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Califronia CyroBank Reproductive Tissues Services
Our Locations:
Odessa Office
703 North Hancock
Odessa, TX 79761
(432)580-4500
Midland Office
3421 Caldera Blvd.
Midland, TX 79705
(432)620-8585

your future is important

Having sex can change your life and others lives in powerful ways. Research has shown a women can get pregnant even if:

  • The Ring
  • Natural Family Planning
  • Depo Provera
  • The Patch
  • Birth Control Pills
  • Intra-Uterine Device
The Ring (estrogen and Progestin): Hormones are released from the ring to prevent pregnancy
How it is used
  • Special classes teach women and couples to notice and keep record of certain body signs such as temperature, vaginal mucus, and menstrual periods so they will know when they are fertile.
  • Avoid sex during fertile time.
Benefits
  • Teaches about the female body and how to plan a pregnancy.
  • Will know more about how to get pregnant when ready.
  • No medications or side effects.
  • Woman may be more likely to notice if she has a vaginal infection.
Problems or Disadvantages
  • No protection against STDs and HIV/AIDS.
  • Must avoid sex during fertile time.
  • if one uses vaginal products or have vaginal infection, has irregular menstrual periods, illness, changes in routine, or lack of sleep, it may be hard to tell when you are fertile..
  • Partner must cooperate.
Natural Family Planning: Women learn to recognize their fertile time (when they can get pregnant) and avoid having sex during that time.
How it is used
  • Special classes teach women and couples to notice and keep record of certain body signs such as temperature, vaginal mucus, and menstrual periods so they will know when they are fertile.
  • Avoid sex during fertile time.
Benefits
  • Teaches about the female body and how to plan a pregnancy.
  • Will know more about how to get pregnant when ready.
  • No medications or side effects.
  • Woman may be more likely to notice if she has a vaginal infection.
Problems or Disadvantages
  • No protection against STDs and HIV/AIDS.
  • Must avoid sex during fertile time.
  • If use vaginal products or have vaginal infection, irregular menstrual periods, illness, change the routine, or lack of sleep, it may be hard to tell when you are fertile.
  • Partner must cooperate.
With typical use, 25 out of 100 women get pregnant in a year while practicing the natural family planning method. Works best when sex only happens after ovulation.
The Ring (estrogen and Progestin): Hormones are released from the ring to prevent pregnancy
How it is used
  • Special classes teach women and couples to notice and keep record of certain body signs such as temperature, vaginal mucus, and menstrual periods so they will know when they are fertile.
  • Avoid sex during fertile time.
Benefits
  • Teaches about the female body and how to plan a pregnancy.
  • Will know more about how to get pregnant when ready.
  • No medications or side effects.
  • Woman may be more likely to notice if she has a vaginal infection.
Problems or Disadvantages
  • No protection against STDs and HIV/AIDS.
  • Must avoid sex during fertile time.
  • if one uses vaginal products or have vaginal infection, has irregular menstrual periods, illness, changes in routine, or lack of sleep, it may be hard to tell when you are fertile..
  • Partner must cooperate.
The Ring (estrogen and Progestin): Hormones are released from the ring to prevent pregnancy
How it is used
  • Special classes teach women and couples to notice and keep record of certain body signs such as temperature, vaginal mucus, and menstrual periods so they will know when they are fertile.
  • Avoid sex during fertile time.
Benefits
  • Teaches about the female body and how to plan a pregnancy.
  • Will know more about how to get pregnant when ready.
  • No medications or side effects.
  • Woman may be more likely to notice if she has a vaginal infection.
Problems or Disadvantages
  • No protection against STDs and HIV/AIDS.
  • Must avoid sex during fertile time.
  • if one uses vaginal products or have vaginal infection, has irregular menstrual periods, illness, changes in routine, or lack of sleep, it may be hard to tell when you are fertile..
  • Partner must cooperate.
The Ring (estrogen and Progestin): Hormones are released from the ring to prevent pregnancy
How it is used
  • Special classes teach women and couples to notice and keep record of certain body signs such as temperature, vaginal mucus, and menstrual periods so they will know when they are fertile.
  • Avoid sex during fertile time.
Benefits
  • Teaches about the female body and how to plan a pregnancy.
  • Will know more about how to get pregnant when ready.
  • No medications or side effects.
  • Woman may be more likely to notice if she has a vaginal infection.
Problems or Disadvantages
  • No protection against STDs and HIV/AIDS.
  • Must avoid sex during fertile time.
  • if one uses vaginal products or have vaginal infection, has irregular menstrual periods, illness, changes in routine, or lack of sleep, it may be hard to tell when you are fertile..
  • Partner must cooperate.
The Ring (estrogen and Progestin): Hormones are released from the ring to prevent pregnancy
How it is used
  • Special classes teach women and couples to notice and keep record of certain body signs such as temperature, vaginal mucus, and menstrual periods so they will know when they are fertile.
  • Avoid sex during fertile time.
Benefits
  • Teaches about the female body and how to plan a pregnancy.
  • Will know more about how to get pregnant when ready.
  • No medications or side effects.
  • Woman may be more likely to notice if she has a vaginal infection.
Problems or Disadvantages
  • No protection against STDs and HIV/AIDS.
  • Must avoid sex during fertile time.
  • if one uses vaginal products or have vaginal infection, has irregular menstrual periods, illness, changes in routine, or lack of sleep, it may be hard to tell when you are fertile..
  • Partner must cooperate.
stds

STDs affect millions of americans each year. They can have serious effects. This is especially true for women, who often don't have early signs of STDs. Many STDs may have no signs at all. An infected person may look and feel healthy and still pass an STD to you!

ask for std testing STDs are diseases that can be spread through vaginal anal or oral contact. Some STDs can also spread by other types of contact for example, from skin-to-skin contact with infected sores, contact with blood or body fluids, or by sharing needles or syringes.

A person can get an STD or HIV even if:

Know your partner. Stay faithful to one sex partner who:

Some people may not be truthful about, or remember, their past. You and your partner should get tested for STDs to be 100% sure.Use male latex condoms if you decide to have sex.

Condoms aren't 100% effective, but they can help protect against HIV and other STDs. Although, some STD's, can be caused by contact with infected areas not covered by a condom. Be sure to use a new latex condom properly for each act of vaginal, anal or oral sex. Remember, you can get STDs (including HIV) from anal and oral sex, too. If you cannot use a male latex condom, find out about polyurethane condoms for women, or polyurethane or synthetic latex condoms for men.

  • Gonorrhea
  • Syphilis
  • Genital herpes
    no cure
  • Chlamydia
    no cure
  • HIV
    no cure
  • Hepatitis B
    no cure
  • Trichomoniasis
  • Genital Warts (HPV)
    no cure
Gonorrhea  
Possible Signs Possible Results Treatments

About 2-10 days after infection:

  • discharge from penis, vagina or rectum
  • Painful difficult urination
  • in women, abdominal pain, bleeding between periods.
  • Most men who are infected have some symptoms. But in women, the symptoms may be mild or never appear.
  • damage to joints, heart, brain
  • infertility
  • in women, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), causing problems with pregnancy
 Cured with antibiotics, but damage can be permanent.
Syphilis  
Possible Signs Possible Results Treatments

About 2-7 weeks after infection, painless sores on or near genitals, anus or mouth; goes away.

About 3-6 weeks (or more) after sore appears, rash on hands, feet or other body parts; may come and go over 1-2 years.

SYmptoms may be mild or never appear, and may also be flu-like.

 
  • Damage to heart
  • Blindness
  • Mental illness
  • death
 Cured with antibiotics, but damage can be permanent.
Genital herpes No Cure
Possible Signs Possible Results Treatments

Within about 2 weeks after infection:

  • itching, burning, pain in legs, buttocks or genital area.
  • vaginal discharge
  • pressure in abdomen
  • Small red bumps, blisters or sores that crust over and heal in days.

Many people infected with genital herpes have no symptoms. If symptoms do appear, they may be mild or flu- like.

 

Recurring outbreaks throughout life.

 Medication can help reduce symptoms.
Chlamydia No Cure
Possible Signs Possible Results Treatments

About 1-3 weeks after infection:

  • burning sensation when urinating
  • discharge from penis or vagina.

Most people infected with genital herpes have no symptoms. If symptoms do appear, they may be mild or flu-like.
  • In women, PID
  • infertility
 Cured with antibiotics
HIV No Cure
Possible Signs Possible Results Treatments

About 1-2 months after infection, a person may have flu-like symptoms that soon disappear. Years later, these symptoms may appear:

  • swollen glands
  • fatigue
  • night sweats
  • hard to treat oral or vaginal yeast infections
  • diarrhea

These symptoms in a person with HIV usaully mean he or she is beginning to develop AIDS.
  • AIDS-the body's inability to fight off infections and cancers
  • death
 there is no vaccine to help prevent it.
Hepatitis B No Cure
Possible Signs Possible Results Treatments

About 4 weeks or more after infection:

  • fatigue
  • loss of appetite
  • diasshea, nausea
  • dark, foamy urine; pale feces
  • abdominal pain
  • yellowing of skin, white of eyes
  • joint pain

Symptoms may be mild or never appear, and may also be flu-like.
  • lifelong infection
  • possibly fatal liver problems, including cancer
  • immune system problems
 treatment can help. Most recover, but some stay infected for life.
Trichomoniasis  
Possible Signs Possible Results Treatments

About 1-2 weeks or more after infection:

  • discharge from vagina
  • itching, sweeling or redness in vagina
  • pain during sex
  • burning urination
Men rarely have symptoms. In women, symptoms may be mild or never appear.

problems during pregnancy, including premature breaking of waters and premature delivery.

 Cured with antibiotics
Genital warts (HPV) No Cure
Possible Signs Possible Results Treatments

About 3 months or more after infection, small, hard, painless bumps may appear inside or around vagina, penis or anus, or in the mouth. Bumps can develop tops like cauliflower.

Many people infected with HPV have no symptoms. If symptoms do appear, they may be mild.
  • Difficulty in childbirth
  • increase risk for genital cancers
 there is a vaccine that helps protect against some of the most common types of HPV. Ask your health-care provider if its right for you-or any of your children. Also, warts can be treated.