Birth Control: Once You've Started
- What are the most common side effects of birth control?
- I think my birth control is making me nauseous. Is this normal?
- My sex drive has plummeted since starting birth control. What can I do?
- Does birth control cause weight gain?
- What should I do if I have mid-cycle (breakthrough) bleeding?
- How will I know if the medications I am taking will interfere with the effectiveness of my birth control?
- Do antibiotics decrease the effectiveness of my birth control?
- Does drinking alcohol affect my birth control and its effectiveness?
- I threw up after taking my pill, what do I do now?
- What warning signs should I know about when taking birth control?
- Do I need to take the ring out for sexual activity?
- If I don’t take my pills at the exact same time every day, will they still be effective?
- What do I do if I miss a pill?
- What do I do if my ring falls out or my patch falls off?
- How should I store my birth control? What if it was shipped during extreme cold or hot weather, will it still be effective?
- If I started taking the pill at one time but want to change the time I take it every day, can I do that?
- Can I use birth control to skip my periods?
- Will I have more regular periods on birth control?
- Can I get pregnant during the placebo break?
- If I want to stop taking birth control, what do I do? How soon after stopping does pregnancy prevention end?