• NuvaRing: “You Put That…There?!”

    NuvaRing: “You Put That…There?!”

    So Alex and I were watching Modern Family on Hulu and all of a sudden a commercial popped up for NuvaRing. We thought it would be a normal commercial where they ramble off side effects and what not. FALSE.

  • Yaz and Yasmin’s Scary Side Effects Are More Common Than You Think

    Yaz and Yasmin’s Scary Side Effects Are More Common Than You Think

    This week, Bayer has been under fire with the Food and Drug Administration for its birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella. The pills in this family contain a synthetic hormone called drospirenone, which is being linked to the seventy-five percent increased chance of blood clots.

  • Sex in the News: Better than The Pill?

    Sex in the News: Better than The Pill?

    I hate the pill. I truly despise it. I leave it everywhere, sleep through my ‘You Don’t Want a Kid” alarm, and often go days without even thinking about it. So let me tell you, when I heard that there was another alternative – that doesn’t involve shots or wearing a patch – I was intrigued.

  • He Said/She Said: The Birth Control Issue

    He Said/She Said: The Birth Control Issue

    Like most of my friends, I went on birth control my freshman year of college. But unlike most of my friends, I didn’t go on it because I was having sex (if you know what I looked like freshman year you’ll understand why that was a long way off), but because it seemed like the thing to do. And because I heard it would make my period more pleasant. And my boobs bigger.

  • 7 Things You Need to Know About Your Pill

    7 Things You Need to Know About Your Pill

    In this day and age, it seems like every one of my friends is on the birth control pill. However, unlike most girls, most of my friends went on the pill to have sex at the end of high school, and simply stayed on it to enter college. And while most people know the basics of birth control, few people ever bother to read the fine print.

  • Sexy Time: Bareback Mountin’

    Sexy Time: Bareback Mountin’

    There are a lot of decisions to be made in a long-term relationship — whose friends to hang out with more often, if and when to cohabit, whose place to crash at more often, and what you’d both like the future to look like. Once sex enters the relationship – whether if it’s on the first date or on the first night of marriage, there comes a whole new set of decisions to make.

  • The Morning After: Mother Nature’s Gift

    The Morning After: Mother Nature’s Gift

    I had just gotten out of a long relationship (and immediately hopped into the sack with a new guy) when I decided to change my birth control prescription. I had never really been happy with the old one, but had put off changing because I didn’t want to deal with the whole spotting issue with my BF around.

  • Death By Birth Control!?

    Death By Birth Control!?

    We talk a lot about birth control around here (a natural progression from our daily musings abou…