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Jan 3rd, 2010 - 00:09:53
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Question
My doctor wants me to switch the brand of my current birth control pill to a pill that has less estrogen. Can you tell me how long I should wait before I can have intercourse without a backup method or if I even NEED to use a backup method? Thank you.
Answer
No, sorry, I do not know. What I am an expert in is teaching women how to know exactly when they are fertile, so they do not have to worry about such things as which pill is least harmful to them. All they have to do to avoid pregnancy is identify if it is a fertile day, and then restrict intercourse to infertile days.
If you are interested in learning this, you can contact any of the experts on our website, under "Find a Local Resource". I think you would find it quite liberating and empowering to be freed from the concerns of the long term and short term implications of the synthetic hormones contained in "the pill".
I wish you luck in your research!
Sheila St. John
Sheila St. John, CFCP, is a Certified Fertility Care Practitioner, actively teaching in hospital, parish, and private settings in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties since the early 1980’s.
She is the Executive Director of the California Association of Natural Family Planning.
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