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By Dawn Stacey M.Ed, LMHC, About.com Guide to Contraception

Hormonal Birth Control - All You Need to Know

Monday October 19, 2009

Hormonal birth control  tends to be enormously popular due to its ease of use  and effectiveness. These contraceptives use estrogen and/or progestin to help prevent ovulation. Like other contraception, hormonal birth control has common side effects as well as some medical risk factors. There are also many myths about these methods, so I put together a list of the most common questions that I receive about hormonal birth control. If you are considering one of these methods (or are even currently on one), hopefully, you will have a better undertsanding of what hormonal birth control is (and isn't), how it works, and common concerns about these methods.

Hormonal Birth Control Photo © 2008 Dawn Stacey

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