The following is an excerpt from This Is Your Brain on Birth ... the pill might make you lose a little bit of your sexiness edge across the cycle because you miss out on your estrogen surge.

Generally, if you take this type of birth control, you’ll have four periods per year. Low dose pills contain less than 50 micrograms of estrogen per active pill. Low dose pills are ideal if you ...

However, it’s believed that higher estrogen levels can lead to more water retention or that some contraceptives may increase appetite. Does the Yasmin birth control pill help with weight loss?

Many different types of birth control pills can delay your period or stop it altogether. Birth control options that use extended or continuous estrogen and progestin or progestin-only pills can ...

In Demand from the Start The birth control pill was the first ... Despite the fact that the original Pill contained very high doses of estrogen and progesterone, causing an array of side effects ...