ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that about a third of the mothers' pregnancies were unintended. Any plan to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies clearly needs not only to encourage more people to use some method of contraception but also to help those already attempting some form of birth control to become more effective contraceptors. Nearly two-thirds of the pregnancies attributed to the sheath occurred, according to the mothers, because it was not always used. For mothers with large families this may well be the most effective and acceptable way of preventing unwanted pregnancies. There was an interval of less than eighteen months between 29 per cent of pregnancies but only 13 per cent of mothers wanted such a short interval before their next baby. Many women probably have mixed feelings about future pregnancies and others may feel they do not want any more children, but if they become pregnant they soon adapt and accept this.
