Tubal ligation can be done immediately after vaginal or cesarean delivery or within a few hours or days following delivery. Read more: How Soon After Delivery Can You Get Your Tubes Tied? Article
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Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Birth Control?
Which birth control method is 100% effective every time? Test your knowledge of birth control with this quiz!
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Birth Control Quiz: Test Your Medical IQ
What is the best form of birth control? Take this quiz to find out about hormonal, surgical, barrier, and natural methods!
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Sexual Health: The History of Birth Control
They put what where? From chastity belts to soda pop, women used some downright bizarre contraception through the ages. Check out...
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Sexual Health: Other Reasons to Use Birth Control
Yes, birth control pills can help prevent pregnancy. They can also treat a variety of hormone-related issues, and they offer...
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What Are The Side Effects of Birth Control?
Used correctly, birth control can be both safe and effective. But depending on which method you use, there could be some side...
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Birth Control Options
Birth control is available in a variety of methods and types. The method of birth control varies from person to person, and their preferences to either become pregnant or not. Examples of barrier methods include barrier methods (sponge, spermicides, condoms), hormonal methods (pill, patch), surgical sterilization (tubal ligation, vasectomy), natural methods, and the morning-after pill. Side effects and risks of each birth control option should be reviewed before using any birth control method.
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Why Did I Miss My Period on Birth Control?
Missed periods on birth control are a common issue that affects many women. Learn why you missed your period on birth control, how your doctor will diagnose why, and how you can treat your missed period.
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Which Birth Control Is the Best for Acne and Weight Loss?
Birth control or contraceptive methods include several medications, devices, or tricks for preventing pregnancy. Birth control methods vary in their mode of action, effectiveness in preventing pregnancy, and the presence of any beneficial or undesirable effects.
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Can Fallopian Tubes Grow Back After Removal?
Fallopian tube removal is effective in preventing pregnancy, but it's not entirely reliable. An estimated 1 in every 200 women will get pregnant after tubal ligation.
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At What Age Should You Stop Birth Control?
If you don’t want to get pregnant, you should be taking birth control up until menopause. But the age range for reaching menopause is wide, so there’s no one age that’s right for all women to stop birth control.
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Does Birth Control Affect Your Appearance?
The birth control pill or the “pill” is used to prevent an undesired pregnancy. Over years, the pill has been blamed to cause weight gain, sex drive, and even affect the skin in a bad way. Which part is true? Which part is a myth? Let’s find out.
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Which Birth Control Has Least Side Effects?
No form of birth control is free of side effects, but there are some that have the least noticeable ones.
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Why Is Birth Control So Bad for You?
Birth control is used all over the world. The main use of birth control is to avoid unplanned pregnancy. Although there are various means of birth control, birth control pills are popular because they have a good success rate and are relatively safe for the majority of the population.
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What Does Birth Control Do to Your Body?
Different birth control methods work in different manners. No birth control method is perfect and every procedure or method has a side effect.
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What Is Laparoscopic Tubal Ligation?
Tubal ligation or tying tubes is a permanent birth control surgical procedure for women who no longer want children. In this surgery, both of your fallopian tubes (the tubes on either side of your womb that collect eggs from the ovaries and transport to the womb) are tied or blocked so that the sperms and eggs cannot be met for fertilization.
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What Is the Best Form of Birth Control?
What's "best" among birth control methods differs from person to person. What's right for one person may not be right for others. And a person’s needs may also change over time.
Treatment & Diagnosis
- Birth Control FAQs
- How Much Do You Know About Birth Control FAQs
- Birth Control Prescribed by Pharmacists
- Do Antibiotics Interfere With Birth Control Pills?
- Can Birth Control Pills Cure PCODS?
- Can You Get Ovarian Cancer after Tubal Ligation?
- Do I Need Birth Control After Menopause?
- Birth Control: The Contraceptive Patch
- Birth Control Types
Medications & Supplements
- Birth Control Pills (Oral Contraceptives)
- Birth control pills (oral contraceptives) vs. Plan B (levonorgestrel)
- Birth Control Pills vs. Nuvaring
- Birth Control Pills vs. Condoms
- Birth Control Pills (Oral Contraceptives) vs. Patch (Ortho Evra)
- Birth Control Pills (Oral Contraceptive) vs. Depo-Provera (medroxyprogesterone injection)
Prevention & Wellness
- Birth Control Pill Won't Raise Depression Risk
- Birth Control Pill Could Cut Women's Risk for Asthma
- Long-Acting Birth Control in a Patch?
- Before Choosing an IUD for Birth Control, Know the Facts
- New Birth Control Skin Patch Being Developed
- Tubal Ligation Most Common Birth Control Method Used by U.S. Women
- Birth Control Pill Tied to Slight Rise in Breast Cancer Risk
- Birth Control Pills Recalled Due to Danger of Unintended Pregnancy
- A Plug Instead of a Snip for Male Birth Control?
- Birth Control Myths
- Birth Control: Not Your Mother's
- Birth Control Options as You Age
- Birth Control: The No-Period Pills
- Birth Control History
- Birth Control: The Future of Birth Control
- Birth Control: A History of Contraceptives
- Birth Control: The Today Sponge Returns
- Birth Control: The No-Hassle Pill
- Birth Control: Getting Your Tubes Tied
- Birth Control: Modern Rhythm
- Covering Birth Control
- Birth Control Pills & Antibiotics
- Birth Control, Coil Foils Pregnancy
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