How does birth control work?

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When it comes birth control, Sarah King has a wild origin story. According to family lore, she was born clutching her mom's IUD. From that outrageous beginning to today, Sarah has had quite a history with birth control.

Her totally unfiltered birth control-related questions include:

How do estrogen and progesterone work together...or apart?

What are the side effects of birth control?

Why isn't there a birth control pill for men? (Spoiler alert: There is...sort of.)

Is it OK to skips periods if you're on the pill?

The guest for this episode is Dr. Chantel Roedner, an OB-GYN from WakeMed who wears her birth control on her name tag, literally. Find out more about her at www.wakemed.org.

Send us your questions at www.wralfm.com/sarahhasquestions.

41 episodes

How does birth control work?

Sarah Has Questions

published 2 years ago

MP3•Episode home

Her totally unfiltered birth control-related questions include:

How do estrogen and progesterone work together...or apart?

What are the side effects of birth control?

Why isn't there a birth control pill for men? (Spoiler alert: There is...sort of.)

Is it OK to skips periods if you're on the pill?

The guest for this episode is Dr. Chantel Roedner, an OB-GYN from WakeMed who wears her birth control on her name tag, literally. Find out more about her at www.wakemed.org.

Send us your questions at www.wralfm.com/sarahhasquestions.

41 episodes

#Fitness #Comedy #Anita Normanly #MIX 101.5 | Raleigh #North Carolina

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