View our slide show to see the most common children's rashes and skin conditions and learn about symptoms and treatment. Small white pimples, usually on the cheeks and sometimes on the forehead, the chin, and even the back of a newborn. May be surrounded by reddish skin.
The birth control shot is a long-acting form of progesterone, a hormone that is naturally manufactured in the ovaries. The shot is given as an injection in the upper arm or in the buttocks once every 3 months to protect a female from becoming pregnant.
The shot. The birth control shot (Depo-Provera) is an injection of synthetic progesterone given every 12 weeks.You may be fertile just 13 weeks after your last shot, or it may take a year or more for you to start ovulating again. Half of women who stop taking the shot in order to get pregnant succeed after six to seven months, and over 90 percent are pregnant within two years. If you still haven't had a period a year after your last injection, see your practitioner.