Do you have your fertility facts straight?

Fertility can be straight-up confusing—and people have all sorts of interesting ideas about it. Check out today’s Frisky Friday to test your fertility savvy.  

Having sex without birth control and not getting pregnant means you got lucky. You may get lucky multiple times, but this does not mean you are infertile. It means you are pushing your luck: 95% of young couples who have sex once a week are pregnant within a year. Most of us have heard that ‘it only takes one time.’ While that’s true, there are a lot of factors involved, and most couples who are actively trying to get pregnant get there within 6 months.
From our new Provider Perspective, “Um, can I get pregnant if…? Part 2!” So many pregnancy myths, so little time to address them all…

Can you have herpes if you don't have any symptoms?

The herpes virus may be super-common, but there’s still a lot most folks don’t know about it. Our latest Provider Perspective post, “5 myths about herpes, busted” sets the record straight about a few things…

5 myths about the IUD, busted

Our latest Provider Perspective by Dr. Maria Rodriguez tackles 5 persistent myths about the IUD—namely, that the IUD is dangerous; that it’s a huge commitment; that it’s all pain and no gain; that you need a Pap smear before getting one; and that your partner will find it (physically) annoying. Any of these sound familiar? Read the article and pass it on!

Pick a sex myth, any sex myth...

Have you seen our “Fact or Fiction” shorts? All of ‘em? Are you sure? Cause now’s your chance to see them all in one handy, myth-busting location—along with entertaining descriptions for each. Where, you ask? Today’s Frisky Friday (thanks for asking).

They’re illustrated, animated, award-winning, adorable, and funny as hell—but don’t take our word for it. Watch (or watch again) and share your favorite!

By 2007, scientific consensus was building that morning-after pills did not block implantation. In one study using fertilized eggs that would have been discarded from fertility clinics, Dr. Gemzell-Danielsson found that adding Plan B in a dish did not prevent them from attaching to cells that line the uterus.

Later, in 2007, 2009 and 2010, researchers in Australia and Chile gave Plan B to women after determining with hormone tests which women had ovulated and which had not.

None who took the drug before ovulation became pregnant, underscoring how Plan B delays ovulation. Women who had ovulated became pregnant at the same rate as if they had taken no drug at all. In those cases, there were no difficulties with implantation, said one of the researchers, Gabriela Noé, at the Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva in Santiago. Dr. Blithe of the N.I.H., said, ‘No one can say that it works to inhibit implantation based on these data.’

From a great piece by Pam Belluck for The New York Times debunking the way-too-common claim that Plan B causes abortion. We highly recommend reading the whole article.

Can you tell if someone has an STI just by looking?

So much ♥ for Stephen Colbert.

(via ilysespieces)

We love the House of Pain song as much as anyone (go ahead and click through to listen—we’ll wait), but is jumping around an effective method of pregnancy prevention?

Doesn’t matter how many orgasms he has. He is an unstoppable sperm machine. Every. Single. Time.