There are multiple methods, tools, and techniques that a woman can use in pursuit of birth control. There are a few options available to men as well, but females have the wider range of choices. It should be noted, however, that there are a few caveats. For example, very few methods for contraception – or “family planning,” as the Catholic…
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Vital Records A Brief Overview Part 1
Birth, Death and Marriage Records The foundation of genealogy or family history research is birth, death and marriage records. It is these vital records of life’s significant events that we turn to when we begin to seek out the knowledge of our ancestry. These public records and others such as the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), offer access to genealogical…
Labor Pain Relief For New Moms
Having a baby is an exciting period especially for first-time moms. But alongside this excitement is the looming uncertainty of what they will experience during childbirth. According to experts, giving birth is easy enough – it is the labor that hurts the most. Drugs can deaden the pain but if natural childbirth is preferred, Lamaze classes and seminars can certainly…
Do Antibiotics And Birth Control Flow
It is a little known fact that birth control medications rely heavily on the body’s natural biochemistry. A large number of pharmaceutical birth control products work by affecting the chemical or hormonal balance of the body to prevent pregnancy. While most of these medications are designed to be able to work despite the multitude of variables that cannot be fully…
Acne Medications
There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking with your prescriber (doctor or other health care provider). What is the most important information I should know about Accutane? Accutane is used to treat a type of severe acne (nodular acne) that has not been helped by other treatments, including antibiotics. However, Accutane can cause…
How To Use A Birth Control Patch
There are many forms of contraception available today. Hormonal birth control like contraceptive pills are the most popular but also the most tedious to take. IUDs, although convenient since they can last for five to ten years after insertion, carry serious risks like infertility. Cervical caps and diaphragms, on the other hand, rely on correct placement rather than preventing ovulation…
The Pitfalls And Positives Of Abstinence Only Birth Control
The effectiveness of birth control is something that can be difficult to properly measure on many levels. Each form of birth control is only effective up to a certain percentage, with condoms being only effective 80% of the time and such. However, that is not taking into account various other factors that either the people making the chosen method of…
The Evolution Of Birth Control Options
Things, by virtue of the competitive environments they are thrust into, have little recourse but to adapt and evolve over time.This is true for everything from predatory animals to tobacco commercials, and everything else in between. At the same time,anything that is being marketed to the average consumer is likely to be competing with other products that are probably just…
Why First Borns Fuss Seconds Are Resilient And Youngests Like To Laugh
How can two or three children in the same family be so different? They are brought up in the same broad social environment, under a similar set of rules and an identical family value system. They also come from the same genetic pool yet they can be so different in personality, interests and achievement. While they may be born into…
Pain Relief During Childbirth
Giving birth is rightly regarded as an extremely uncomfortable and painful experience for many mothers, and while for some women labor goes quickly and relatively easily, for others it can turn into a real ordeal. Where our grandmothers had to go through the pain barrier more or less unaided, there are quite a few options available for todays pregnant women…