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How Does Hormonal Birth Control Prevent Pregnancy?
Many women use hormonal birth control to prevent pregnancy because it is considered to be the most effective method. The Pill is just one kind — the Patch and the NuvaRing contain hormones too.
The NuvaRing, the Patch, and some types of oral contraceptives contain a combination of 2 hormones - estrogen and progestin.
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What Do You Know About Your Eggs and Ovulation?
Every month, once we hit puberty, women produce eggs for the sole purpose of getting pregnant. Those eggs are just waiting for a strong sperm to swim by and fertilize it.
I'm wondering how much you know about your eggs and what happens when you ovulate, so take this quiz and find out.
Do Irregular Periods Affect My Fertility?
Dear Sugar, I have an irregular period and I frequently skip up to two months at a time. It's been three months now and I know that I'm not pregnant. I was wondering if girls like me have sex regularly, how am I supposed to know when I am ovulating if I am not bleeding?Your Menstrual Cycle: What the Heck is Going on?
Let's talk about your menstrual cycle. Fun topic, huh? Every woman should know what's going on inside her body every month, because it'll help you understand your physical and emotional self a little bit better.
You Can Get Pregnant if...
Lately I have been getting inundated with questions from women ending with "Am I pregnant?" so I just want to clear up what needs to happen in order for you to even think there could be a remote possibility that you are preggers.
In order to get pregnant, you must have sex when you are ovulating, about 10-18 days after the first day of your period.
Stress and Your Period
I'm sure every single one of you can relate to the stress of your period being late. If you are not wanting to be pregnant, it can be the worst feeling ever, and it brings up a lot of questions until you finally get your period or take a pregnancy test.
Did you know that stress could also be the cause of your late period?
Emmenagogues: Do They Really Help With a Late Period?
If you're not trying to become pregnant, a late period can be no fun. It's so tough to just be patient and wait for Aunt Flo to show up, so that's where emmenagogues come in. It's a long name for a category of herbs and plants that are believed to induce menstruation.
How Many Days Am I Fertile?
The female body can be a confusing thing, and understanding our cycle can help prevent us from freaking out when our period is "late." There is a certain window of time during our monthly cycle when having unprotected sex could result in a pregnancy.
So I want to know...
Hump Day: Why Do I Get Dry Sometimes?
Welcome to Hump Day, TrèsSugar's sex advice column. Are you confused about sex? Do you have trouble having an orgasm?
Sex Myth: Day 14
If you are not on hormonal birth control such as the NuvaRing or the Pill, it's generally believed that all women ovulate on day 14 of their menstrual cycle. So if you got your period on the first of the month, you would ovulate 14 days later, on day 15. This rule is not necessarily correct for all women, and is based on the assumption that a woman's body follows a perfect 28-day cycle.
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