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Choosing a birth control pill
How do the different birth control pills work?
Are all kinds of birth control pills appropriate for everyone?
What are the pros and cons of combination pills?
What are the pros and cons of the minipill?
What's the bottom line?
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What are the different kinds of birth control pills?
Do you need a prescription to get birth control pills?
What differs in how birth control pills work?
Are all kinds of birth control pills OK for everyone?
What are the pros and cons of combination birth control pills?
What are the pros and cons of progestin-only birth control pills?
How do you decide?
Are all kinds of birth control pills appropriate for everyone?
What are the pros and cons of combination pills?
What are the pros and cons of the minipill?
What's the bottom line?
Content
What are the different kinds of birth control pills?
Do you need a prescription to get birth control pills?
What differs in how birth control pills work?
Are all kinds of birth control pills OK for everyone?
What are the pros and cons of combination birth control pills?
What are the pros and cons of progestin-only birth control pills?
How do you decide?
How do the different birth control pills work?
Combination birth control pills prevent your ovaries from releasing an egg. They also slow an egg's progress through the fallopian tubes, thicken cervical mucus and thin the lining of the uterus (endometrium). All of these actions help keep sperm from joining the egg.
The minipill slows an egg's progress through the fallopian tubes, thickens cervical mucus and thins the endometrium — all of which help prevent sperm from reaching the egg. The minipill sometimes also suppresses ovulation.
