Imperial Secrets

1.  What are the side effects of taking birth control pills?
Birth control pills these days are pretty safe but they affect everybody differently.  You will not know what will happen unless you will try.  However, the most common side effect on women is a lighter period that is more regular.  This may also mean less cramping and also less risk for ovarian cancer.  Some women however experience the worse side effect like nausea, headaches, depression, strange bleeding, gain weight, and soreness.  This is why it is important to watch closely how your body will respond to the pills after taking it.  Talk to your gynecologist if you experience sudden change in your mood for you might be one of the few who are not suited for taking pills.
2.  Does the pill protect me against HIV/aids and other sexually transmitted diseases?
No.  It has no protection against anything except for pregnancy and it does not even protect from pregnancy for a hundred per cent.
3.  How long before the pills will stop working if you decide to get pregnant?
Just stop the pill and you will be fertile again.  However, no one can give an exact number of days since it varies from woman to woman.  However, most women ovulates again just after two weeks of stop using pills.

About 90% of women get pregnant because pregnancy is not planned and because of their lack of knowledge on which contraceptive methods to use.  The surest way to avoid pregnancy though is to avoid sexual activity totally.  The next best thing to avoid pregnancy is to find the right method which will work for you.

1.  The hormonal method is one of the best and most commont method for pregnancy prevention.  Some of this methods includes skin patch, depo-provera shots, vaginal ring, pills and IUD with Levonorgestrel and implant.
2.  The barrier method does not prevent a woman from getting pregnant like the first method but they should be used each time of having sex.  It includes sponges, diaphragms and condoms.
3.  An intruterine device is an apparatus that is placed in the woman’s uterus.  They work for 5-10 years and is really safe.
4.  In sterilization, a women has to go through tubal ligation where in the pallofian tubes are blocked and tied.  Vasectomy is the counterpart for men.  These are permanent forms of birth control.
5.  Fertility awareness or natural methods works only for careful partners.  It works by documenting the days in which the woman is most fertile and avoiding having sex on those days.
6.  An emergency treatment or a morning after treatment is a medication used only when a contraceptive method has knowingly failed.

There are many kinds of birth control pills in the market today.  Although they all have the same purpose, they differ in their chemical contents making them unique.  Some oral contraceptive pills contain the synthetic chemical Drospirenone designed to prevent pregnancy by mimicking the natural hormone progesterone’s effect on the woman’s body.  This is effective as a birth control method but just recently reports from patients and doctors showed taht it also increases the risk for blood clots and as well as other severe health problems.

Many women taking these pills have experienced serious reactions negatively including stroke, heart attack, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and many others internally.  These failures can occur with little warning therefore it is hard to predict that they are actually happening inside.  Some women experience less severe reaction before injuries occur.  These could help them recognize warning signs so they may seek immediate medical treatment early.  Some of the minor side-effects include vomiting, nausea, change in the menstrual cycle like irregular cycles or spotting, abdominal cramps, chest pain, breast tenderness, shortness of breath and dizziness.

Any of these discussed side-effects may occur while women are taking these Drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives.  If you are experiencing these reaction while taking your pills, discuss your condition to your doctor immediately.