If you intend to breastfeed, use birth control that doesn’t contain the hormone estrogen. Condoms can be used as soon as you start having intercourse again. If you are having problems with vaginal dryness (which is normal due to your changing hormones), use a lubricated condom or extra lubricant.  Female condoms can also be used when you’re ready to be sexually active again. If you used a diaphragm in the past, you know that they are fitted specifically to your body. Now that your body has changed and the size of your cervix has changed, you need a new diaphragm. You can get refitted at your first postpartum checkup. You should still be refitted even if you delivered by Caesarean section (C-section). Like a diaphragm, a cervical cap has to be refitted to your cervix. Cervical caps aren’t as effective at preventing pregnancy after birth as condoms or diaphragms – they have about a 60% success rate. Consider using a backup method if you choose to use a cervical cap. An IUD, or intrauterine device, can be an especially good birth control method after you have a baby. IUDs have to be inserted into your uterus and removed by a doctor. It’s a quick procedure that can be done any time after delivery. You can choose an IUD that also releases hormones, or one that is “barrier only” (hormone-free).  Hormone-releasing IUDs have to be changed every year. Non-hormone IUDs can stay in place for up to a decade, but may cause heavier menstrual bleeding and cramping.
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One-sentence summary -- Use condoms. Get a new diaphragm. Be refitted for a cervical cap. Choose an IUD.


Add a slanted rectangle on each side.  Also add a trapezoid and an oval (these will become the tail). Begin drawing an outline around the shapes. Add facial features and other important details.
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One-sentence summary -- Draw an oval on top of a vertical line. Draw a triangle around the vertical line. Draw four ovals—two at the bottom of the image and two to mark the eyes. Add two rectangles at the bottom for feet. Draw another oval on top of the tail. Finish outlining. Erase unnecessary guidelines. Color the drawing, using a lot of orange.


Confidence comes from having a well developed sense of self and a grounded sense of stability. In specific terms this means not bragging about your successes and being unwavering in your commitment to overcome personal fears and obstacles:  Accept yourself. You do not owe explanations for who you are and how you behave in the world. People will not acknowledge you if you have not already learned to accept yourself. This means that you have faced your dark emotions and thoughts, have processed them, reached your own conclusions and have a purpose and ambitious path in life. Ambitious can mean different things for different people, but women admire guys who know where they are going and actively work each day to move closer to what they want. Confidence and arrogance are two different things. Confidence is inner strength, while arrogance is an outer display of overconfidence and an unhealthy obsession with an individual's persona. The arrogant man spends all his energy persuading others that he is always right and can do no wrong. The confident man does not involve himself in such behavior. He knows he is not perfect. You have to want to keep yourself clean and your body lean. Outside influences cannot do this for you. Change and sexual power comes from within. The sexiest thing a guy can do is to understand what he wants, who he is, and where he currently stands in relation to where he wants to be. Next, work hard to get there.
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One-sentence summary -- Have confidence in yourself and your manliness. Be the sexiest version of yourself.


For this method, which is how many armed forces lace boots, you can use the laces that came with your boots, or ones of the same length.  If you have an even number of eyelet pairs, you will start by threading the lace through the bottom eyelets from the inside and pulling the laces out. If you have an odd number of eyelet pairs, you will begin by threading the lace straight across the bottom eyelets from the outside in. Start with one end of your laces and run it diagonally through the inside of the next eyelet. For the second pair of eyelets closest to the bottom, you will lace the same way you did for the criss-cross lacing. Repeat with the other end of your laces.  Be sure that your diagonal lace runs under your horizontal lace at the bottom, not on top of it. your laces should now have one criss-cross and be on the outside of your boot. On each side of your boot, you will now take the lace and run it directly through the eyelet directly above. Do this for both laces.  Run your laces through the next eyelet by going outside in. You will now have one horizontal portion of your laces at the bottom eyelet, one criss-cross above it, and two eyelets with your laces running vertically through both. Your laces should be on the inside of your boot now. Alternate threading your laces diagonally and the over the top vertically. Keep the order in which you thread your laces consistent. If you always go right over left, do that for every diagonal lace, and vice-versa if you start left over right. You will end up with your laces on the inside of your boot. Here you can tie a bow like normal, or tuck the laces inside your boots if you want a cleaner look. If you have enough length, you can also wrap your laces around your boot and tie a knot in the front, tucking it behind the tongue.
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Grab your laces. Begin lacing your boots. Run your laces vertically through the next eyelet. Repeat the diagonal and vertical lacing methods until you reach the top. Tie your laces in a bow, or tuck the ends in.