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The best form of birth control is the form that she will be able to take consistently and correctly every time. Each type of birth control (hormonal contraceptive) has different amounts of hormone, and will be adjusted according to your daughter's needs.

Many young woman begin birth control at age 16, so even though it seems like she is really young, medically-speaking, her age alone will not affect the type of birth control she uses within the range of the pill, depo provera shot or vaginal ring.

The type/form of birth control she chooses can be based on this criteria:
1. Effectiveness (read: Planned Parenthood Birth Control Effectiveness Chart
2. What she will be consistent with and use correctly.
-- If she chooses "the pill", is she willing/able to take one pill every day, 365 days/year, at the same time of day/night? Does she understand the instructions if she misses a pill (which every woman/girl does).
-- If she chooses "the shot" (Depo Provera shot), is she able to get to the doctor's office very 3 months for her next shot?
--If she chooses "the ring" (Nuvaring), is she OK with inserting the ring into her vagina once/week?

Other forms of birth control, such as the patch and IUD, I assume would not be recommended to her.

There are many, many different types and brands of hormonal contraceptive, especially the pill, so if she has too many side effects on one type of pill, be sure she communicates this with you and/or her doctor so she can try a different brand.

Does this help? Please let us know if you have any other questions, or would like more detailed information...I'm happy to talk about this more in-depth!

March 21, 2010 - 7:42pm

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