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Study Says Women Delaying Pregnancy Due to Economy
What baby boom? Just because some news reports suggest that women are cutting back on their birth control due to budgetary restraints doesn't mean they're trying to get pregnant. A new study shows that ladies are putting off pregnancy as a result of the recession.
Did You Consider Permanent Birth Control While Pregnant?
When is enough, enough? For some women, the 40 weeks of pregnancy are plenty of time for them to decide whether or not they will continue to expand their family. At my last appointment, I was a bit shocked when the ob-gyn filling in for my doctor asked if I wanted my tubes tied.
When Birth Control Gets a FAIL
Could someone be pregnant and truly not know it? As crazy as that sounds, it's not such a far-fetched idea for a woman on the pill, using an IUD (intrauterine device), breastfeeding, or using other highly preventative birth control measures. At some point, she'll probably tune into the fact that she's carrying a baby, but it may take her a little while to entertain the notion of buying a pregnancy test.
Study Says Surprise Pregnancy Children Are Treated Different
Mothers can study birth control options, monitor their cycles and try to carefully map out family expansion, but surprise pregnancies still happen.
Though most parents joke about it later, a new study in the journal of Child Development reveals that unexpected babies – both those that weren't planned at all and those that did not occur when their parents expected them – receive "fewer resources than intended siblings," including parental support and learning materials like books and puzzles. The study goes on to say that "Parents’ stress and lack of patience may be directed explicitly toward an unwanted child."
Would an unplanned pregnancy alter your treatment of that offspring?
Would You Ask Your Partner to Use Male Contraception?
For 50 years women have adjusted their hormones to prevent pregnancy with a variety of birth control pills. Now, for the first time, it looks like men might have the opportunity to do the same.
Over 1,000 Chinese men between the ages of 20 and 45, who had fathered at least one child within two years of enrollment, took part in a study that involved monthly injections of a testosterone-based contraceptive.
Have You Cut Your Birth Control Budget Due to the Recession?
Desperate times cause for different contraceptive measures. Forty-eight percent of lilsugar readers said they'd take a Dollar Store pregnancy test with many adding that they already use them. In light of the recession, a recent report also said that women are tightening birth control budgets and relying on cheaper, less-reliable methods.
What Type of Birth Control Do You Use?
If you're not leaving the number of children you bear up to chance like Josh and Anna and Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, then most couples use some form of birth control to limit the number of their offspring or to space their babies out. From the rhythm method to rubbers, there are lots of options. Which do you use?
Mommy Wellness: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
One of the most common hormonal issues women face is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Affecting 1 in 15 women, PCOS is a condition in which many small cysts fill a woman's ovaries. While some women begin showing signs of the condition — through weight gain, extra facial hair, and acne — in their teens, many do not discover it until they try to conceive a baby.
Permanent Birth Control For Husband or Wife?
When couples are finished having kids, many consider a permanent birth control procedure from the woman having her "tubes tied" to the man getting a vasectomy. Fifty-eight percent of lilsugar readers said they'd consider the Essure option that doesn't require any cutting. But, we're curious if permanent birth control falls on the husband or wife in your family?
Would You Consider a Permanent Birth Control Procedure?
Yesterday The Doctors showcased Dove, a 32-year-old mother of two who is finished having children, and underwent a breakthrough permanent birth control procedure called Essure. Unlike having your tubes tied, Essure doesn't require any cutting into the body. The doctor inserts small flexible micro-inserts through the vagina, cervix, and uterus and into your fallopian tubes, so you can walk out of the doctor's office afterward.
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