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August 17th 2010

Getting Birth Control Over-the-Counter

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August 16th 2010

Getting Prescription Birth Control

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July 30th 2010

Getting the Snip – Should It Be Me Or My Partner?

- Provider Perspective

Done having kids or sure you never want any? If you answer yes, you might be thinking about permanent birth control, also called sterilization. Sterilization can be done for women or men. For women, it is often called “getting your tubes tied” or “tubal ligation.” For men, it is called a vasectomy. Sterilization is a very common type of birth control. In fact, in the United States, sterilization is the most common form of birth control, with 37% of couples using it [1].

If you’re thinking about sterilization, how do you decide who gets it done—you or your partner? To make this decision, you can both consider the safety, effectiveness, reversibility, and cost of each method.

7.26.10

I Can't Get Pregnant - Oh Wait, I Can!

Think because you smoke weed, had an abortion, or haven't gotten pregnant or gotten someone pregnant yet, you're infertile? Think again...

Laura Sessions Stepp talks to students at Montgomery College in Maryland--and to a professor at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta--about common fertility myths and misconceptions. [11 min 09 sec]

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March 26th 2010

Infertility: Birth control=Rubber, STIs=Glue

- Provider Perspective

Women under 30 years old are incredibly fertile – their ability to get pregnant is at its peak. In the U.S., about three in four sexually active women under 30 are using some type of birth control. But many of them ask me, does using birth control now hurt my chances of getting pregnant in the future? Sigh of relief: it does not.

All reversible birth control methods will help prevent pregnancy while you’re using them, but none have long-lasting effects on your ability to get pregnant when you stop. That’s why women who use the Pill but accidentally forget to take it for a few days can get pregnant that month.

February 26th 2010

Womb Service — Is It Really Okay to Skip Periods?

- Provider Perspective

A number of birth control methods hold the promise of lighter periods, fewer periods, or none at all, namely the Mirena intrauterine device, the Depo Provera shot, the single-rod implant Implanon, or continuous use of the pill or NuvaRing. To some of us, the idea of effective contraception and no periods sounds like menstrual nirvana. But for others there is a niggling worry: is it really okay to skip periods?