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    Subject Date Submitted
    BC Pill for males?
    11/02/2011
    Protection to be prepared for sex
    11/02/2011
    Male, hurts to pee
    10/07/2011
    Normal after Plan B?
    10/07/2011
    First sex when drunk
    09/23/2011
    Cramps and spotting on depo
    09/09/2011
    Yellow discharge
    09/09/2011
    14: will oral sex lead to other things?
    09/09/2011
    15 and worried about sex
    09/07/2011
    Depo, condom and Plan B?
    08/17/2011
    Planned Parenthood without mom
    08/17/2011
    Starting BC
    08/17/2011
    irritated, itches, need to pee
    08/17/2011
    Which doctor for birth control (mom)
    08/15/2011
    IUD and cancer
    07/22/2011
    Friend wants to have sex (I am 14)
    07/06/2011
    Normal to freak out?
    07/01/2011
    Yellow vaginal discharge
    07/01/2011
    Does mom have to know?
    07/01/2011
    First time -- felt like tearing
    05/18/2011
    Boyfriend wants to have sex
    05/18/2011
    Discharge and smell
    05/18/2011
    Norplant
    04/29/2011
    Yaz and # of pills
    04/29/2011
    Emergency Contraception
    04/06/2011
    HPV diagnosis
    04/06/2011
    New IUD
    04/06/2011
    Anal sex
    04/01/2011
    Think I am pregnant
    03/28/2011
    Allergic to condoms?
    03/28/2011
    Taking diaphram out
    02/05/2011
    Irregular and stressed out!
    01/19/2011
    Pregnant from precum?
    01/19/2011
    Mormon boyfriend and his parents
    01/19/2011
    Having sex with someone experienced
    01/19/2011
    Worried about first time
    01/12/2011
    Swallowing sperm
    01/12/2011
    Shooting pains in vagina
    01/05/2011
    Ready for sex?
    01/03/2011
    On Birth control for about a week
    01/03/2011
    Small brown spots in underwear
    01/03/2011
    Signs of gonorrhea
    01/03/2011
    Trich again or cured?
    12/22/2010
    Sex with an IUD
    12/17/2010
    Mom walked in
    12/16/2010
    When is Yaz effective?
    12/10/2010
    Telling my mom
    10/07/2010
    IUD for five years
    10/04/2010
    Cost of Planned Parenthood
    10/04/2010
    Gonorrhea
    10/04/2010
    Condom alone?
    09/08/2010
    Teen on mirena
    07/30/2010
    Can I die from HPV?
    07/23/2010
    Skip period for camping
    07/23/2010
    Swallowing vaginal fluid and HIV
    07/14/2010
    Oral sex and health problem
    06/26/2010
    Smelly yellow discharge
    06/26/2010
    Depo and pill together?
    06/26/2010
    Taking the pill and fertility
    05/28/2010
    Use of birth control and a broken condom
    05/14/2010
    STD after oral sex without condom
    05/14/2010
    Plan B and vaginal itching
    05/14/2010
    Cervical cap?
    05/14/2010
    Discharge and Odor
    05/14/2010
    Bone in vagina?
    05/14/2010
    Remove own IUD?
    05/14/2010
    Chance of pregnancy just on pill
    05/05/2010
    STI, death risk and IUD?
    05/05/2010
    Sex for four months and symptoms
    05/05/2010
    Ejaculation and Mirena IUD
    05/05/2010
    IUD and breastfeeding
    05/05/2010
    HPV if both virgins?
    04/12/2010
    Pregnant with no period?
    04/12/2010
    Ejaculate for days
    04/12/2010
    Pill and condom?
    04/12/2010
    Does first sex hurt?
    04/12/2010
    Dry vagina during sex
    04/12/2010
    Dark semen?
    04/12/2010
    IUD in longer than 5 years
    04/12/2010
    Tell mom?
    03/12/2010
    Brown gooey after intercourse
    03/12/2010
    N-9
    03/12/2010
    Necesito cambiar de metodo
    03/10/2010
    When to start Depo?
    03/10/2010
    IUD string annoys partner
    02/12/2010
    IUD strings
    02/03/2010
    Risk of clots
    01/25/2010
    Lost IUD and bleeding
    01/13/2010
    Brown discharge and Plan B
    01/13/2010
    IUD & pregnancy
    01/08/2010
    Wearing patch longer than 3 weeks
    12/30/2009
    Waiting after IUD insertion?
    12/30/2009
    UTIs after sex
    12/21/2009
    Bleeding since miscarriage
    11/30/2009
    Ashamed about first sexual experience
    11/20/2009
    Help with STIs
    11/16/2009
    Nervous about the first time
    11/16/2009
    Sexually active and brown discharge
    11/06/2009
    Brown Discharge
    09/30/2009
    Redness and bumps around genitals
    09/18/2009
    Chances of pregnancy week after period?
    09/15/2009
    Issues after abortion
    08/31/2009
    Nuva ring and no period
    08/28/2009
    Oral sex and hep b
    08/28/2009
    Parental Consent for abortion
    08/24/2009
    Thick discharge like snot
    07/17/2009
    When to put in ring
    07/17/2009
    Discharge, blood and cramps after sex
    07/13/2009
    Depo shot and pregnancy
    07/09/2009
    Petroleum jelly as lube
    06/26/2009
    Post abortion
    06/23/2009
    Norplant removed
    06/23/2009
    Thick clumpy discharge/depo
    06/03/2009
    Morning-after pill and period
    05/29/2009
    Pills and condoms?
    05/29/2009
    Pregnant after condom leaked?
    05/27/2009
    Does anal sex hurt?
    05/20/2009
    Birth Control Access in Palo Alto
    05/08/2009
    Bleeding after sex
    04/28/2009
    HIV and oral sex
    04/24/2009
    Rhythm Method
    04/15/2009
    First time sex (bleeding and birth control)
    04/07/2009
    Nuvaring insertion
    03/31/2009
    Lost my Nuvaring
    03/27/2009
    How long until birth control works
    03/27/2009
    Side effects of Yaz
    03/27/2009
    Can you get pregnant by having anal sex?
    03/03/2009
    Do I need to see a doctor before (and after) first time sex?
    03/03/2009
    Unprotected sex
    03/02/2009
    Mirena and monistat
    02/23/2009
    Depo and leaking breast
    01/23/2009
    Getting checked for free?
    01/16/2009
    Topamax & Loesterin 24fe
    01/16/2009
    Birth Control and breast feeding
    01/16/2009
    Nuva ring fell out
    01/09/2009
    Daughter is having sex
    01/09/2009
    Sex without protection when drunk
    01/09/2009
    Reproductive health care without parent knowing
    01/02/2009
    IUD and having a baby first
    12/23/2008
    IUD and abortion
    12/16/2008
    Birth control, cramps, and acne
    12/16/2008
    Taking pill at same time each day?
    12/04/2008
    Morning after pill
    11/18/2008
    Pregnant if he pulls out?
    11/18/2008
    Pull out method
    10/21/2008
    Skipped 5 birth control pills
    10/14/2008
    Evra patch
    10/02/2008
    Stringy blood stuff
    10/02/2008
    No periods and cysts
    09/30/2008
    Want a Mirena IUD
    09/22/2008
    Plan B
    09/16/2008
    Symptoms after Plan B use
    09/16/2008
    Bleeding and Plan B
    09/09/2008
    Condoms and cervical cancer
    09/03/2008
    When can a girl get pregnant?
    09/02/2008
    Pregnancy and IUD
    08/28/2008
    Depo effectiveness and bleeding
    08/26/2008
    How long does Depo last?
    08/26/2008
    Spermicide & condom
    08/20/2008
    Missed pills - protected?
    08/19/2008
    Using birth control?
    08/19/2008
    Need condoms with pills?
    07/16/2008
    Birth control - can't take the pill
    07/10/2008
    Diarrhea after meds/IUD
    07/10/2008
    Brown discharge and stomach aches
    07/01/2008
    Can my doctor prescribe birth control?
    07/01/2008
    Depo provera
    07/01/2008
    Is a condom enough?
    07/01/2008
    How to know if bump/lump needs a doctor
    06/18/2008
    Normal for Plan B?
    06/18/2008
    Earliest date for pregnancy test
    06/11/2008
    First
    06/10/2008
    Symptoms after treatment for STDs
    06/10/2008
    Taking 3 Yazmin together
    06/10/2008
    Condoms and pregnancy
    06/04/2008
    IUD and pregnancy
    06/04/2008
    Taking pill to avoid cramps
    05/27/2008
    Birth control and advice to son
    05/22/2008
    How to protect boyfriend from IUD strings
    05/20/2008
    Pregnant and IUD?
    05/20/2008
    What is rhythm method?
    05/20/2008
    Staph infection on penis?
    05/14/2008
    Missing period
    05/06/2008
    Stop/Start pill
    04/30/2008
    100% safe
    04/29/2008
    Have to have a baby to get an IUD?
    04/15/2008
    Shave before sex?
    04/08/2008
    Took morning after pill
    04/08/2008
    Not pregnant yet
    03/27/2008
    Brown discharge, mid-cycle
    03/25/2008
    Chances I got an STD
    03/25/2008
    First time and period
    03/25/2008
    Birth control and unprotected sex
    03/20/2008
    IUD falling out
    03/20/2008
    Tampons and IUD
    03/20/2008
    Can I have kids?
    03/18/2008
    Could I be pregnant?
    03/06/2008
    Removing penis before sperm release
    03/05/2008
    IUD and period
    03/04/2008
    Cost of male condoms
    03/04/2008
    Safe? First intercourse
    02/28/2008
    Pulled out IUD
    02/26/2008
    Pregnant during week Nuva Ring is out?
    02/26/2008
    Pills without mom
    02/26/2008
    How long on birth control?
    02/26/2008
    New depo?
    02/21/2008
    Mirena
    02/21/2008
    IUD and pink discharge
    02/13/2008
    Should females take breaks from birth control?
    02/05/2008
    Tampon and Nuva Ring?
    01/31/2008
    Brown old looking blood
    01/29/2008
    Hurts to wee and brownish discharge
    01/17/2008
    Can you get pregnant during period?
    01/15/2008
    When are BC pills effective?
    01/10/2008
    Protected during inactive week?
    12/27/2007
    Missing a period
    12/12/2007
    Bumps on outside of vagina
    12/11/2007
    Ejaculating but not into vagina
    12/11/2007
    Feel IUD during intercourse
    12/06/2007
    New partner and worried
    12/06/2007
    Skipped pills to delay period?
    12/06/2007
    Pregnant on the patch?
    11/27/2007
    Conraceptive injection
    11/26/2007
    Depo side effects
    11/15/2007
    Oestrogen
    11/09/2007
    Protection
    11/07/2007
    Bleeding three weeks on and one week off
    10/25/2007
    Nuva Ring and sex
    10/24/2007
    Birth control/Weight gain
    10/23/2007
    How effective are morning after pills?
    10/23/2007
    Unprotected sex/pregnant
    10/23/2007
    Sponge and lea shield?
    10/17/2007
    13 and sooo confused!
    10/12/2007
    No periods on Depo
    10/12/2007
    Spotting and depo shot
    10/12/2007
    Hurts to pee
    10/01/2007
    Pill to IUD
    10/01/2007
    Plan to have sex - just once
    10/01/2007
    Pregnant on the pill?
    10/01/2007
    Discharge & itch
    09/24/2007
    Period and Depo shot?
    09/24/2007
    Vaginal burning after sex
    09/24/2007
    IUD choice
    09/19/2007
    Natural birth control/counting days
    09/04/2007
    Pregnant in a bath?
    09/04/2007
    Condom or not?
    08/30/2007
    NuvaRing and period
    08/30/2007
    Pulling out
    08/30/2007
    Coming off the patch (BC)
    08/07/2007
    Depo
    08/07/2007
    Felt like I needed to urinate
    08/06/2007
    Discharge after sex - no condom
    08/06/2007
    Am I pregnant?
    08/06/2007
    Protected?
    07/30/2007
    Removing IUD
    07/25/2007
    Forget pills and brown discharge
    07/18/2007
    Spotting
    07/18/2007
    IUD
    07/09/2007
    Depo shot in stomach?
    07/02/2007
    Depo and period
    07/02/2007
    Depo/broken condom
    06/28/2007
    Missing pills
    06/28/2007
    Depo to pill?
    06/20/2007
    Hymen never broke?
    06/20/2007
    Started pill, bleeding
    06/20/2007
    Morning after pill and pregnancy
    06/18/2007
    PMS and the pill?
    06/18/2007
    Starting the pill at 13
    06/18/2007
    Withdrawal
    06/18/2007
    Condoms & pleasure
    06/05/2007
    IUD but no condoms
    05/30/2007
    About leaving the contraceptive ring in
    05/24/2007
    Sex during period
    05/21/2007
    Mormon worrying
    05/02/2007
    Swollen Vagina
    04/26/2007
    Lost last BC pill
    03/30/2007
    Endometriosis?
    03/23/2007
    ECP and birth control?
    03/06/2007
    When to start pills
    02/28/2007
    Starting birth control late
    02/08/2007
    When a blood test is accurate
    01/27/2007
    Seasonale
    01/12/2007
    Bleeding
    01/12/2007
    Alternative to lubricant
    01/03/2007
    Seasonale/stress
    01/03/2007
    Should I use a condom in a monogamous relationship?
    12/17/2006
    Nuva Ring
    03/31/2006
    Telling mom
    06/27/2005
    FAQs about morning after pill
    01/17/2005
    FAQs about Seasonale
    01/17/2005
    FAQs about Levlen
    01/17/2005
    FAQs about condoms
    01/17/2005
    FAQs about birth control pills
    01/17/2005
    FAQs about Depo Provera
    09/02/2004
    FAQs about 'Am I pregnant'
    07/05/2002


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