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Taking Anibiotics and Birth Control Pills at Same Time
Once you are done with your antibiotics they are no longer present in your body (24 hours after the last dose)so your birth control is no longer affected. ...
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- The current practice recommendation is that most antibiotics do not affect birth control pills. The exceptions are isonizid (used for TB) and one other that I can't r...
- I believe most antibiotics stay in your body for several days after you stop taking them, so the decreased effectiveness of the pill could last longer than you think. ...
- Okay so you got your period while on the antibiotics right? But finished them before your period ended. I would say you are safe. I always understood it as while on...
Advice on Birth Control
My husband and I are both Catholic, we were using Birth Control. ... We're not very consistent with taking temperatures, and my body is still out of service ...
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- hi A., i wanted to say how moved i was by you talking about the closeness and bond you felt with your husband while practicing nfp. that is exactly what it is supp...
- I am not Catholic so I don't know the church's views on BC so I am not sure what difference it would make to use oral contraceptives or having a tubal ligation or your...
- I have not been on birth control since I was 30. I am now 43. I had my first child at 27 and went on B/C pills and got pregnant on the pill. I figured God really wan...
Do Birth Control Pills Really Make It Harder to Lose Weight?
... put your body in starvation mode and it'll slow down your metabolism big time.]] ... For the 3 years I was on birth control I gained 10 lbs each year! ...
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- For the 3 years I was on birth control I gained 10 lbs each year! My OB said, "enough" & decided the Mirena IUD would be best for me. I complained constently to my g...
- No N., Loosing weight is just hard, and after every baby it gets harder. But it has nothing to do with the pill. I've been using the pill for 8 years, and it never mad...
- the studies I've read and heard from my doc about weight gain and the pill....the average weight gain is 5 lbs. and it's usually water weight. When you have more t...
Cramping with Birth Control Pills?
After 8 years of not having to be on birth control, I am now back on the pill ... Do I just need to allow time to have my body get used to being on the pill ...
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- My youngest is now 3 months old also, and I am on my 3rd month of Loestrin (mini pill). I have break thru bleeding, random cramping, and other pms-like symptoms. Wit...
- Everyone is different because I am also on the mini pill and have had some cramping. I've been on it since my daughter was 6 wks and she's now 8 months. It hasn't be...
- oh my gosh... please do not believe that breastfeeding is complete birth control! almost every doctor/nurse will tell you that is not the case... that's why there are ...
What Is Your Favorite Birth Control Method and Why?
If you are uncomfortable with the birth control side effects like I am, ... You will also have the added benefit of getting to know your body a bit better. ...
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- We wre big fans of the pull and pray method too, which worked for us. Then after we had my 2nd, I had 2 of my friends get pregnant by that method, and I couldn't take...
- I have tried numerous products sover the last 8 years. First I was on the shot Depo Provera, I tried the patch and pills too. Now I am not on anything. Have you talked...
- I absolutely love Seasonique. It allows you to only have your period 4 times per year. Also, it cleared up my skin, made my boobs bigger, and balanced out my moods! ...
Birth Control
Still, $600 for 5 years of birth control is a good deal. ... you have to be patient with Mirena because it takes about six months for your body to regulate. ...
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- HI A., I also had a very irregular period. I tried the pill but the side effects (lack of desire, migraines, moodiness) were too much. My doctor suggested the Nu...
- I personally wanted something I wouldn't have to remember to take everyday. I had heard great things about Mirena and my doc and I decided it would be a good choice fo...
- the nuvaring is awesome! You put it in for 3 weeks then take it out for a week while you have your period. It has a very low hormone level and if you want you can leav...
Looking for Birth Control Pills
Selecting the RIGHT birth control is important. Your doctor can talk to you about effectiveness, reliability and how to use it, it's effects on your body ...
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- I think the previous poster answered a lot of your questions. I just wanted to add that their is a BC pill that you can get with the Wal-Mart $4 a month co-pay. Take...
- I know a lot of people will disagree with me here, but... I only know of one place that will give you birth control pills (and any other form of birth control) very c...
- Hi I., there are just a couple of things I want to say. 1.) A couple of posters advised you to get an IUD and while I love my Paraguard copper IUD, you need to unde...
Looking for Non Birth Control Medicine to Help Maintain Regular Periods
Does anyone know of a safe medicine that is not birth control that will keep .... If your physical activity is more strenuous than your body can handle with ...
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- Yes, I would use the Hormonal Changease Formula found at www.herbsfirst.com. It does say to not use while nursing or pregnant, but then many herbs that even help with ...
- Have you ruled out things like Polycystic ovarian syndrome for why they arent regular? I have PCOS and take metformin.If I don't take it I will not ovulate and have a ...
- Arbonne's Prolief Natural Balancing Cream is the answer. It is bio-identical to what your body makes, so your body knows just what to do with it (unlike synthetic hor...
Extremely Irregular Cycles After Giving Birth
FIY: I'm not on birthcontrol of any kind. I chose not too. I stopped taking it 4 years ago because my body wasn't doing well with artifical hormones. ...
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- My cousin gave birth by c-section 6 months ago and went through the same thing for the first few months. She's fine now. Hopefully it will end for you soon too. Good l...
- Dear L., I don't know if I will be much help at all, but I will tell you that for the last 2 months I have been having a bi-monthly cycle. I just finished breastfe...
- are you positive you are not pregnant
Birth Control
Is anyone or has anyone taken one of those birth control that let you have a ... The downsides, until your body gets used to the cycle, you can get break ...
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- T....You don't even have to get the continuous pills you can do it with the regular monthly pills...all you do is skip your sugar pills (the last week) and start on a ...
- I take Seasonale, and I have my period every 3 months. I've been on it since February. I had a little bit of spotting during the final month of the first 3-month cyc...
- I don't recomend the shot. I was on it for about a year and gained 20lbs and I still had like a couple day period. Plus it took 3yrs to get pregnant after I was off. I...
