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Women should return at 3 weeks (not 6 weeks) for postpartum checkups!

by Managing Contraception | Mar 8, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter

Women should return at 3 weeks (NOT 6 weeks) for postpartum checkups!   Doctors Leon Speroff and Dan Mishell wrote the lead article in Contraception in August, 2008.  They suggest that “the 6-week postpartum visit is an anachronism.”  It simply does not...

Does the copper T IUD cause cancer of any type?

by Managing Contraception | Feb 1, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter

NO, the copper T (ParaGard) IUD prevents several cancers.   The following information is taken from the 20th edition of Contraceptive Technology: Intrauterine Contraceptives by Gillian Dean, MD, MPH and Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS Cancer Protection Both IUCs are...

What is your body telling you?

by Managing Contraception | Feb 1, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter

What is your body telling you? One day a good friend and colleague walked me out to the parking area next to the building where we both worked. It was across the street from Grady Memorial Hospital where I have worked since 1963 save for two years of active duty in...

Come back with exactly the same question!

by Managing Contraception | Jan 29, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter

Come back with exactly the same question!   At 6:15 AM on the Wednesday 2 ½ weeks before Christmas last year a woman asked me if I was all set for Christmas. She was a complete stranger and we were walking along a corridor at the Emory Midtown Hospital. I said...

Am I still fully protected if my pill-taking sometimes varies by a 4 hour window?

by Managing Contraception | Jan 24, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter

Hello Dr. Hatcher & Team! My question is in regards to the rule of “taking your pill at the same time every day”. Due to a medical condition, I have to take my Ocella at bedtime.  I do take my pills RELIGIOUSLY every day, but my bedtime also varies...

Am I protected if I used the QuickStart method for my pills 10 days ago and then received a Depo injection?

by Managing Contraception | Jan 22, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter

I used the QuickStart method with the pill and my period was in about 12 days.  After my first pill, I started bleeding and after 10 days of bleeding I decided to get the Depo injection.  I will be seeing my boyfriend in 12 days.  Should I worry about getting...
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