**6. Women's expectations from a contraceptive method**

After having experienced a pregnancy and birthing experience—either vaginal or abdominal—most women would personally prefer to defer any subsequent pregnancy. Whether she can avail of any contraceptive method or not is another issue, which contributes to the proportion of women who have an unmet need for contraception in the postpartum and subsequent period when she resumes coital relations. During this phase of her life, the expectations of women from any contraception, which she would like to use include the following:


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*Positive attributes of PPIUCD as a contraceptive.*

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