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Effective birth control options range from long acting devices to daily pills that help prevent pregnancy when matched to your health and lifestyle.

For most healthy adults, eight hour sleep sits in the recommended 7–9 hour range and usually gives sharp focus, stable mood, and steady energy.

Regular short sleep harms health, damaging mood, thinking, immunity, metabolism, and long-term disease risk.

Regular over sleeping can dull energy, disturb hormones, and link with higher risks for heart, mood, and metabolic problems over time.

IUDs and implants prevent over 99% of pregnancies each year, and most other birth control methods work well when used correctly.

Most birth control methods prevent pregnancy for most users, with IUDs and implants near 99% effectiveness and condoms and pills slightly lower.

An echocardiogram in pregnancy uses ultrasound to check the heart of you or your baby so doctors can plan safe care around birth.

Edinburgh postpartum depression screening uses a 10-item questionnaire to flag mood symptoms after birth so parents can get timely help.

In pregnancy, an effaced cervix means it has thinned and shortened in late pregnancy to get ready for birth.

The most effective birth control methods are IUDs, implants, and sterilization, followed by consistent use of the pill, patch, ring, or shot.