Dr. Mary Claire Haver

And so, yes, we can do it.

People ask me that all the time.

They're like, why doesn't it have, you know, 17 beta-estradiol?

I'm like, this isn't a conspiracy.

We're not trying to keep people from natural estrogen.

We're trying to help them take their birth control.

And if they bleed, they won't.

I would if it would suppress ovulation.

If it suppresses ovulation.

I'm not convinced it would, but if it did, that would be great.

And I love it.

I'm using it actually all the time in patients who are at high risk of breast cancer.

So the issue- But we digress, sorry.

Yeah, the issue is the way that birth control works is mainly through the progesterone and progestins.

It's the progestins specifically that feedback on the brain to tell the ovary not to ovulate.

So the estrogen component is not the most important part of birth control.

I did not know that is a fact.

It is the progesterone.

I honestly am so honored that I came to your podcast and actually taught you something you don't know.

And you have to think about what is it doing?