SPOKE, Feb.
22, 1999
99 per cent effective
Birth control
‘The shot’ eliminates hassle of taking By Judy Sankar
which reduces the
tions,
risk
of anemia.
A
method
of birth control approved in Canada may be just what women are
Provera
looking
and using
of
remembering
pill
every day, and one injection
take
to
a
months as opposed
lasts three
infant
the hassle
Approved
Canada
in
to
Depo Proyera which
similar
Despite
hormone
women
that
monthly
Depo
make
effective
is
not but
immediately after
taken (although
many
is
physicians
week
Depo
Provera, often called ‘Ihe shof months, relieving the hassle of taking a
is
,
pill
injected every three
every day.
cautious).
there
The most common
side effect of
viewed by many as a benefit. During menstruation,
the injection
A
services
WLU Feb.
24,
University
Copp
will
College’s
Do you
lors
Karen
want to learn to and
Jut
a
Bates hav'C
out.
who
is
open
topic
a
An
to
entitled
interactive
examining
a
WLU
history
said that Copp,
who
Laurier
and
to all s
and
a
member
of
Disarmament
Studies,
is
probably one of the best military
week of March It
to
is
be held
at
No
in the
conduct the
the
the
Provera
woman’s body receives
first
are
the
1
through
available
Conestoga’s health serviees.
“Another Provera
not like you ean
stop taking
just
Depo
with
thing
is that it’s
says Hall,
it,”
which is the most commonly used method of birth pill
control.
The biggest downfall of Depo Provera, however,
why
explain the
it
is
could ftuther
not as popular as
pill.
long time to regain
says Hall.
fertility,”
After stopping the injections, getting pregnant takes
months and
some cases years. The average pregnancy
in
2 weeks pass, the levels
enough
isn’t
both
maintain birth
to
lO
is
months, but the range
months
control effectively.
rate after
Depo Provera
stopping
is
four
to 31 months.
lecture,
which will take
place in the college’s StudentClient
Building
Services
rooms 214 and 215 from 7-9 being
is
the
p.m.,
by
co-sponsored
Highland
Laurier
in
Centre
Fusiliers,
for
the
Military
Disarmament
and
Strategic
Department of History and the University of Waterloo. The admission for Studies, Laurier, the
this event is free
parking
is
and
free visitor
available in
Doon Valley
Lot 8 off
Drive.
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breathing and
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of Depo
University who
Copp,
and
Rittinger
nitiaes
'if
it
campuses.
participatfe
^
journal
history and to extend
groi^ wili take part in
“We’ll be using
As
The cost of using Depo Provera roughly the same as the pill and
is
Price too High.
sessions using alternative rneth-
'help students co| stress ” said
with
nurse
Hayes said that the lecture is to inform people about military
of tibree sessions the same time each
who
she
The
and an author of numerous books about Canadians and the Second World War. He was also the consulting historian on a film series entitled History
Military
will consist
week. Students
stop menstrua-
the editor of the Canadian
/
15.
to
drop off and after that time, there
ting completely after three injec-
a director of institution at
the Centre for Military Strategic
are feeling stress
The group
campus
Geoff Hayes, a is
dents
Conestoga
Canadian operation in Holland, October 1944. professor,
Conestoga College to help
to
exercise
tactical
Terry
professor
Woensdrecht: out?
and
historians in Canada.
Wilfrid Laurier
come Doon
on
speak stressed
loss
at
“It takes a
levels
when
occur
regulates periods.
professor to lecture at college
Lisa Wilhelm
On
little
blood
Some women
He
feeling a
The
can lead to and spotting may any time, whereas the pill
lesson in history
By
Arc you
less
is
menstrual cramping,
is
Student Wmm
have
injection.
1,000.
During one year, the likelihood of a woman on Depo Provera becoming pregnant is three in
health
are highest in a
(Internet Photo)
be
to
a fear of
you
and
Program.
suggest other methods of birth control for the first
pill,
Waterloo Regional Sexual Health
is
it
the
as
on time,” says Mary Hall, a
only it
Depo
sure to get the injections
public
Provera
unlike the
injections
produce
effective,
control
“Some people have
the
cycle.
Provera
extremely
effectiveness,
not as popular a method
of birth
during the final two weeks of their
its
is
however.
is
progesterone,
to
may improve premenstrual
Provera
shot” contains a medicine
called
weeks old, form of birth
this
syndrome (PMS) and depression.
1997,
in
Depo
long as the
as
safe
at least six
is
control
the Norplant five-year injection.
“the
is
Depo
pill
irregular periods
Breastfeeding while on
recently
for. It relieves
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