Sentences with phrase «oral contraceptive pills contain»

«Oral contraceptive pills contain estrogen, which keeps your body from growing an egg and ovulating,» she says.

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The Pill: The combination birth control pill, commonly known as the Pill, is an oral contraceptive that contains estrogen and progesterPill: The combination birth control pill, commonly known as the Pill, is an oral contraceptive that contains estrogen and progesterpill, commonly known as the Pill, is an oral contraceptive that contains estrogen and progesterPill, is an oral contraceptive that contains estrogen and progesterone.

New research suggests that combination birth control pills, oral contraceptives that contain estrogen and a progestin, don't affect milk production.

Combined oral contraceptive pills (COC) and combined injectables are not recommended before six months postpartum because they contain estrogen, which may decrease the quantity of breastmilk.

Although estrogen doses in oral contraceptives have decreased appreciably over the years, with pills in the 1960s typically containing more than double the estrogen dose of pills in the 1980s, the reduction in endometrial cancer risk was at least as great for women who used the pill during the 1980s as for those who used it in earlier decades.