Category Archives: your way

EC=BC: Emergency Contraception Is Birth Control, Not Abortion | ThinkProgress

It may be better if they called it contraception to keep it in the true prevention category
but nonetheless a good article and reminder that not all hormone pills are the same.


EC=BC: Emergency Contraception Is Birth Control, Not Abortion | ThinkProgress

EC=BC: Emergency Contraception Is Birth Control, Not Abortion | ThinkProgress

It’s Time To Rediscover The IUD, Women’s Health Advocates Say : Shots – Health News : NPR

“What will it take to make intrauterine devices sexy?”
With a lead-in line like that, this article is worth pressing and passing along:
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Intrauterine devices are one of the most effect forms of birth control, but are relatively underutilized, at least in the United States.

The Misconceptions of the IUD! It’s Time to Move On…

an IUD with hormones, the Mirena

This is the topic in a new article from the National Women’s Health Network which is based on first-hand experience by its author, Julia Newman.  Julia writes: “It is time to start trusting that the IUD has evolved to be safe and effective.  The well regulated and tested “piece of plastic” is just as good as, if not better than, other birth control options and now it is free!  What more could you want from your birth control?”

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What do you say? Please feel free to share your IUD experiences.

This is not a promotion for or against IUDs, just a discussion of options. For more current discussion on IUDs, see Mothering Magazine’s article entitled IUDs: “Benefits and Risks of Using Mirena or ParaGard for Birth Control”.