Dr Jacqueline Coombe

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815 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 1 Jul

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Steph & Laura · An explainer on different contraception - with Dr Jacqueline Coombe · 16 Jun 2026 podcast

So that's an injection you get from your healthcare provider every 12 to 14 weeks, relatively effective at preventing pregnancy.

It does have some side effects that are concerning for people.

So it can lead to a little bit of weight gain.

It reduces your bone density while you're using it.

And your return to fertility after using it takes a while.

So with something like the pill or the IUD, you stop using them, your return to fertility is quite quick.

for the um injection it's called depo usually people refer to it as um it yeah it takes a little while for that to come back that's so interesting yeah so i guess when you're thinking about what contraceptive method is right for you it's partly thinking about what you want right now but also what you want in the future as well so if you for example were you know thinking i want something to cover me for a few months before me and my partner start trying the injection is probably not for you

Yeah.

They can be really good methods.

I think you said set and forget.

I think I don't like that when people say set and forget.

No, that's fine.

It's just one of those things that like when you said, what's something you don't like?

I'm like, well, that's something I don't like.

Because you don't set and forget it.

Yeah, sure.

You kind of forget about it, but you still bleed.

You still have to think about when to get it out.

It still can cause...

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