Hormonal birth control pills, patches and shots promote continuously raised estrogen levels in a woman’s body, something that’s neither natural nor very safe. Hormonal Birth Control Pills and Their Side Effects – Let’s see… What Is a Birth Control Pill? The Department of Health and Human Services defines birth control pills, also known as oral contraceptives […]
Why I stopped taking “the pill”? Like many young women, I was prescribed birth control pills long before I was ever worried about sex. At the urging of my mother, I took a visit to my dermatologist to get my first prescription while still in high school. Of course, I wasn’t worried about pregnancy at the […]
How does the Pill work? Quite simply, it shuts off your body’s internal hormone production system. The Pill supplies your body with synthetic estrogen and progestin to inhibit natural cyclical hormones. The Pill changes your cervix’ mucus cycles to prevent sperm from traveling upwards. Some forms of the Pill even affect the structure of your […]
