Marisela, 29, spermicide
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By: health
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January 4, 2010
Parents of four with one on the way, Marisela and her husband have been together since they were teens. They’ve always planned to have a big family, but they’ve also always used birth control when they weren’t trying to get pregnant. They started out using condoms and soon after added spermicide to the mix. It’s […]
Natalia, 27, sponge
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By: health
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January 4, 2010
Natalia was on the pill , but then she lost her health insurance. She had to start paying $60 a month out of pocket and after a while, it was just too much. Natalia decided to switch to the sponge , a method she could get without a prescription. She likes that it’s easy to […]
Michelle, 23, condom
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By: health
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December 17, 2009
Michelle and her boyfriend are consistent condom users. She know that he needs to wear one every single time to be safe. And so they do. For Michelle, putting on a condom isn’t something that disrupts the moment; it’s part of hotter sex. She simply takes it out at the right moment and puts it […]
Kat, 22, IUD
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By: health
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December 15, 2009
Kat has been on “almost every kind of birth control under the sun.” She couldn’t remember to take the pill and, in fact, got pregnant while using that method. Knowing she needed something more reliable, she decided on a Mirena IUD . At first Kat was worried about the cost of her IUD, but she […]
Nasty aspirin
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By: health
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October 26, 2009
Are you freaked out about the idea of birth control side effects? Join the club. When you read the warnings, it’s easy to get scared. But check this out—these are the potential side effects of plain old aspirin. (You know, the stuff everyone has in their medicine cabinet?) Everything you put in your body has […]
Ring wrong
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By: health
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October 26, 2009
What’s the deal with the NuvaRing ? Is it a birth control device or a carnival game? original post
Senseless acts
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By: health
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October 26, 2009
Maybe a micro-thin piece of latex isn’t that bad after all. original post
Douche and don’ts
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By: health
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October 26, 2009
Coca Cola goes down nice with a basket of fries. But does it have other uses? original post
The implanon conspiracy
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By: health
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October 26, 2009
An implant in your arm? What’s next, alien abduction? original post