Birth control -- how well do you know what's available to you? It takes a combination of a lot of research and experimentation to figure the best option for...
Like most girls entering their freshman year of college, I decided I wanted to start taking birth control pills. It was August 2019, and I set up my very...
We need more transparency around these side effects.
Sex is nothing to be ashamed of — 97% of adult Americans have done it. With sex often comes concerns of pregnancy. If you plan on having sex and...
After nearly five years of being on the pill, I decided to stop. Seven months ago my prescription expired and I didn’t refill it. I wanted to see how...
Quarantine isn’t fun, but when you’re on birth control, it makes it a bit more complicated. Birth control isn't used just to prevent...
The end of my complicated history with birth control.
Alexandra Redmond / Spoon When I first started thinking about going on birth control, I was a little hesitant. I had heard a lot of my...
Today you might feel like you are surrounded by a wild and growing jungle of information when it comes to birth control methods. That is exactly the reason why...
"If taken typically, that is, missing an odd pill here and there, it gives a pregnancy rate of 5 percent."