{"id":3927,"date":"2018-12-12T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T06:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/present\/tienes-dudas-sobre-los-anticonceptivos-hormonales\/"},"modified":"2019-03-19T14:29:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T12:29:32","slug":"any-doubt-about-hormonal-contraception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/sexuality-and-couple\/any-doubt-about-hormonal-contraception\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you have any doubt about hormonal contraception?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of women have many doubts about the correct use of\u00a0hormonal contraceptives<\/strong>\u00a0and their effects, because they don\u2019t know exactly how they work and whether there are differences between them. In this post, we\u2019ll try to remove some of the most common doubts, but remember that your gynaecology is the right person who can help you with that.<\/p>\n

1. How do they work?<\/strong>\u00a0Hormonal contraceptive methods contain synthetic molecules similar to those regulating the feminine menstrual cycle and they combine two types of hormones: oestrogens and progestins. They inhibit ovulation, thicken cervical mucus and reduce endometrial thickness.<\/p>\n

2. Are all methods efficient in the same way?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, when properly used. Their efficacy is about 99%.\u00a0Five types<\/a>\u00a0are sold in Spain: the combined oral pill, the mini-pill (progestogen-only pill), the vaginal ring, the patches, the subcutaneous hormone implants and the hormonal IUDs (intrauterine device).<\/p>\n

3. Why are there women who use them without any problem and others that can\u2019t tolerate them?<\/strong>\u00a0Because of the hormones contained in each method (which can vary), the age, the family and clinic history and the personal circumstances of each woman.<\/p>\n

4. At which age can a woman start using them?<\/strong>\u00a0They are recommended when a woman begins to have sexual intercourses, but they could be used also before, in order to treat disorders like polycystic ovary syndrome.<\/p>\n

5. Is there any method with a lower hormonal dose?<\/strong>\u00a0Currently all methods contain a similar dose, but it could vary from one to another.<\/p>\n

6. Is it better to take a break or consider a continuous method?<\/strong>\u00a0To some women bleeding like a \u201cperiod\u201d help them to confirm them that they are not pregnant. Anyway, the break is not mandatory.<\/p>\n

7. Without ovulation, why is there bleeding?<\/strong>\u00a0The bleeding appearing during the break is produced by the reduction of hormones presence.<\/p>\n

8. I want to get pregnant, do I need to wait to have my period or can I start trying the month after I stop using contraception?<\/strong>\u00a0Waiting is not necessary. Nevertheless, some women prefer to wait between one and three months in order to regulate their cycles.<\/p>\n

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Most of women have many doubts about the correct use of\u00a0hormonal contraceptives\u00a0and their effects, because they don\u2019t know exactly how they work and whether there are differences between them. In this post, we\u2019ll try to remove some of the most common doubts, but remember that your gynaecology is the right person who can help you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":638545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[760],"tags":[953,954,955,959,958,957,956],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3928,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3927\/revisions\/3928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dexeus.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}