Birth control pills - how to use for IVF!
Channel: Vitalab Fertility Clinic - Sandton and Umhlanga
Date: 2018-05-09

This video tells you more about birth control pills - how to use for IVF! Birth control pills go by many different names such as oral contraceptive pills (OCPs), combined oral contraceptive pills (COC), contraceptives, birth control, contraception, the pill and many more. There are also numerous brands or types of birth control pills sold around the world, this video was done using Minulet contraceptive pills as the example.  

Why birth control pills during IVF? 
This is a popular question from patients who avoid using all types of contraception as they are actively trying to fall pregnant and are then perplexed when they are told to go onto a COC pill. The contraceptive pills are used to prepare the patients ahead of their IVF cycle or any other cycle of treatment for infertility. These COC pills allow us to manage and plan their cycles accurately. 

This video shows you how to use the birth control pills correctly ahead of an IVF cycle or any other fertility treatment. 

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:09 Follow the Instructions 
00:26 Types of contraceptive pills 
00:46 Timing is important  
00:53 When to start? 
01:00 Step 1 – Inactive Pills
01:17 Step 2 – Start Active Pills
01:30 More than one pack of pills
01:49 No period/bleeding 
02:00 End

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