by Sarah Hill | May 6, 2021 | Birth control, hormones, The Pill, Uncategorized
One of the most common birth control misconceptions that I have encountered is the myth of the locally-acting IUD. This is the belief that the hormones in the IUD “act locally”, affecting women’s reproductive organs, but not their brains. But it doesn’t work this way....
by Sarah Hill | Mar 31, 2021 | Birth control, General Wellness, hormones, Relationships, The Pill
The Pill: Did You Know. . . ? Hormonal birth control has revolutionized society by allowing women to decide when they want to have children. This power has given women more freedom than they have ever had. But changing a woman’s sex hormones with the pill also means...
by Sarah Hill | Oct 20, 2020 | General Wellness, The Pill, Uncategorized
The Answer Might Surprise You. Low-dose birth control pills entered the market to make the pill safer for women. Which, thank goodness they did. The original birth control pills had pretty high levels of progestin and ethinyl estradiol, the latter of which increases...
by Sarah Hill | Sep 18, 2020 | General Wellness, The Pill, Uncategorized
And if so, what does this mean? The birth control pill has been life-changing for generations of women. It has allowed us to dream bigger and achieve more than even the most optimistic feminist would have ever dared imagine possible 60 years ago. Freeing women from...
by Sarah Hill | Sep 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
If your mood is all over the place and you’re having a hard time managing your stress right now, you’re not alone. A lot of us are struggling. For some of you, though, your quarantine / the-world-is-a-dumpster-fire anxiety may be being made a whole lot worse by low...
