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  • How to Use NuvaRing for Birth Control?
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    How to Use NuvaRing for Birth Control?
    Before learning the process of using NuvaRing, let us know what a NuvaRing actually is. It is a petite vaginal ring that can be easily inserted and removed. Positioning the NuvaRing exactly is not essential for enjoying its birth control effects. Once the ring gets inserted into the vagina of a woman, it molds according to the requirements of her body and manages to remain in place. However, in some cases NuvaRing might get expelled accidentally; for instance during removal of tampon, due to strain induced by bowel movement or during intercourse. Below, we have discussed the steps of using NuvaRing: Wash your hands well and dry it using a clean towel. Now, take out the NuvaRing from the pouch. Hold the ring, between the index-finger and thumb  [...]
    Posted at October 10th, 2011 in Birth Control
  • What Are the Effects of Missing Contraceptive Pills?
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    What Are the Effects of Missing Contraceptive Pills?
    The common effects of missing birth control pills include the following: Spotting: Missing a contraceptive pill means you are missing the dosage of a particular quantity of hormones. A woman missing doses of her contraceptive pill (this is more evident in case of who has missed more than 1 pill) is likely to experience light spotting. The term spotting medically refers to the abnormal bleeding that occurs between periods. A woman is also susceptible towards experiencing spotting even if she had made up her missed contraceptive pill. Light bleeding or spotting is a normal sign of missed contraceptive pill and generally stops within 1 or 2 days. Nausea: On missing a dosage of contraceptive pill, women often are advised to make up her missed pill  [...]
    Posted at September 19th, 2011 in Birth Control
  • Obesity in Women – No effect on Birth Control Pill Effectiveness
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    Obesity in Women – No effect on Birth Control Pill Effectiveness
    Study investigators have uncovered that till the time oral birth control pills are used with consistency, overweight or obese women have the analogous risk of getting pregnant similar to their normally weighing counterparts. During a RCT (randomized controlled study), ovulation deterrence was ‘sizeable and equivalent’ amongst those who consistently used contraceptive pills, irrespective of how much they weighed, as per information provided by the researchers from the Columbia Univ. College of Physicians and Surgeons. Doctor Carolyn Westhoff along with study associates disputed this outcome in the latest edition of the journal ‘Obstetrics & Gynaecology’ which would finally put to rest apprehensions about oral birth control pills being  [...]
    Posted at August 23rd, 2010 in Birth Control, Health News
  • A Lucid Guide to Plan B Emergency Contraception
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    A Lucid Guide to Plan B Emergency Contraception
    In a number of unanticipated scenarios, birth control simply falls short and one would require some in-the-purse back-up option for preventing conception. Here is an elaboration about emergency contraceptive options namely Next Choice and Plan B. Emergency Contraception Emergency contraceptive pills or ECP are not designed for regular use birth control. ECP is used for preventing pregnancy followed unprotected sexual intercourse – when regular birth control methods have failed or no contraceptive method was employed. The Food and Drug Administration  (FDA) has given its consent to duo emergency contraceptive pill brands with progestin levonorgestrel present as the common constituent in them- Plan B One-Step and an under-production generic  [...]
    Posted at May 6th, 2010 in Birth Control
  • Periods-Punctuating Lybrel Combination Birth Control Pills – Pros and Cons
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    Periods-Punctuating Lybrel Combination Birth Control Pills – Pros and Cons
    Lybrel is a type of combination birth control pills intended on supplying an active daily hormones dosage totally putting a halt to a woman’s menses for a year’s time. It is an extended-cycle, orally taken birth control pills containing small dosages of ethinyl estradiol (twenty micrograms) and levonorgestrel (ninety micrograms) intended for year-long usage without a pill-less time interval. Lybrel garnered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in 2007 and functions in analogous manner to other available combination birth control pills by averting ovulation from taking place. Pros and Cons of Lybrel: Lybrel receiving the FDA acceptance is wistful of the choices of the U.S. populace. A nationwide survey showed that sixty percent  [...]
    Posted at April 1st, 2010 in Birth Control
  • Least Effective Birth Control Methods
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    Least Effective Birth Control Methods
    A number of couples look for ways of avoiding pregnancy that in several instances have the least efficacy or are absolutely non-meritorious. Several birth control methods, for instance practising abstinence or contraceptive pills are widely effectual. However the below mentioned birth control methods are bound to incur high failure rates. Douching Douching is done by many women in an erroneous attempt at washing out the sperms from the vagina. They use vaginal douches soon following vaginal sexual intercourse confident that it would aid in preventing conception. But, converse to this thought process, douching might in fact be pushing the sperms deep within the uterus, thus promoting pregnancy as against thwarting it. Vaginal douche must not  [...]
    Posted at March 25th, 2010 in Birth Control
  • POP – Making Smart Contraceptive Choices
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    POP – Making Smart Contraceptive Choices
    The POP or progestin-only pill or minipill is a form of birth control pill with no estrogen and intended for use among women that breastfeed. Estrogen is believed to lower the amount of milk being produced. POP is also intended for those women having medical conditions in which case estrogen intake is contraindicated. For instance, women having a past case of blood clots should not be taking estrogen. POPs function in the following ways: They obstruct the production of one of the ovulation-inducing hormones. These pills thicken the mucus lining in the cervix to stop sperm entry to the egg. They bring about changes in the uterine lining making it increasingly inhospitable for implantation of a fertilized egg. POPs are available in twenty-eight-day  [...]
    Posted at January 13th, 2010 in Birth Control
  • Forgotten Taking The Pill? – Ways To Salvage The Situation
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    Forgotten Taking The Pill? – Ways To Salvage The Situation
    In spite of the market being flooded with an array of birth control means like the Intrauterine device, skin patches, shots and female condoms, yet the pill still garners the topmost rank as the most preferred kind of birth control. With an approximate twelve million women in the United States and about one hundred million women globally who are on birth control pills, the birth control pill is a widely preferred choice in females of the younger age groups. The birth control pills presently in the market have a significantly lesser dosage of estrogen as compared to what versions were previously available. This translates to the fact that lesser side effects are experienced though the level of efficacy is still quite high. By regrettably, women  [...]
    Posted at December 21st, 2009 in Birth Control