The Contraceptive Pill

We’re back with a good one! Let’s take a look at the side-effects of the contraceptive pill - what you need to know wrapped up into 40ish minutes.
This week Sal and Shauna cover:

• Whether you need to bleed AT ALL
• Whether there is a link between the pill and depression
• If the pill contributes to accelerated hair loss
• How strippers can earn more (no joke).
• How the pill can impact partner selection
• What health issues the pill is used to effectively treat.
• PLUS their own very different experiences on the pill

Resources:
Contraception Quiz:
https://www.contraceptionchoices.org/whats-right-for-me
Suggested reading:
How the Pill Changes Everything: Your Brain on Birth Control - Dr Sarah E hill
Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You - Maisie Hill
How the Pill may shrink the hypothalamus:
https://www.livescience.com/birth-control-brain-hypothalamus.html
On the Pill altering sexual partner preference:
https://www.livescience.com/9744-pill-alter-sex-partner-preferences.html
Skovlund CW, Morch LS, Kessing LV, Lidegaard O. Association of hormonal contraception with depression. JAMA Psychiatry. 2016;73(11):1154-62.
Keyes KM, Cheslack-Postava K, Westhoff C, Heim CM, Haloossim M, Walsh K, et al. Association of hormonal contraceptive use with reduced levels of depressive symptoms: a national study of sexually active women in the United States. Am J Epidemiol. 2013;178(9):1378-88.
Toffol E, Heikinheimo O, Koponen P, Luoto R, Partonen T. Hormonal contraception and mental health: results of a population-based study. Hum Reprod. 2011;26(11):3085-93.