by Holly Grigg-Spall | Jun 4, 2013 | Activism, Birth Control, Girls, Health Care, Hormones, Menstruation
Do women using the Mirena hormonal IUD have their period? Does it suppress the hormone cycle for all women or just some? How does it work to prevent pregnancy exactly? It seems these questions can’t be answered even by the assumed experts. We are told the Mirena...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 9, 2013 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall, Sweetening the Pill Last year the FDA made the decision to keep the birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin, and Beyaz on the market despite controversy over corporate corruption of the review process.These drugs are back in the spotlight. The...
by Laura Wershler | Apr 11, 2013 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Hormones
April 14, 2015 We wish to thank all the women who’ve shared their experiences with Depo-Provera in the two years since this blog post was published. Comments are now closed. Those concerned about Depo-Provera and bone density may want to read Dr. Prior’s article on...
by Chris Bobel | Mar 18, 2013 | Advertising, Birth Control, Communication, Film, Girls, Health Care, Humor, Independent Film, Internet, Language, Media, Pharmaceutical, Pregnancy, Reproduction
Seen this one yet? (or the (eerily) related “Birth Control on the Bottom“?) We posted “Sassy Girlz Candy Birth Control Pills” (written by Carissa Leone in 2011) in our regular installment Weekend Links on Feb 2. I had a mixed reaction. And when a...
by Laura Wershler | Mar 6, 2013 | Birth Control, Fertility, Hormones, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical, Reproduction
I’ve been wading through State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals – 2012. The 289-page report was prepared by a group of experts for the United Nations Environmental Programme and World Health Organization. It is dense and complex, but what...
by Kati Bicknell | Feb 12, 2013 | Anatomy, Birth Control, DIY, Fertility
In an older post I wrote, I talked about how to check your cervical fluid with a folded piece of toilet paper or your clean fingers. BUT! What if you’re doing that and not finding anything? What if you, like many women I talk to, think that they don’t have any...
