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Birth Control for Women over 30
Just like there are appropriate fashions for women of different ages, and targeted skincare for women in specific age groups, why not contraception that fits your age and lifestyle needs? Depending on whether you have already had kids and still plan to have more, or you're done with pregnancies, or you're clear that you don't want to ever get pregnant - there's a choice of birth control that's a good fit for your circumstance....especially if you fall in the 30 plus age group.
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Expert & Community Posts
Emergency contraception: How much do you know about the morning after pill?
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...It should not be used as a substitute for regular birth control, but can be used after... Read more »
I don't want to get pregnant...What are my birth control options?
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...pregnant in the first place? It all begins with birth control options and which one fits your... Read more »
The Pill
By Amy Hendel , Health ExpertWhen we talk about hormone methods of birth control we are primarily referring to a pill form of... Read more »
Your Guide To Choosing Birth Control
By Amy Hendel , Health ExpertYou are off to the doctor to discuss birth control, and depending on your age, your health and... Read more »
Birth Control Side Effects Guide
By Amy Hendel , Health ExpertThere are a variety of choices when it comes to birth control. One type of birth control is the... Read more »
Health Guide
What You Need to Know About Birth Control
...evenly divided between intended and unintended (no contraception or failed contraception). If no birth control is used, there is a 25% chance that intercourse will result in a pregnancy. So if... Read more »The Morning After Pill
...that the morning after pill -- or emergency contraception -- works exactly the same way as the daily birth control pill. There is really no difference whatsoever. The morning after pill is... Read more »Oops, I think I'm Pregnant!
...that was printed on the box of the contraceptive of your choice. Some of you even used two methods of birth control, but it still happened -- you got pregnant -- or so you think. Now your period's... Read more »Pregnancy Myths
...first period until one year after periods stop. It is possible to prevent pregnancy with natural birth control and there is only one sure method of doing so. This is called abstinence. All... Read more »Emergency contraception
Emergency contraception is a method of birth control that can be used within 3 days of sexual intercourse. Alternative Names Morning-after pill; Postcoital contraception;... Read more »Images
Medications
...womb (implantation). Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills have been shown to help... Read more »
...womb (implantation). Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills have been shown to help... Read more »
...womb (implantation). Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills have been shown to help... Read more »
...can decrease the effectiveness of combination-type birth control by decreasing the amount of... Read more »
...can decrease the effectiveness of combination-type birth control by decreasing the amount of... Read more »
Related News
Birth Control for Brain Injuries?
May 09, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A common ingredient in birth control pills may do more than prevent pregnancy it could also help prevent brain damage after a... Read summary »
Some British clinics to offer contraceptive pill without prescription
December 16, 2008Under a new controversial pilot program, some pharmacies in the United Kingdom will begin offering birth control pills without a prescription in... Read summary »
Study: Doctors not communicating risk of birth defects
October 03, 2008Physicians are not adequately advising women about medications that might be risky during pregnancy, according to a new study. More than half of the... Read summary »
Many teens don't keep virginity pledges: study
December 30, 2008According to new research, teens who take virginity pledges are just as likely to have sex as teens who don't make such promises, and they are less... Read summary »
How Gestational Diabetes Develops
May 02, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- We may finally know why five-percent of women develop diabetes while they are pregnant. New research from the Stanford... Read summary »
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