Birth Control

Woman who have been through menopause will not fall pregnant, but should still use barrier contraceptives for HIV control.

Women still in menopause are most unlikely to fall pregnant, but should still use barrier contraception for HIV control.

If they don't want to use barriers, non hormonal contraception is best. Spermicidal gels and foams are easy to use and given the lowered fertility, most effective.

You could seriously hurt yourself. Have your ob/gyn do it.

to all the girls out there that are having isuess with you IUD like i was. You can remove it at home. This is how i did it.. I layed down on the bathroom floor had my boyfriend use his middle and index fingers to locate the strings. Gently pull on the strings ( it may take awhile for him to get ahold of them or with a couple of tries.) but then he finally felt the tip of it grab ahold of it and slowly pulled. The next thing i knew it was out. Afterward i had a little cramping and i little lite spotting but trust me it was worth it. I was worried and scared but just relax and breath and trust me it will be just fine.

I wouldn't try it, I have been told(I also have one) that it does hurt when removed because the "wings" have opened inside. So it would be like pulling it out and they must go up, so to speak. It is hard you must also find the string to pull.

Yes you can! I removed mine just Friday (and started my normal period on Sunday). It didn't hurt like it did having it put in, however, it was uncomfortable, and you do have to be careful trying to pull it down. It is hard to grasp, but certainly not impossible. I was tired of all the side effects, so I removed mine on my own.

Yes, my husband tried to remove it but the string is very slipperly but at second time he got the string and pulled it very very slowly. It came out perfectly. After it was removed, I got more orgasm.

I will say that I took mine out on my own as well, i pulled upward and VERY slowly on mine and it came out with no issues... Otherwise I would have had to wait a month or more on my MD and time is obviously of the essence when you are trying to plan a pregnancy. I don't recommend this for everyone, but i also had an OB nurse, who is my friend, talk me through it on the phone. Just use lots of care if you decide to do this on your own. Oh and btw, you only pass through the cervix.... not the uterus. The cervix is the opening of the uterus, come on people get your basic anatomy correct!

yes, thank you for the help. my obgyn was going to charge $175 to remove my minera IUD and i don't have insurance. I read up online. The danger seems to be if it's not in the right place. Since I'd just been to see the obgyn and she'd said it was in place, i felt safe attempting to remove it. My boyfriend is better at finding the strings (usually with an "ouch!" when we're intimate. the things they don't tell you...) First we tried him getting the strings. I think he relaxed me with his fingers and he found the strings. he showed me where they were. I put my finger behind them and then pushed with my muscles to make them come forward. this worked really well. i was able to grasp them between my fingers. then i just relaxed and breathed and pulled gently and very slowly. i thought about pushing more but we decided that with the wings, i was better to stay relaxed. he lay down next to me and i continued to pull gently. it didn't hurt at all. it probably didn't take long but i wasn't hurrying. there was a pop-release and walla. there it was. it was gooey. i think my body was protecting itself. i was very surprised that it was so easy and didn't hurt.

I pulled out my own IUD. I got criticism for doing so, but i really didnt know what the harm was, as long as when you pull it out you dont feel resistence. My strings were on the longer size and i had my husband just pull on them gently and it came out with no force. I haven't had any problems from doing so.

You take the birth control pill as scheduled regardless of any bleeding. It's possible that you'll be taking an active pill while still bleeding, or may start bleeding before your'e on the placebo week, if your brand of pills has one.

I just researched this myself on the internet, and MD's say to just keep taking the pills a day early until the end of the pack, which means you'll finish the pack a day early. You'll either get your period a day early or right on time, no harm done or pregnancy risk.

A little bit of coffee actually speeds up sperm. However, too much coffee, about the amount of an average of three cups a day, can cause DNA damage that will lead to birth defects. It won't kill the sperm it will mutate it, often rearranging the chromosomes that will lead to the embryo dying. It's best to keep coffee intake low. You don't have to elminate it, afterall coffee has its health benefits as well, including increased prostate health.

yes!

Nothing. Sounds like your cycle isn't regular. When on the pill I often skipped the placebo pills since they are just place holders to help you start the new cycle on the right day. Take your new cycle of pills like you are suppose to as well.

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I don't know why you couldn't use birth control pills and if you can't there is always condoms.

I am not positive but I have read somewhere (If I am not mistaken) that they are about 95% effective.

Nope, sorry. It won't stop it, the only way to only have a period once every three months is to either switch to Seasonal or not take your sugar pill when it comes to that time.

If you have taken your birth control correctly it is unlikly to be a sign of pregnancy . You should make an appointment to see your GP or birth control provider as soon as possible or you may wish to see someone at your nearest sexual health clinic . These symptoms should not be ignored . Hope this helps .

If you just ended your period, you are not ovulating and your chances are low, but there is still a chance.-Akilae

Your period will last between 2-7 days.

Taking birth control if you are pregnant will NOT stop the pregnancy. Birth control does not cause abortion but stops the ovaries from freeing an egg into the falopian tube and the womb. Plan B, or the morning after pill, will stop the fertilised egg from attaching itself to the endometer if taken within a certain amount of time. It has to be taken within 72 hours of the intercourse, however, and its efficacy decreases with the passing of time. Furthermore, taking the pill while pregnant could hurt the baby.

A true period is an event that happens after ovulation. Bleeding other than a period can happen without ovulation, but is called withdrawal bleeding (which is the kind you get when you are on hormonal contraceptives) or breakthrough bleeding. If you are concerned about your health because you are not having periods taking artificial hormones is not going to help, but only make your health worse. If you are waiting for a first period, don't despair, it will come! If you are in a state of amenorrhea do some things to improve your health and you can bring your period back.

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I am about to start my yasmin birth control..I looked up online the name, just to get some more information on the pill...In there I read this...

Drospirenone is a form of progesterone and ethinyl estradiol is a form of estrogen. These are both female hormones involved in conception. Together, drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol prevent ovulation (the release of an egg from an ovary) from occurring. Do all Birth Control Pills STOP the release of eggs?

AND if that is to be true, what would I do to become pregnant? Is there a waiting period? When explaing " what I have to do to become pregnant" please explain in detail so I can understand fully. I greatly appreciate everyone's time!! GOD BLESS!!

Until: you want to quit using it, you have a health risk, you want to conceive, or until you reach menopause.

If done and healed right it should be zero.

Hormonal birth control works by overriding your menstrual cycles, suppressing your cycles so that you no longer ovulate - as you no longer ovulate it means that you no longer menstruate. The bleeding women experience on the pill is a withdrawal bleed caused by the drop in synthetic hormones when going from active to inactive pills, not menstruation. Withdrawal bleeds can be lighter than menstrual bleeds because one way the pill works is to prevent secondary uterus lining build-up (as a back-up to changing cervical mucus and preventing ovulation) so that if there was a fertilised egg it couldn't implant.

Yes, that's correct. If you do so, you'll have protection from the first pill.

Yes. Chlorine kills all bugs including sperm. Hello. Chlorine in a swimming pool will not kill sperm. Spermicidal jelly or condoms will kill sperm. Sperm dies naturally a few hours after coming into contact with air. Sperm can live for up to 5 days inside a womans body. Yes, it will. But, if he comes directly inside you it won't kill them before they can get to the safe area inside your uterus. If he comes into the water instead you are safe though.

You can buy condoms when your at LEAST a young adult. Maybe when you're 18+

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