If you’re one of those people who forgets your dreams the moment you wake, perhaps it’s time to do something about it.

Dr. Rachel Teitelbaum had a dream one night, and when she woke in the morning she realized that she had the answer to one of the most pressing problems facing women.

That was in 2003, and now 20 years later, she is finally nearing the finishing line with a new method of birth control that could be the biggest breakthrough since the oral pill was introduced in 1950. 

Teitelbaum’s treatment relies on a type of bacteria present in the female reproductive tract that can be prompted to produce an antibody that stops sperm dead in its tracks. 

It’s a once a month pill, with none of the side-effects of the current pill. 

It’s simple, it sounds extraordinary, and it’s a dream well worth waking up to.