• Home
  • Real Women, Real Stories
  • Programs
  • HealthyWomen in the News
  • Your Health
  • Menopause & Aging Well
  • Sexual Health
  • Pregnancy & Postpartum
  • Fertility
  • Prevention & Screenings
  • Your Body
  • Your Wellness
  • Self-Care & Mental Health
  • Nutrition & Movement
  • Family & Caregiving
  • Lifestyle
  • Work & Money
  • Your Care
  • Access & Affordability
  • Expert Perspectives
  • Chronic Care Issues
  • Medication Safety
  • Science and Technology
  • Conditions & Treatments
  • Allergies
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Arthritis
  • Asthma
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Bacterial Vaginosis
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Breast Cancer
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Colon Cancer
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Depression
  • Diabetes
  • Eating Disorders
  • Endometriosis
  • Epilepsy
  • Eye Conditions & Disorders
  • Fibroids
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Flu/Colds
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
  • Hepatitis
  • Infertility
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lupus
  • Menstrual Disorders
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Migraine
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
  • Obesity
  • Osteoporosis
  • Ovarian Cancer
  • Pain
  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse
  • Pelvic Pain
  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
  • Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
  • Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
  • Schizophrenia
  • Scleroderma
  • Sexual Dysfunction
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
  • Sinusitis
  • Sjögren's
  • Skin Cancer
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Stress
  • Substance Abuse
  • Thyroid Disorders
  • Urologic Conditions & Diseases
  • Uterine Cancer
  • Varicose Veins
  • Vulvodynia
  • Yeast Infections
  • Ask the Expert
  • Log in
Your Health
  • Menopause & Aging Well
  • Prevention & Screenings
  • Sexual Health
  • Pregnancy & Postpartum
  • Fertility
  • Health by Age
Your Wellness
  • Self-Care & Mental Health
  • Nutrition & Movement
  • Family & Caregiving
Your Care
  • Women's Health Policy Issues
  • Access & Affordability
  • Medication Safety
  • Science & Technology
  • Expert Perspectives
Real Women, Real Stories

healthywomen

Conditions & Treatments
Programs
  • Events
  • Campaigns
About
SubscribeShare Your StoryCOVID-19GI HEALTHFIBROIDSMIGRAINECHRONIC PAINMENTAL HEALTH
Steven R. Goldstein, MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
Follow Unfollow Following

Birth Control Side Effects That Aren't Normal

Your Health

Can I get pregnant while on birth control? I have been taking the pill for five days. Also, does the male have to ejaculate inside me to cause pregnancy?

Ask the Expert

Reversing Tubal Ligation

Ask the Expert

Progesterone

Your Health

The best advice for your health, weekly, in your inbox

Related Articles