Pros and Cons of Birth Control

This New York Times article does a great job of weighing the health benefits and risks of using birth control.

Minnesota Family Planning Program

You might be eligible for the Minnesota Family Planning Program. The Minnesota Family Planning Program (MFPP) is for Minnesota residents who are between the ages of 15 and 50 who meet certain income requirements and are not currently pregnant. Read more about eligibility, how to apply and other program details here.

Pregnant women and the H1N1 Vaccine

This article in the USA Today featured a woman, pregnant with her sixth child, who not only volunteered for the H1N1 flu vaccine trial, she also volunteered four of her children for a trial as well.

However, not all pregnant women were as eager to volunteer for the trials, and not all pregnant women are enthusiastic about getting the vaccine itself, although their population has been hit especially hard with H1N1. This New York Times article tells the story of a woman who contracted H1N1 while pregnant and spent four months in the hospital, lost her baby and is lucky to be alive.