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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Paisley Gilmour

From overly tight underwear to conceiving after 35 – experts bust fertility myths

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The pill harms your fertility
FALSE

It can take around three menstrual cycles for someone’s expected fertility to return once they stop taking the pill, but there’s no long-term impact. In fact, around 83% of women get pregnant within 12 months of coming off the pill. Why, then, do 69% of college students worry that it’ll affect their future fertility?

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