What makes long-term contraception different than other birth control methods?
Long-term contraception requires minimal or no ongoing effort to use. Unlike other methods of birth control that require you use it every time you have sex, or remember to take a pill every day, long-term contraception is “forgettable”. Once long-term contraception is inserted it requires little or none of your time and attention. Second, long-term contraceptives are highly effective at preventing pregnancy. All long-term options are over 99% effective with typical use — meaning that over a course of a year more than 99% of women using the method will not become pregnant. This percentage is higher than other methods, due to the fact that there is no possibility for running out of your method or forgetting to take a pill. Finally, long-term contraception provides private methods of birth control. No one can tell you’re using it. There is no packaging or other evidence of use.
