Reproductive life planning is an essential component in family planning. It helps to identify the personal goals of having children or to not have children. Furthermore, the plan can provide confidence in women regarding the preparation needed prior to getting pregnant. According to studies unplanned pregnancies in the US is 50% (Coffey, K. & Shorten, A. 2012). The challenge is how can the public be educated on reproductive life planning and how can men and women participate. Goals may be different in every women but how to achieve those goals is another thing. Even though statistic shows that percentage of unintended pregnancies are low among College Graduates, (Finer, L. & Zolan, M. 2016) having the right plan can give them a sense of prioritization and perspective. (Horton, M. 2014) Being a college graduate, most of them would think to have a career first before family or getting married. Which is also why the reproductive life
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What are your future plans for your career?
Do you want to focus on having a family first or to be on top of your career?
What age do you plan on starting your family?
What method are you planning to use for birth control, if you plan to focus on your career first?
Do you have any family history or comorbidities and in what ways to you plan to stay healthy while waiting to have children?
How many children do you wish to have, and how close together do you want to have them?
Conclusion
Studies shows that young adults focus more on careers and goals, which means that Reproductive life planning is not a priority. (Kransdorf, L., Raghu, T., Kling, J., David, P., Vegunta, S., Knatz, J., Markus A., Frey, K., Chang, Y., Mayer, A., & Files, J. 2015) I do believe that with Reproductive life planning along with the reproductive healthcare, College graduates would be able to design a specific plan that suits their needs. (Foster, D., Biggs, A., Ralph, L., Arons, A., & Brindis Claire.
What are your future plans for your career?
Do you want to focus on having a family first or to be on top of your career?
What age do you plan on starting your family?
What method are you planning to use for birth control, if you plan to focus on your career first?
Do you have any family history or comorbidities and in what ways to you plan to stay healthy while waiting to have children?
How many children do you wish to have, and how close together do you want to have them?
Conclusion
Studies shows that young adults focus more on careers and goals, which means that Reproductive life planning is not a priority. (Kransdorf, L., Raghu, T., Kling, J., David, P., Vegunta, S., Knatz, J., Markus A., Frey, K., Chang, Y., Mayer, A., & Files, J. 2015) I do believe that with Reproductive life planning along with the reproductive healthcare, College graduates would be able to design a specific plan that suits their needs. (Foster, D., Biggs, A., Ralph, L., Arons, A., & Brindis Claire.