Little known fact: Lysol used to advertise itself as a feminine hygiene and birth control product. Could you imagine using the disinfectant and household cleaner that way? Yuck. Read more about it and check out vintage Lysol advertisements at the link.

Unless you use hormonal birth control, your body releases an egg each month, triggering changes like these.

1. You aren’t as hungry
Studies show that women eat less at the midpoint between periods. It may be nature’s way of freeing you up to have sex…not waste time searching for food.

One unpleasant side effect of birth control pills is weight gain. While there are many great benefits to taking birth control pills, a lot of women avoid them because they fear they will make them fat. But there is no reason to fear, you can stop weight gain from birth control pills and keep your figure while preventing pregnancy and improving your menstrual cycles. Follow these steps to keep birth control related weight gain in check!