The need to prevent has been recognizes since the begining of history. What has characterized the modern are has been called the "democratization of birth control". That is, the adoption of Family Planing practice by large segments of the population. The impacts for the extension of family planing has developed because of an increases awareness of and individual and the consequences of high rate of population growth. The main aim of family planning is to improve the quality of life. A growing interest in the quality of case has led to an increased demand for and acceptabilty of Family Planning practices in the last decate.


Choosing a Contraceptive:-
Clients are seen at different stages of their reproductive life cycle. They may be either delayers, spaces or limites. Delayes are those who wish to delay their first pregnancy. Spaces are those who are building a family and wish to space the birth of their children. Limites are those who have acheived their desired family size and do not wish to have any more children.

The needs of each of these groups are differnet. Thus spaces may be more willing to accept a method with a slightly higher failure rate while delayers and limites may feel a greates need to use a highly effective method. Delayers will also wish to choose a method that is unlikely to impair their futhure fertility whereas this factor will not be of so much concern to limites.


Contraceptive Counselling:-
Clients will be inclined to take into consideration the ways in which use of a method is likely to affect their personal and social behaivour. Hence the provider should help each client to macth his or her own family planning needs and preferences to a safe and appropriate method. This is done by a two way process of communication which involves an exchange of information and ideas, discussion and deliberation. Thus the client is provided with contraceptive counselling which helps him or her to make an informed free choice of a contraceptive methods, learn about their method of choice, over come anxieties and make adaquate decisions if problems occur.