Kristen

I’m not really clear how this works — are all the comments from different articles dumped together here?

I wanted to ask a follow up question on the article about younger siblings. Wouldn’t a relatively easy action item for people looking to have kids be to try to time their baby births to avoid winter? I heard a friend get this advice from their OB for exactly the reasons in the article (older kid who could make new baby sick particularly during flu season).

Regarding Gillian’s first newsletter: I am 40 and on hormonal birth control but skipping the placebos to avoid having my period (don’t need it for actual birth control due to husband’s vasectomy). This is very convenient especially since I wear a pessary for prolapse, but I worry sometimes about what other information I am missing by not having my period. This newsletter ended by saying that hormonal birth control can help with some symptoms in one’s 40s but I am curious for any information about taking it continuously and also what I am missing by not getting the information I’d get if I wasn’t on hormonal birth control. Thanks.