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  • Title: Voices of acceptors. How family planning has touched the lives of five Filipino couples.
    Author: Santos RP.
    Journal: Integration; 1993 Mar; (35):4-5. PubMed ID: 12286378.
    Abstract:
    Five Filipino couples present their experience with family planning (FP). Tomasina Campuso relates that her first exposure to FP was in a high school health class. She then received advice from a health center on the rhythm method and became pregnant before her first wedding anniversary. Two months postpartum she returned to the clinic for oral pills, which caused side effects; she switched to an IUD, which had to be fitted twice before a proper fit was achieved. After the second child, she returned to IUD use. Both parents are happy to have spaced and planned their children. One is currently in preschool and the spacing will make it possible for them to send their first child to college; the second child can be helped through college by the first. Joel and Evelyn Gatdula married as teenagers. Evelyn feels that use of FP has made her look younger in spite of having produced 3 children. Their marriage became stronger because of mutual interest in using FP. Evelyn volunteered to use an IUD after her husband volunteered to use condoms. Evelyn, being a Catholic, expressed that greater guild would be felt if she had more children than she could provide or care for. She talks to friends and family about the advantages of contraception. Loida Bilaoen had a very difficult first pregnancy, was confined to her bed, and relied on intravenous fluids. She was happy to use rhythm, and condoms until the second child was born; thereafter she had a ligation, even though she had two boys. The boys attend a private school and she has returned to nursing school. Violeta was one of 13 children. Her first was born after 5 years of marriage and the second came 6 years later. Initially condoms and rhythm were used; currently she is taking oral pills, which are delivered every other month by an outreach worker. There were some initial side effects of weight loss and then a return of her original weight. She felt that without FP they could not have afforded the luxury of owning modern appliances. Gerry and Divine Cruz, after the birth of twins, chose first an IUD and then vasectomy. The decision meant following their conscience rather than Church doctrine. They hope that their girls will achieve their dreams.
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