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A needle replaces the daily pill *
The single biggest complaint about the birth-control pill is the fact that it has to be taken every day, like clockwork.
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Birth control, from its conception *
Thirty-five years ago, almost to the day, Percy Skuy made a fateful decision. The director of marketing at Ortho Pharmaceutical (Canada) Ltd., a small Toronto health-care company that specialized in family planning, decided to buy an ad in Chatelaine magazine touting Delfen, a contraceptive foam.
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Choosing hormonal contraception *
There is an amazing array of birth control choices available in Canada...
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FertilityBlend1.com *
Fertility Blend is the all-natural approach to optimize reproductive health.
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Generations of family planning *
Canadian women have been taking the pill since the early 1960s, writes ANDRÉ PICARD. And now age is a major factor in choosing among the dizzying birth-control options.
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Getting around that monthly cycle *
Freedom from menstruation is necessary for some, a lifestyle choice for others.
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Multivitamin Use Before Pregnancy Reduces Risk of Pre-term Births *
A study published in the November 2004 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology found that the use of multivitamin supplements by women prior to becoming pregnant was associated with fewer pre-term deliveries.
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Pill regulations make for a long morning after *
Sarah had a steady boyfriend for several months and they were always careful to use condoms when having sex. Then came a Friday night when they were celebrating the end of exams last December, when "we got a bit too drunk and, you know, carried away."
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When it's time to stop having kids *
There comes a point in every couple's relationship when they decide, definitively, that there will be no kids, or no more kids. When that time comes, usually with quite a few years of fertility ahead, birth control choices become different.
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