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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Taking Birth Control While Pregnant

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Birth Control for Women over 30

By Amy Hendel Health Expert

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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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 »
5 Myths About Sex & Pregnancy
...children just before intentionally soiling tons of bed linens. The high failure rate of this most messy of birth control methods is due to the lubricating presence of pre-ejaculate fluid, which... Read more »

Medications

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...womb (implantation). Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills have been shown to help... Read more »

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...womb (implantation). Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills have been shown to help... Read more »

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...womb (implantation). Besides preventing pregnancy, birth control pills have been shown to help... Read more »

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...can decrease the effectiveness of combination-type birth control by decreasing the amount of... Read more »

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...can decrease the effectiveness of combination-type birth control by decreasing the amount of... Read more »

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