Birth Control

Abstinence

Birth Control Implant

Birth Control Patch

Birth Control Pills

Birth Control Shot - Depo-Provera

Birth Control Sponge - Today Sponge

Birth Control Vaginal Ring - NuvaRing

Breastfeeding as Birth Control

Cervical Cap

Condom - male/female

Diaphragm

Fertility Awareness-Based Methods

IUD

Outercourse

Spermicide

Sterilization - tubal ligation/vasectomy

Withdrawal

Morning-After Pill is an option it is not a birth control pill but is Emergency Contraception.

Yes you can.

Yes, but so can pregnancy.

Birth control pills are hormones and will not help you better if you take 4 at one time. You need to take a pill each day for them to work otherwise you are not protected.

Like all medication, when it expires, it becomes less effective (and increases in its ineffectiveness as the time goes on). It's not easy to give a percentage as to how effective compared to non-expired pills, but if using expired birth control is your only option, I would use it with a condom or some other non-hormonal birth control to make sure you don't get pregnant. Otherwise, the likelihood of pregnancy will increase.

A drug test or a Urine test can detect just about anything that is in your system, whether it be legal or illegal. A drug test can detect whether or not you are taking birth control.

It may possibly effect when you will get your period and/or you may experience spotting or breakthrough bleeding. If you only took a half of a pack of birth control pills and discontinued, you are at risk of becoming pregnant.You half to completely finish the pack of pills and take the birth control everyday at the same time in order for the birth control to remain effective.

You will remain protected from pregnancy even through your placebo week, if you take your active birth control pills everyday at the same time(including being on birth control for 2 months.In other words, if you take your birth control everyday at the same time, you will consistently be protected from pregnancy.

This answer comes from my gyno:

The sugar pills are simply "reminder" pills. They are included in the pack so that you can stay on schedule and not have a hard time remembering to take the active pills once you start week 1 for the next month. If it helps you, you can take one sugar pill each day at the same time you would take your normal pill. What I do is simply throw one sugar pill away every day of that 4th week, but i do that at the same time I would take my active pills so that once I begin the active pills again I remember to take them at that time every day (granted, I have a terrible memory!). Whether or not you're actually bleeding is irrelevant.

Yes. When you start taking birth control pills, your menstrual cycle will usually change. It will become lighter and less irregular. But when you start the pill, your menstrual cycle has to get use to the changes, and will start your cycle early because it will now be different because of the birth control pills. Your periods might be irregular the first couple of times after starting the pill

Without using drugs or condoms then you would have to use the withdrawal method, which had a high rate of failure, or have an IUD fitted or a cervical cap fitted.

Yes, as long as it is around the same time on a daily basis. It does not need to be the exact same minute or hour every day. It can still be effective if taken within 3-6 hours of your normal routine.

Generally birth control pills take a month to go into affect, so you should wait at least a month after switching pills.

I stopped taking my birth control in December and in January I came on my period but in february I didnt come is this normal

Then do not have unprotected sex until you start your next pill pack...ON TIME.

If you're using Mirena, the IUD that releases progestin, your period usually will stop, although you may have irregular spotting in the first weeks or months of use. If you're using the copper IUD, your periods will not stop. If your period has been regular since using the IUD, and then stopped, take a pregnancy test.

Yes you can.

Birth control vaccines don't exist, but you can get birth control shots.

Nothing is 100% safe except abstinence. Since we are sexual beings we need the next best thing. As long as you take your pills as directed, you are protected (or safe) from pregnancy 99.5%.

Risks involved with taking BCP include blood clots, stroke, or heart attack. The risk is higher in women 35 or older and women who smoke. Like everything else in this life you must weigh the risks against the benefits. The risks associated with pregnancy are higher than the risk associated with BCP - let alone the risk of pregnancy, before you and your partner are ready to start a family.

No it does not.

You are protected from pregnancy once you have taken 7 pills in 7 days.

The withdrawal bleeding will depend on how your body reacts to the BCP. Some women have no bleeding, others spot continually for their first couple months of taking The Pill, others will have a few days of bleeding when they start taking the inactive pills in their packet.

There are three kinds of birth control: contraception, abortion and sterilisation. New ontraceptives are being introduced all the time but essentially these are the types now available in most countries:

1. Barrier methods - condom, cap or vimule and diaphragm (also known as the Dutch cap)

2. Mechanical - the ordinary IUD, often made of copper and/or plastic

3. Hormonal - the Pill (combined oestrogen & progestogen or progestogen only, also known as the mini-pill), subdermal implants and

4. The Mirena coil or IUS, which is a combination of the IUD and the mini-pill, releasing progestogen (in the form of Levonorgestrol) directly into the uterus for around 5 years

The most reliable forms of birth control are sterilisation by tubal ligation or by spaying (most women choose the former) and the Mirena coil, which has yet to be known to fail. The next most reliable methods are the combined pill (though it would be more reliable if taken continuously rather than on that silly on-off-on-off basis) and a combination of the mini-pill and the condom, which would also protect you against STIs or the mini-pill plus the vimule or the diaphragm.

On top of this, there are also some anti-oestrogenic drugs such as Tamoxifen and Megace (megestrol acetate) that are not licensed as contraceptives but would certainly render a woman infertile. Megestrol acetate is widely used by vets under the trade name Ovarid.

The most popular method of birth control in the UK for people over the age of 35 is sterilisation by tubal ligation.

Strictly speaking, the very first bite will interfere. As for the amount you have to eat before the level of interference reaches a point where the medication fails, well, that depends on a whole lot of factors. Play it safe and boycott grapefruit during the middle of your cycle.

No Progyluton is not a method of Birth Control... It does not prevent ovulation like other oral contraceptive pills. Progyluton is used mainly to regulate female hormonal imbalances.

The Merina and other hormone secreting IUD's can have some symptoms of early pregnancy, if your period is 7 days late call your doctor.