After childbirth a contraceptive choice must be made as few women will want to risk another pregnancy immediately. As always, that choice will rest on the balance between what is medically appropriate and the emotional factors involved.
The experience of childbirth exerts profound changes, both physically and mentally. The doctor providing contraceptive care is in a unique position to observe these changes, which in most cases will be part of a healthy maturational process but which may have an important effect on the choice of contraceptive method and its efficient use.
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