Woman inserts potato in her private as contraceptive

Woman Uses Potato As A
Contraceptive.
Potato as a contraceptive? OMG OMG OMG!!!
The bizarre phenomenon was discovered when
doctors attended a 22-year-old woman
complaining of abdominal pains this week.
The embarrassed young woman explained that
she had been advised by her mother to insert a
potato into her vagina as a means of avoiding
unwanted pregnancy.
“My mom told me that if I didn’t want to get
pregnant, I should put a potato up there, and I
believed her.” the unnamed patient was quoted as
saying by local news website HSB Noticias.
After leaving the potato in place for around 2
weeks she began to experience intense pain in
her lower abdomen. The potato had germinated,
and grown roots inside the lady’s private parts.
When the nurse went to examine the patient, she
originally thought she had been the target of a
practical joke, as she found roots emerging from
the young woman´s vagina.
The offending root vegetable was removed without
need for surgery, and there should be no lasting
physical effects on the young woman.
Carolina Rojas, the attending nurse, pointed the
finger of blame at the woman´s mother for giving
her daughter such bad advice in terms of
contraception methods available.
A recent campaign by Colombia’s Family Welfare
Institute aimed at reducing the high levels of
teenage pregnancy in Colombia stated that young
people’s general rejection of conventional
contraception methods, such as condoms and
contraceptive pills, coupled with a macho society
which often saw girls pressured into having
unsafe sex, contributed to a high level of
unwanted teenage pregnancies.
The fact that a 22 year old women was no naive
as to believe that a potato was an appropriate and
safe method of contraception shows a concerning
lack of education for young people as to the
options available for them when they become
sexually active.
Sexual education became obligatory across
Colombia in the 1990s in the hope that young
people would discuss any queries or concerns
and have a safe place to discuss what was
perceived as a social taboo – talking about
sex. culled