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And I'm your host, Ford Certified Female Urologist, Dr. Casperson.

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This episode, we're going to talk about birth control and how it affects sex dhia vaginal estrogen common

pelvic physical exam findings and then how to find a doctor that is willing to learn with you in helping

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to consult your individual physician for your personal health care needs. I hope you enjoy. Take

care. Awesome. Super powerful. Can you talk about birth control and what it does to sex? Sure,

happy to. So I will put a big disclaimer. I am not a gynaecologist. I do not prescribe birth control. I have

never prescribed birth control. I look at birth control through a very specific lens, which is not

a very popular opinion. But I see a lot of problems, medical problems that can happen with birth

control. Now, we've all heard women on birth control can have mood issues, weight issues, certainly

libido issues are something that's talked about.

Data shows women on birth control pills have a higher need for anti-anxiety and antidepressants.

So we know when, and I say this all the time, when you play with hormones, there are consequences,

right?

Period.

Some are good.

Some are bad.

So I love the idea that birth control allows you to make choices for your own body of when

is good time to get pregnant.

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