How Birth Control Affects Your Libido

When we reach our adult years, our sex hormones rise and fall throughout the month as you would have learned in our previous episode. And as they rise and fall, they do the same thing to your libido. So there's going to be times of the month where you're feeling more inclined to get into it or less. The follicular phase is about a week after your period or a week after the start of your cycle. During this time, your estrogen and testosterone levels are both rising. These are the hormones that science and research has shown are most closely linked with our sex drive.