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Please describe some ways other than birth control to regulate hormones?

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Dr. Kevin Fleishman answered

Suppress ovulation: Birth controls work by suppressing a woman's natural monthly ovulation and artificially inducing a light withdrawal bleed once a month.

Answered 5/14/2013

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