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About Brigid Kowalczyk
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Natural Family Planning issues related to fertility and health

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Your period is a natural normal function of your body. Protect your fertility. Birth control pills are bad medicine for something that is delicate and easily destroyed. Now is a good time to quit using the pill.
   

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Birth Control and Side effects3/9/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I am just wondering on what basis you gather your opinion of birth control. What is your ...
  A: My education is a bachelor degree in legal studies and communication. My expertise is in Natural ...
Birth Control and Side effects3/8/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I am just wondering on what basis you gather your opinion of birth control. What is your ...
  A: The big difference between taking artificial reproductive hormones and insulin, thyroid, etc. is ...
birth contol methods3/7/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I am just now getting off the pill after 10 years being I am having numb sensation in hand and MD ...
  A: Well, the fear of pregnancy is a stronger fear than the fear of future health consequences. I find ...
pregnant on the pill??3/7/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: Ok, so Ive been on the pill since I was 13 (21 now) I've never had a problem with it up till now. I ...
  A: Just because you didn't have any noticable side effects doesn't mean that the pill hasn't been ...
Pap Test3/6/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: Is there anyway at all I can not have a Pap Test and still recieve Birth Control. Some of my friends ...
  A: I'm sure you could find someone to prescribe the pill for you without getting a physical. But is ...
2 missed pills, late period.3/3/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I agree with your stance on the Birth Control Subject. However, it is on this subject I have a ...
  A: As a mother of young children, You have many responsibilities for their day to day wellbeing. I ...
ortho evra2/22/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: What are your thoughts on the patch? I've been hearing things about it having a higher risk for ...
  A: My thoughts on the patch are the same as my thoughts on all chemical birthcontrol methods: they are ...
Postponing the Week of your period2/22/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I want to postpone the week of my period. I have my period this week, and i should start a new pack ...
  A: It would be a bad idea to start taking your new pack a week late. You will skip your period all ...
birth control2/21/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: Does it matter what time of the month I start a pack of birth control pills? Is it more likely to ...
  A: If you don't take the pill EXACTLY as it is prescribed, you definitely could get pregnant. You ...
Stopped taking pills, want to conceive.2/20/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: My husband and I decided we want to conceive our 2nd child...now. With our son, we decided to get ...
  A: Unfortunately, getting pregnant isn't always going to be NOW as you experienced it with your other ...
Pregnancy2/19/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: If i'm on the birth control shot, and i find out im pregnet but im still taking brith control does ...
  A: Birth control is hard on your body and you are grown up. It is even harder on your young child in ...
merina Iud and ortha tricyclin low2/18/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: tell me the hormon level difference in the merina IUD and the Ortha tricyclin low!
  A: I don't know anything about the hormone levels in IUDs. What I do know about the IUD is that is ...
question2/17/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: i was wondering if its normal for a girl that stops taking birth control then starts again to miss ...
  A: Taking birth control isn't normal, so what happens when you stop and start something that is bad for ...
Ortho Tri Cyclen/ Spotting2/17/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I just switched this month from Ortho Tri Cyclen Lo to Ortho Tri Cyclen. My last period was on ...
  A: Not a sign of pregnancy. See the list of side effects below for the answer to your questions: ...
missed pills2/10/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I've been on the pill for just under a year, if I missed the first week and a half of my pill pack ...
  A: Yes, there certainly is a chance you could get pregnant in the first week and a half of your cycle. ...
Could I be pregnant?2/8/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: About two months ago I went off the pill. Last month I got my period, this month I am six days ...
  A: I would suggest that the pregnancy tests are accurate and that you are still readjusting coming off ...
about possible pregnancy2/6/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I've been taking my birth control since June 2005 after my DNC in May 2005. I didn't have pills to ...
  A: Wait. What else can you do? You could keep having unprotected sex and maybe get pregnant if you ...
menonessa for bring back my period2/4/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: My doctor prescripted me a birth control pill to bring back my period. Because of bad eating habit, ...
  A: I have to assume from what you have told me that you either are anorexic or bulimic. And you have ...
pregnancy2/3/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I don't know if this is the forum for my question but I need to know soon. My son's girlfriend says ...
  A: I realized that this first answer could be misleading and that I really don't have enough ...
Birth Control1/30/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: for about a week. would it be okay to start taking them again and wait 7 days to have sex or would i ...
  A: You need to make a decision: are you on them or not? You cannot stop and start them like that. ...
I have been on the pill for...1/29/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I have been on the pill for about 10 years now. I have been married for 4 years and my husband and I ...
  A: No one knows the answer to your question. There are statistics and annecdotal reports all over the ...
Pregnacy1/26/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: My wife has just stopped taking the bc pill, we have decided to try natural bc for a while. She ...
  A: I don't have enough information. Is the 22nd the day her period started? If that is the case, you ...
Is it ok?1/26/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I was just wondering if there were any risks on only taking birth control for 1 month every 3rd ...
  A: It would definitely NOT be a good idea to take BCP's every third month. There are no benefits to ...
what is normal on this pill?1/25/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: ok, i started the pill during dec. and for the past 2 weeks, i bleed at least once a day. and its ...
  A: Break through bleeding is one of the side effects of the pill. You have two choices: you can get ...
Dear Brigid, How the pill...1/25/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: How the pill work? Does it destroy the sperm, or does it destroy the egg, or do the women get ...
  A: The pill doesn't destroy the sperm or the egg. It changes the hormone levels in a woman's body so ...
Switching birth control pills1/25/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: For the past two years, I was taking Estrostep FE, but due to some side effects my doctor prescribed ...
  A: Probably not. But just because you aren't noticing adverse side effects doesn't mean nothing bad is ...
Switching1/24/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: Question - I took the birth control patch for about a year. I noticed that I was gaining so much ...
  A: Study Finds Adverse Sexual Side Effects of Birth Control Pills The birth control pill can have ...
Safe Period1/21/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I am going to be married next month 8th...i.e feb-8-2006. Now me and my would be wife are both in ...
  A: The safest period if from the time of ovulation until the end of her cycle just before she starts ...
late start on pill cycle1/21/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I ran out of my last packet of Tri-Sprintec last week and did not have time to fill my next ...
  A: If you only took one, then I'd stop taking them and wait until your next period and restart if you ...
Menstral Cycle1/19/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I'm about to start taking birth control (the pill) for the first time. I was told not to start ...
  A: No your period would not start earlier. You would mess up your cycles and find them very confusing. ...
birth control1/14/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: im 14 and i was wondering about how old do you have to be to buy birth control pills or the patches ...
  A: You have to be 18 to get birth control without your parent's permission. You need a prescription ...
birth control1/13/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: i have been on the pill for a year for mentration recently got off it for my own protection. is it ...
  A: Absolutely, you are the one who knows your body the best. If you think it has not been good for ...
birth control1/9/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: can you explain to me how the reproductive cycle is altered by the birth control pill to prevent ...
  A: The artificial hormones sometimes prevent ovulation, alter the mucus environment so the sperm don't ...
Effective Usage1/8/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: You've made good points, and I understand everything you've said to me, but what if I don't want ...
  A: http://catholiceducation.org/articles/sexuality/se0002.html This link I'm sending you is for an ...
Getting off the pill1/6/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I just got off the pill a month ago (after 6 years)and have not gotten my period. How long does it ...
  A: You have to give your body time to begin to regulate itself with natural hormones. After 6 years ...
Damiana and contraceptive pills1/6/2006Marina
  Q: Does taking Damiana affect taking the contraceptive pill Marvelon? Thank you
  A: I am no herbal expert, but after doing a little research I have not found any sources saying that ...
Damiana and contraceptive pills1/6/2006Marina
  Q: Does taking Damiana affect taking the contraceptive pill Marvelon? Thank you
  A: I am no herbal expert, but after doing a little research I have not found any sources saying that ...
wait a month or not?1/5/2006Marina
  Q: i was on the path for about three months and i decided to go back on the pill. On that thursday i ...
  A: >i was on the path for about three months and i decided to go back on the pill. On that thursday i ...
bitrh control1/2/2006Marina
  Q: my boyfriend and i want to go on some type of birth control but there are so many out there now its ...
  A: Generally speaking there are two types of birth control. Hormonal and non-hormonal. You should not ...
Questions...1/1/2006Brigid Kowalczyk
  Q: I have a series of questions. So, please be patient with me. Here's the short scenario. I met ...
  A: Very interesting story. I'm sure most of it is either untrue or a fantasy for one or both of you. ...

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