natural birth control
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Karen ..
Just read an article in our local weekly paper about the dilemma some families are facing as the economic conditions intensify: having to choose between buying food or birth control. Talk about a terrible double bind! How s ...
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Birth control and progesterone
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Jennifer
I woke up this morning and threw up. I've been sensitive to smells. My boobs hurt. I have weird cravings. Nope, I'm not pregnant again. I'm insane. There is no possibility of my being pregnant. I am 12 days into this ...
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Male Birth Control
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Dr. Douglas Farrago
Chinese researchers are using testosterone injections as a form of male birth control and it seems to be working. USA Today reports that the results will appear in the June issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. More work has ...
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Mercy Me: No Birth Control for You...
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Linda MacDonald Glenn
Divine Mercy Care, a new drug store at a Chantilly, Virginia strip mall is putting its faith in an unconventional business plan: No candy. No sodas. And no birth control. I wonder if they sell Viagra? Or protease inhibitors or reverse transcriptase inhibitors? Or Halloween costumes? The ...
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Breastfeeding and Birth Control
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Denise Punger MD IBCLC
This is an excerpt from Permission to Mother: Barbara’s breastfeeding is going well. Her OB wants to insert an IUD at her six week check-up. Susan said her OB will only give her the mini-pill. Rhonda said her OB wanted to ...
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Male Birth Control
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Andrea
Personally, I wouldn't trust my partner to get a monthly shot as a way of pregnancy prevention for me, but I know there is a lot of buzz out there that men should take the initiative and be on birth control. Whatever, Web MD (among other publications, this is getting a huge am ...
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Birth Control Debate
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LunaNik
Ok, so there is a heated debate running on a mom's online panel I belong to. The debate is about providing middle school children with birth control. I know, I know...right now your thinking WHAAA???? B ...
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