Planning pregnancy and having safe sex
Updated: 30 September 2022

Manuela Leporesi
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Tips and information
- Get the best information on how to prevent pregnancy and have safe sex
- Find out how and where to get different methods of contraception
- Decide on a method of contraception you prefer to use to prevent pregnancy
- Use condoms to prevent pregnancy and infections that can be passed on through sex
- Wait at least 2 years after childbirth before becoming pregnant, for the health of the mother and baby
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