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• When You Need Emergency Contraception?

    Emergency contraception (EC) is not the substitute for regular birth control methods or abortion but, in fact, is the “emergency” option for women to avoid pregnancy after contraception failure, sexual assault or unprotected intercourse. Emergency contraception, specially Progestin-only birth control pills like Plan B, are advised to women seeking immediate action to avoid [...]

• Common Questions and Answers about Birth Control

  Birth control has been around for over four decades now, and yet people only have the slightest understanding of what it is and how it can help them.  In this article, we are going to try to shed light on some of the most common birth control questions asked by people. Related posts STDs and [...]

• Yaz, Yasmin Birth Control Pills Prompt New Round Of Lawsuits

  Jesse, the mother of a newborn in Bloomfield, NE, began taking the birth control pill Yasmin and never suspected it would cause problems. She had talked to her doctor about its possible side effects and he mentioned only blood clots. But after only a few months on the drug, she suffered severe stomach pains, and [...]

• Vaginal Contraceptive Film

  Vaginal contraceptive film(VCF) is really a soluble film – a super thin, wafer-like substance filled up with spermicide, usually nonoxynol-9 – that’s inserted into the vagina before intercourse and then “melts,” delivering spermicide (chemicals that kill sperm) into the vagina. Nonoxynol-9 spermicide can also be available in jelly, cream, foam, suppository, and tablet forms, and [...]

• Unconditional Parenting

  Most parenting guides begin with the question “How can we get kids to do what they’re told?”–and then proceed to offer various techniques for controlling them. In this truly groundbreaking book, nationally respected educator Alfie Kohn begins instead by asking “What do kids need–and how can we meet those needs?” What follows from that question [...]