Where is my period? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 21, 2009 - 14 answers

My darling girlfriend and I have a birth control dilemma and need some input. The short of it is this: because of regular medications she has to take, we're encouraged to use two forms of birth control. Consequently she takes Seasonalle and we use condoms. The question is: would the current breed of hormone-releasing IUD products suffice as two forms of birth control? [more inside]
posted by phearlez on Mar 14, 2008 - 30 answers

I had sex for the first time, and less than a week later I had period-like cramps and some blood spotting in my underwear. Was I, or am I now, pregnant? We took every possible precaution... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 29, 2007 - 55 answers

What can I expect from taking a break from hormonal birth control? How long does it take the hormones to clear out of your system? Which hormonal birth control side effects disappear and which stay? Factual and anecdotal advice welcome! [more inside]
posted by schroedinger on Oct 24, 2007 - 23 answers

Trying to get pregnant after coming off pill! Help! [more inside]
posted by It ain't over yet on Sep 9, 2007 - 28 answers

What's your take on "Taking Charge of Your Fertility," especially to prevent pregnency without birth control?
posted by dial-tone on Apr 24, 2007 - 20 answers

What is the real-world probability of my getting pregnant while taking antibiotics and oral contraceptives? [more inside]
posted by fuzzbean on Jan 13, 2006 - 15 answers

If a woman on birth control pills became pregnant, but continued to take the pills, what would happen to the fetus, if anything? This is idle curiosity - I'm not asking for a personal situation at all.
posted by agregoli on Jan 6, 2006 - 12 answers

If someone became pregnant while on the shot, what would happen? This PDF says that the effects are minimal, but also sternly warns one to get off of Depo Provera immediately if pregnant, which leaves me thinking they're leaving something out. What are they afraid will happen? If birth controls change the uterine lining, doesn't that affect the fetus too? What happens to the children of the 3/1000 women who get pregnant on D-P? [more inside]
posted by heatherann on Dec 25, 2004 - 5 answers