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About Birth Control Pill

              Being a parent is one of the most difficult tasks entrusted to mankind. It is a life changing event that can be wonderful, very interesting and rewarding but can also be very difficult and unpleasant. Parenting is filled with many surprises that no amount of books, journals and articles you have read can prepare you for; you can be having fun this minute and then feel overwhelmed the next. That is why couples are advised to plan appropriately so that they won’t have to deal with pregnancies they are not prepared for. Teenagers and unmarried youths are also admonished to always protect themselves from accidental babies so they won’t be saddled with a life long unpleasant surprise from their recklessness.
In order to protect yourself from unwanted pregnancies, there are different things you can do or use to ward of un-needed babies and one of them is using the birth control pills. The birth control pill is said to be one of safest way of not getting pregnant and also cost effective and when it comes to birth control pill as a preventive measure against accidental babies, these are some of the things you need to know:

WHAT IS A BIRTH CONTROL PILL?
The birth control pill also known as contraceptives or simply as the pill, according to plannedparenthood.com, is a kind of medication that women take daily to prevent pregnancy. The pills contain hormones that changes the body functions in order to prevent the user from taking in.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
Most birth control pills contain two hormones; estrogen and progesterone that stops a woman from releasing an egg during her monthly cycle. She will stop ovulating and a woman who does not ovulate cannot get pregnant because there is no egg to be fertilized by the sperm. The hormones present in the pills makes it difficult for the eggs to attach itself to the uterus.The contraceptives also work by thickening the mucus around the cervix called cervical mucus, which makes it difficult for the sperm to penetrate the uterus to reach the egg that may have been released. Most of the pills come in a 21-day pack or a 28-day pack. For the 21-day pack, it is used everyday for 21 days and then stopped for 7 days so she can have her menstrual period while for the 28-day pack, she has to use the 7 pills that contains no hormone for 7 days. A woman will have her period once she stops taking the pills with no hormone. There is also a pill that decreases a woman’s menstrual cycle to once every three months. It has hormone pills for 12 weeks and inactive pills for 7 days. There is also a type of birth control pill that has just one hormone which is the progesterone that is slightly less effective when preventing unwanted pregnancies.
There are so many other type of contraceptives like the emergency pill that must be used within 72 hours of unprotected sex like the Postinor. This type of birth control pill is to be used daily. It should only be used when you’ve just had sex without your consent, unplanned sex. When choosing the pill to use, it best to consult a medical practitioner so that the one best for your body can be prescribed for you. The birth control pill only prevents you from getting pregnant, it doesn’t protect you from sexually transmitted diseases. Other forms of protection like condoms should be used to protect yourself from STDs.

HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE PILL?
The birth control pill is an effective way of staying safe. Whether or not it works depends on if you use your pills regularly. If you miss just a dose, your chances of getting pregnant increases. There are also factors that will determine the effectiveness of the drugs like using herbal supplements or taking any other medication that may interfere with the efficacy of the pills. Health conditions like being excessively overweight can also prevent the pills from working as it is supposed to work. If the drug or method chosen is not suitable for the body type, it also will not work.

WHO USES THE DRUG?
The drug is for every sexually active young woman who can remember to use their pills at the appropriate time. Married people can also use it for family planning. However, women with issues like unexplained vaginal bleeding, some cancers, migraine headaches or suspect they are pregnant should not use the pills.

WHAT ARE THE POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS?
The birth control pill is safe and women who use it have little to no side effects. However, some women will experience these side effects in the first there months of using the pills:
-Irregular menstrual cycle,
-Nausea
-Dizziness
-Breast tenderness
-Mood swings
-Blood clots which will be rare in women under 35 who do not smoke.

WILL I HAVE COMPLICATIONS LATER WHEN I STOP USING IT?
Once you feel it is time you want to stop the pill, consult your doctor for advice. Unlike the myth that it will make one infertile, the pill doesn’t hinder a woman’s fertility. It only makes it inactive for the period of time you don’t want babies.
The birth control is a safe method of preventing accidental babies. It is cheap and you can easily get it, although it is advisable to meet a medical doctor to help you decide the best method for you. Never use the pill that belongs to someone else. Take your medication at the right time and appropriately. Always remember that is better to be safe than to be sorry

Kelly Rowland Baby Bumb

I’ve been talking about babies since last year. I believe I spoke it into existence during a conversation with my friend, and I feel like I became pregnant overnight! And she said all we need is a community of strong people around us, and we rely on each other and our families.

LETS LAUGH

My girlfriend told me
late last
month that it's
over between us,
I thought abt it and
I found out that life without her is
meaningless. so I
decided to kill
myself.
i jumped from my reading table
to my mouka foam I didn't
die, I went
to express &
looked carefully before crossing
the
road nothing happened to
me.
I drank lacasera
with suya but nothing happened,
I took a lot
of mangoes without swallowing
the
seeds yet I didn't see hell!
I proceeded to
another level of
concortion.... so I prepared
gizzard and kidney sauce with
strawberry
juice and lots of
fresh tomatoes
yet nothing happened,. I ate cake chocolate
mixed with
ice cream, still I
didn't die, I'm so
worried
now cos I Just finished eating fried rice with
maltina and fresh
fruit salad but
nothing still
happened to me. I'm really upset
right now, friends wat do
I do? Should
I try plantain with fried chicken and
fresh milk. will it work?
Advice me pls...!.

BY EKANEM NORA ASUQUO

Nikki Laoye Launches The 2014 #BuyACane Project For Blind & Visually Impaired Persons

Award winning singer and Humanitarian, Nikki Laoye has kicked off the 2014 fundraising campaign tagged "The #BuyACane Project", aimed at raising funds to purchase white guide canes, which are mobility aids for blind and visually impaired persons.

The project is an ongoing initiative under her foundation, Angel 4 Life Foundation founded in 2012 in support of the International White Cane Day which holds on the 15th of October of every year.

This year's edition theme, "Keeping the Blind Moving" will hold at Excellence Hotel in Ogba, organised by Nigeria Association of the Blind (Lagos Chapter) .

 

 

Nikki Laoye, who has an adopted blind brother herself, seeks the donation and support of the public in buying ONE white guide cane or more, at 3,500 naira each.

These canes are not readily available in Nigeria and most impaired persons can't afford them therefore your donation will help to purchase these canes and further support their independence.

For further information, follow them on Twitter: @A4LFoundation @NikkiLaoye or send them a mail at a4lfoundation@gmail.com.

President Jonathan Demands Apology,calls Inclusion in List Of Richest African Presidents BASELESS AND LIBELOUS

Yesterday, a report was published by richestlist.com, listing President Jonathan as the 6th Richest African President,with a net worth of $100million dollars.

Here is a state house release demanding a retraction and an apology

 

 

We have noted with consternation the listing of President  Goodluck Ebele Jonathan by a website – RichestLifestyle.com - as the sixth richest African President with an estimated net worth of $100 Million U.S. Dollars.
The Presidency condemns the totally unwarranted inclusion of President Jonathan in the publication titled “Africa’s Richest Presidents 2014” as another attempt to unjustifiably portray the President as a corrupt leader and incite public disaffection against him.
We categorically assert that there is no factual basis for ranking President Jonathan as the sixth richest African Head of State with a net worth of about $100 Million U.S. Dollars.

As is well known, President Jonathan has never been a businessman or entrepreneur, but a life-long public servant. The President has held public office since 1999 and has regularly declared his assets as required by Nigerian laws. He has had no personal income since 1999 other than his official remuneration as deputy governor, governor, vice president, acting president and president which are matters of public record.
There has been no significant variation in the totality of his personal assets as contained in his last declaration to the Nigerian Code of Conduct Bureau in 2011 which, as can be verified, was a very, very far cry from the $100 million figure now being bandied about by Richest Lifestyle.com and other irresponsible, copy-cat publications.
The   clear and unacceptable imputation of the claim that President Jonathan is now worth about $100 Million is that the President has corruptly enriched himself while in office which is certainly not the case.
We therefore demand a retraction and an unreserved apology from Richest Lifestyle.com and all those who have reproduced the offensive article.
Otherwise, they should be prepared to substantiate their libelous claims against the President in courts of law within and outside Nigeria. 

Reuben Abati

Special Adviser to the President

(Media & Publicity)

October 8, 2014