soccer facts to test your knowledge:

The sport of Association Football (often referred to as soccer or simply football) is the most popular team sport in the world, in both number of spectators and number of active participants.
The largest attendance for a soccer match ever was 199,854 people - Brazil v. Uruguay in the World Cup at the Maracana Municipal Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, July 1950.
In the largest soccer tournament ever, no less than 5,098 teams competed in 1999 for the second Bangkok League Seven-a-Side Competition. Over 35,000 players involved!
The most goals scored by one player in a single soccer match was 16
- Stephan Stanis (France) playing for Racing Club de Lens in December 1942.
Based on video evidence, one of the fastest ever scored was in 2.8 seconds by Ricardo Olivera (Uruguay) in December 1998.
The international governing body of soccer is the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Diego Maradona was only 16 when he made his soccer debut for Argentina.
Soccer goalies didn't have to wear different coloured shirts from their teammates until 1913.
Eusebio scored 46 goals in the European Cup for Benfica.
Chris Woods once went 1196 minutes without conceding a goal while at Rangers, from between November 26 1986 and January 31 1987.
Ryan Giggs' dad was a professional Rugby League player.
In 1973, the entire Galilee team spent the night in jail for kicking their opponents during an Israeli League game.

Have you had enough soccer trivia and facts? These are only a few of the interesting soccer facts that are floating around out there.

"Well how are you really enjoying your retirement?" I asked out of interest, "it was great to start with" he said, but lately, I've just become kind of lost... I don't really know what to do with all the spare time I have, "and there's only so much golf you can play, you know" "then he said", "I'd love to do all of the things you do in your home workshop.

I said to him, well, you know mate it's never too late to learn, Why don't you come over one day so that I can show you around my workshop, and give you a few ideas, you'll love it.

I guess if your're retired like Jim, you'll probably understand what he's talking about.

The baby boomers, i.e. anyone born from the mid 1940s to the mid 1950s, are now approaching, or have allready opted for early retirement.

Retirement presents great changes in lifestyle's, which will have a profound effect on the way many choose to fill in the lazy days of retirement.

A hard working company executive generally has little time during his busy career to find the time to develop or establish an interest in practical hobby pursuits.

Many prospective retirees dream of the carefree days they'll spend hitting a golf ball around their favourite golf course, or sailing their yacht, and not giving a hoot how much time is spent doing it.

But not every retiree has the desire or the income to do the above, some will also want to travel and explore, before settling into a new lifestyle.

Many just want to catch up on home maintenance projects, or perhaps take a totally new direction in life, and become involved in a practical hobby to bring out the hidden carpenter, engineer, or handy man that's hidden inside a lot of people.

Let's face it, many people, (that may also include you), will derive much personal enjoyment, working with their hands & creating things.

This kind of pleasure work provides an inner sense of total personal self-fulfilment that few other things can provide.

The challenge and personal reward of creating something from nothing with your own bare hands, is difficult to describe to anyone who hasn't done it.

There are thousands of people with hidden talents which they've never bothered to explore. What about you? Is there a mechanical genius or practical hobby worker hidden Inside of you, just waiting to be discovered?

Retirement truly provides the opportunity, time & money to explore your hidden latent talents, you've now got the time to explore & develop them further.

A big proportion of blokes (men) love tinkering with mechanical things, like taking items apart to rebuild & restore. Some even want to fabricate and build new things from scratch, whether they chose to work in wood or metal is a personal choice.

One of the most fascinating old world metal crafts that has captured many people's imagination is Hobby Metal Casting.

Hobby Metal Casting has gone through a huge worldwide renaissance. New age practical information & basic technology coupled with easy to build home equipment and tools, empowers the hobby metal crafter to explore and create masterpieces in the home workshop.

To learn more about this rewarding age-old craft, you should first make a visit to: http://www.myhomefoundry.com You'll be able to download some free ebooks, subscribe to an ezine for free, and get a feeling of what hobby metal casting is all about. You may even find a great way to fill in those idle days of retirement. Col Croucher The Home Foundry Australia http://www.myhomefoundry.com Great Info for The Hobby Metal Caster Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Colin_Croucher

Impotence help is not that far out. If you are a man struggling with the thought that you are impotent, you want to do everything that you can to find a solution. The first step is to insure that this is really the case. In order to do this, you will need to see your doctor and talk to him about your concerns. Once you are diagnosed, you may feel as if you are somehow less of a man or you may feel crushed. But, what you can do is still hope.

In fact, many men can successfully father a child even though their first thoughts were that they were impotent. Getting the impotence help that you need starts with understanding that you may still have options to consider. Consider these:

There are many methods that are said to help improve this outcome. You need to be open to pursuing them first. Then, you need to learn about your condition and to make it your mission to find out if it can in fact be helped.

Your first course of action is with your doctor. Finding out what he can do for you is the first step. Likely a series of tests will be run to determine your abilities and to determine if the problem can be rectified. You may be asked to speak with a specialist.

There are many things that can be available to you. In fact, there are things as far apart as surgery and hypnosis. You can try as many methods as you like. Remember that your doctor knows best but a second opinion doesnt hurt either.

By exploring your options, you will find that there are many ways in which you can get the impotence help that you need. Start with the first phone call to your doctor today.

If you want to meet a great woman, and you're sick of the bar scene, there definitely are alternatives. Here are four of my favorites:

Your neighborhood coffee shop. I just came back from Panera Bread, a hotspot for working professionals and their laptops during the weekday morning hours. The place brings in lots of attractive women for lunch, as well. Become a regular; there's a real community there. Be sure to avoid it on weekends, though, when couples with kids take over. If you don't have a Panera Bread in your neighborhood, try a mom-and-pop haunt. The Huntington Street Caf in my area draws real estate agents, attorneys, hairdressers, and entrepreneurs until it closes at 6PM. The key is to find a venue that offers free WIFI, which tends to attract dynamic women with lives.

A pottery class. Dont laugh. My very attractive and soon-to-be divorced friend is a regular at a local pottery class that is loaded with women. Several weeks ago, a straight and good-looking man joined the group and hit it off with everybody. Granted, if you join a pottery class (or another course that tends to draw a high percentage of females), you could be stuck with a bunch of mothers who want a break from their screaming children, but no matter: Chances are, each one of them knows a lovely single woman who wants to meet a guy just like you.

The Irish Penpals Program. It's free, and you don't have to be Irish. You don't even have to write to an Irishwoman if you don't like Irish people (I once heard a guy in the Huntington Street Caf ramble on about how Irishwomen are the least attractive females in the world. Nice head, Buddy: I'm Irish). You can make French, German, and English friends through Irish Pen Pals program, as well. The organizers recently received a testimonial from an American guy who corresponded with a German woman and married her. He wrote, I met the love of my life through your website. Check out www.irishpenpals.com.

Singles' Travel. Whether you head to a San Francisco B&B on your own or join a singles group for a cruise, you're going to meet women. The great thing about staying in a B&B? Youre forced to mingle with other guests at breakfast, as opposed to remaining anonymous in some hotel. The great thing about traveling with a singles' group? Every woman you meet will be unattached, and youre guaranteed to spend enough time together to actually develop some sort of relationship. Singles' cruises are also perfect for shy people; they tend to be crammed with activities, making conversation less important.

If you're serious about meeting a fantastic woman, take action. Remove your baseball cap and get off the couch. Stop relying on the same old friends to introduce you to whatever new female they scratch up. There' s a woman out there whos dying to meet you.

What are you going to do about it?