Birth control - xoJane

It Happened To Me: I Got Toxic Shock From An IUD

Alice Myerhoff — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400

Within a few days I started really feeling like crap. Like sick in bed and exhausted by breathing kind of crap. I called the advice nurse several times. On each of these calls I made a point of telling the nurse that I had just gotten an IUD and asked if it could be related.

It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Was Denied Birth Control Because I Have Depression

IHTM CONTESTANT — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:00:00 -0500

I shivered on the table as she, this total stranger who was about to examine my vagina, condemned and disparaged my most private battle. I was already laid bare, literally, making me feel enormously vulnerable and awkward.

Boobs, Blood and Blemishes: Nurse Alex Demystifies the Birth Control Pill

Nurse Alex — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:00:00 -0500

How does the Pill work? Once upon time, I figured that the hormones I was taking somehow sort of targeted and exploded my eggs, kind of like in Angry Birds. Not so!

I Love My IUD, So Why Didn't My Doctor?

Kate Conway — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:00:00 -0400

IUDs are the most popular form of contraception worldwide and the least popular in the United States. I'm sensing some disconnect here.

Anti-Choicers Now Trying to Ban Your Birth Control; Where's the Outrage?

s.e. smith — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Getting a glimpse under the hood of anti-choice attitudes about birth control explains why they’re so determined to ban it, and why it’s so important to protect access.

Don't Fear "The Beaver": DIY Fun With Birth Control Pills

Evette — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:34:19 -0400

When it comes to the case my birth control lives in, I like to keep it classy. So I went all DIY on it.

My Birth Control Gave Me A Mental Breakdown

Jessie Lochrie — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:00:50 -0400

The comparison I made light-heartedly to friends was that the Ring was like a horcrux in Harry Potter. It took control of me, made me different, made me darker -- and the last thing I wanted to do was remove it.

Totally Tubal Adventures: The Initial Consult

s.e. smith — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:29 -0400

“F*ck ovaries,” I was prepared to say, “and their stupid little eggs too. Let’s do this thing! Sterilisation now, ovulation never!”

True Story: I Buy Birth Control From a Trunk

Shayla — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:00:36 -0400

My first thought on buying car trunk birth control? Ewww. But six months later it's more like, "Yay!!"

Quick, Help Me Find New Birth Control!

Jessica — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:00:23 -0400

Or, the mystery of the suddenly gigantic boobs.

Arizona State Legislature Says: Birth Control OK for Sick People, Not OK for Sluts

Lesley — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:00:32 -0400

Are you cool with telling your boss all about your PCOS? Because that's what Arizona's House Bill 2625 would like you to do. Otherwise you might get fired. Or you might get fired anyway. And it would all be totally legal!

Pop Quiz: Women's Health News Or Quote From a Dystopian Novel?

Molly K — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:15:44 -0400

Here's a list of things that I said during a week of apocalyptic women's health news that made me feel like I had entered a real-life version of the Handmaid's Tale.

I Had My Tubes Tied So I Don’t Have To Fight For My Birth Control

Brittany — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:00:23 -0400

I had my tubes tied because I never want to have kids, and because I don't want to worry that the political tides will shift against my child-free favor.

SO MUCH SEX! Rush Limbaugh and the Sluts of Georgetown University

Lesley — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:00:16 -0500

YOU GUYS FINDING FREE CONDOMS IS TOTALLY NOT THAT DIFFICULT, and other nuggets of reproductive wisdom from noted women's advocate, Rush Limbaugh.

You Know Who Knows A Lot About Birth Control? Dudes.

s.e. smith — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:05:35 -0500

You definitely don’t need women testifying at a panel on whether birth control should be included in women’s health plans. After all, government is for men!

Are All Honeymoons Secretly Disasters?

Marianne — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:15 -0500

I Got A Contraceptive Sponge Got Stuck Inside of Me On My Honeymoon. And more tales from The Most Awkward Ten Days of My Life.

It Happened to Me: My Birth Control Gave Me a Pulmonary Embolism

Sarah La Due — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:00:12 -0500

“Isn’t this bizarre?” I asked doctors in the hospital. They shook their heads and informed me that they regularly encountered otherwise healthy young women with blood clots, almost all caused by birth control.

Why None Of The Anti-Plan B Arguments Are Remotely Convincing

Jess — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:00:08 -0500

And also, pictures of puppies!

Emergency Contraception for EVERYONE! Why Is This Even A Question?

s.e. smith — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:00:08 -0500

If you’re 90 and you need a condom to protect yourself from sexually transmitted infections or you’re 13 and you need the pill, I want you to be able to access those things easily and without shame.

An Ode to the Humble Condom

Jillian G — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:00:06 -0400

When I hear people talking about how bad condoms feel or how ineffective they are, it bums me out, because condoms do not deserve the scorn that they receive.