Georgia Gallant

In partnership with the NHS, The Lowdown have created a myth busting guide to cervical screening, complete with answers to the questions you might be more embarrassed to ask before your appointment ❤️ Lots of people think that cervical screening is a test for cervical cancer, but let’s get one thing straight: it’s not! Cervical screening (which used to be known as a smear test) is a quick test to check on the health of your cervix by looking for certain strains of a common virus called human...

Most of us will have heard a rumour at some point in our lives about the ‘dangers’ of the morning after pill – whether that’s that you can only use it a finite amount of times, or that it could cause infertility. Well, we’re here to tell you this is just straight up wrong. But even if it doesn’t cause fertility issues, is the morning after pill completely safe to use? Here’s the lowdown… What’s actually in the morning after pill?

Does the morning after pill delay your period? As with most contraception, everyone is different. Some people will experience no changes to their menstrual cycle after using the morning after pill, some will find theirs is quite different from their usual length or heaviness of flow.