ladies - pill without period, yes or no? (2 Viewers)

[oh shit]

i did that ages ago and it's working out great !

 

[La La]

just give up sex and all your problems are solved!

alien 1: "look dude, those humans have given up having sex."
alien 2: "shit! look what happened to the earth!"

 

[Catwoman]

This is nothing new, the injectable contraception, depo provera, also does away with periods. Seeing how when you're on a normal pill you don't get a real period anyway (cos you don't ovulate), I don't see the problem. The 'break' was invented because the manufacturers thought women would like a period. WTF? Well it's a good way of telling if you're pregnant... When I was on Depo I asked the doctor 'How will I know if I'm pregnant?'. He said 'You'll have a bump'.

I'm on the Mirena coil and that does away with periods too, it's brilliant. I would steer clear of most hormonal contraception - for me and an awful lot of women I know, it's lead to weight-gain, depression and lack of mojo.

 

[rettucs]

alien 1: "look dude, those humans have given up having sex."
alien 2: "shit! look what happened to the earth!"

alien3: Look, all the men have massive forearms on one arm and all the women are buzzing and have big smiles on their faces. Lets invade somewhere else.

the earth is saved. phew!

 

[La La]

This is nothing new, the injectable contraception, depo provera, also does away with periods. Seeing how when you're on a normal pill you don't get a real period anyway (cos you don't ovulate), I don't see the problem. The 'break' was invented because the manufacturers thought women would like a period. WTF? Well it's a good way of telling if you're pregnant... When I was on Depo I asked the doctor 'How will I know if I'm pregnant?'. He said 'You'll have a bump'.

I'm on the Mirena coil and that does away with periods too, it's brilliant. I would steer clear of most hormonal contraception - for me and an awful lot of women I know, it's lead to weight-gain, depression and lack of mojo.

ah i didnt know that.

so i guess this whole thing is nothing new. you're right though about how to know if you're pregnant, suddenly "having a bump" is

 

[oh shit]

i'd get a coil, catwoman is dead right

 

[Squiggle]

ah i didnt know that.

so i guess this whole thing is nothing new. you're right though about how to know if you're pregnant, suddenly "having a bump" is

The coils are also hormonal, but because they aren't taken orally less of the hormone is excreted.

It would be pretty horrific to suddenly find out that you were 3 or 4 months pregnant.

 

[Catwoman]

Other interesting Pill fact - it was invented by a devout Italian Catholic who was convinced the Church would see it as 'natural contraception' seeing how it was made from a naturally occuring horomone. He was completely devestated when they didn't!

 

[oh shit]

especially if you're a booze hound or a radiographer

 

[Buzzo]

I'm 3 or 4 months pregnant.

Congrats dude!

 

[Catwoman]

The coils are also hormonal, but because they aren't taken orally less of the hormone is excreted.

It would be pretty horrific to suddenly find out that you were 3 or 4 months pregnant.

The Mirena coil does have a low-dose of progesterone, so if you're veeeery sensitive to the hormone it's not a good idea to have one. However it's an incredibly low does and localised to one area (kinda) so it tends not to have the same side effects.

The best thing about the coil, apart from not having to think about it for 5 years at a time, is that you don't have to shell out a load of cash for the doctors and pill prescriptions every few months.

 

[oh shit]

does it rattle around when you do headstands?

 

[jane]

Yeah, no pill for me, thanks. And Catwoman already pointed out that the period you get on the pill isn't a real period.

I don't think I'd feel right not getting one. There's something really cathartic about them, though like most women, I've got a love/hate relationship with it. Like, the other morning, waking up in so much pain that I could barely croak out a, "Uhhhggghhhh, painkillers". I don't get 'em that bad, though, and since we switch between ovaries, only one of me bags gives me cramps, so I only get bad cramps every two months.

The thing is, if your periods are relatively normal, the thought of going without them seems creepy. But there's an argument in favour of these pills for women with things like endometriosis, or other conditions that make periods so painful that sufferers are bedridden for days, or even a whole week out of the month. I don't like the idea of hormonal birth control, and I can't take 'em anyway, but still, there are lots of women out there who actually need the pill in order to function.

I was told in the US that I shouldn't go on the pill because one of the side effects for someone with my family medical history is, uh, sudden death, which, as far as I know, is usually a permanent condition. A doctor hear told me that was horseshit and that I shouldn't listen to American doctors and should just take the pill. I was all, um, are you really willing to risk my life just because you have some kind of spite for the feminist health centre where I got real and me-centred information on birth control options? Because that's not cool. Then the doctor accused me of 'telling tales' because my uncle died of a blood clot and my cousin almost died in childbirth from the same family thing we all have. So I wasn't totally confident in her advice. It just made me all the more resolute about not taking the pill. If we know so little about it that people's interpretations can vary from 'you'll be fine' to 'you could die', I'm not sure....

 

[Squiggle]

Congrats dude!

Thanks Buzzo! Just found out that I'm gonna have imaginary twins - very excited.

 

[La La]

the coil always makes me think of

 

[jane]

Oh lordy, I wish I knew how to play with Photoshop.

Keep out of children, wha?

 

[Catwoman]

The thing is, if your periods are relatively normal, the thought of going without them seems creepy. .

Why creepy? Appendices are normal too, as is armpit hair but I can do without either!

Here, wasn't there an issue in the States with woman tri-cycling the pill to do away with periods? The insurance companies refused to pay for it. I was reading some misguided journo going on about this new pill saying the FDA wouldn't licence it cos it was doing away with periods. She'd missed the point that it was pretty much the same as every other pill but with out the break, and of course Depo had already been licenced!

Periods hurt and they interfere with my sex life. They can fuck off as far as I'm concerned!

 

[Catwoman]

does it rattle around when you do headstands?

I haven't done a headstand in many years. But I will endeavour to find out...

 

[Catwoman]

the coil always makes me think of

If you think that's unnerving you should see the box the Mirena coil came in. It was like a foot long.
'That's going WHERE??'

 

[carbide]

I'm on the Mirena coil and that does away with periods too, it's brilliant. I would steer clear of most hormonal contraception - for me and an awful lot of women I know, it's lead to weight-gain, depression and lack of mojo.

can i ask how you're finding it? i was interested and asked some questions, and the doctor (not my gp) said it wasn't generally advised unless you've given birth, and also, there's a risk of abdominal perforation.

i am tempted still, although one of the few people i know with the coil was quite violently pukily ill for a day or two after getting it, which isn't selling it.

p.s. to thread: there's plenty of people on the pill for reasons that aren't pregnancy-related. (or maybe you were taking the piss.) i could cope with the freakiness of not having periods if it meant not losing at least a day a month to being incapacitated (and depo isn't an option because of migraines).