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What Do You Use For Birth Control?
It might seem like I have sex birth control on the brain. Last week I asked you about your experience or lack thereof with the female condom. Although it's most often talked about in intimate settings, birth control is in the news.
New Birth Control Pill Means NO PERIOD!!!
See ya Aunt Flo. Adios cramps! Sayonara uncontrollable mood swings and chocolate cravings!
Chewable Birth Control Pill, Is This For Real?
Always forget to take your birth control pill? Or maybe you're one of those people who just can't swallow a pill?
Introducing Femcon Fe ($44 wholesale but who knows how much the pharmacies will actually sell it for), which is an option for women who would rather chew their birth control.
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Are Occasional Breaks From the Pill Necessary?
Almost every woman I know has been on the pill at some point in her life, and many of us started when we were under 20 years old. It has many health benefits, such as preventing unwanted pregnancies, decreasing the risk of ovarian cancer, and alleviating PMS symptoms. The one big negative about the pill is that statistics show being on it for longer than 10 years puts you at a higher risk for breast cancer.
Myths on the Pill Debunked
Do you take "the pill?" If so, you're not alone. However, despite the overwhelming number of women on the pill right now, there are still some serious myths floating around out there, giving the pill a very bad rep.
Reduce Your Flow
The commercial for Seasonale, a birth control pill, raves about getting only 4 periods a year. So what's the deal? Is that safe?
Birth control pills overdose
Overview- Definition
- Poisonous Ingredient
- Where Found
- Symptoms
- Home Treatment
- Before Calling Emergency
- Poison Control, or a local emergency number
- What to expect at the emergency room
- Expectations (prognosis)
- Ethynodiol diacetate and ethinyl estradiol
- Ethynodiol diacetate and mestranol
- Levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol
- Norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol
- Norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol
- Mestranol and norethindrone
- Mestranol and norethynodrel
- Norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol
- Norethindrone
- Norgestrel
Birth control pill - series
Back Overview- Normal female anatomy
- FSH and LH from pituitary gland
- Release of estrogen
- Release of LH
- Birth control pill
- Progestin in pill
Birth control pill - series
Back HEALTH GUIDE REFERENCE FROM A.D.A.M The internal female reproductive organs include the uterus, ovaries, cervix, and vagina. These organs are necessary to produce a successful pregnancy. To prevent pregnancy, birth control pills affect how these organs normally function.Mirena: Birth Control For Up to 5 Years
The Mirena is a type of IUD, that is placed inside your uterus (by a doctor or nurse practitioner) to prevent pregnancy for up to 5 years. It's a T-shaped piece of plastic that emits hormones into your uterus directly, so it is considered an IUC (intrauterine contraceptive) or an IUS (intrauterine system). The hormones stay in the uterus and are not systemic, meaning they do not go to other parts of your body.
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