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What is the right method for my partner and me?
Key questions to ask yourself:
- How effective is it?
- How often am I having sex?
- Am I on any other medication?
- How comfortable am I with it?
- What are the side effects?
Breakdown of Birth Control Categories
HORMONAL
This means that the type of birth control releases estrogen and/or progesterone into the body.
Examples include: birth control pills, hormonal IUDs, Nuva Ring, the Patch, the Depo-Provera shot
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NON-HORMONAL
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There are no hormones being released into the body.
Examples include: condoms (female and male), copper IUD