ladies - pill without period, yes or no? (1 Viewer)

[RED(tape)MENACE]

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.)

Yeah, I know there's other reasons to take the pill, just havin' a laff.

 

[Catwoman]

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 am child-free and wished I'd got it years ago, they put me off with 'mmm, you've not had kids, it's really not for you'. Bollocks. It's true insertion can be a bit more painful cos the cervix hasn't been stretched, but they give you pesseries to sort this out. Insertion wasn't that bad, a bit pinchy and it took about 30 mins. The cramps afterwards were bad, but not unbearable. Nothing Nurofen, a hot water bottle and a hot whiskey couldn't take the edge off. The cramps were bad the first evening, and then about a week later, but after that I've had nothing.

Do take the afternoon off work though, I asked the Well Woman Clinic if I'd be ok to go back to work after 'Oh yeah!' they said. No fucking way! You really need to put your feet up cos you'll go light-headed for a while.

Yes there are risks - one being your body can reject it and there's a risk of infertility (it's a very low risk but still one you might want to consider). But yeah, I wish I'd have had it years ago, would have saved me a lot of Pill-related side-effects.

 

[It Will Never Last]

Hormone levels in drinking water are rising - linked with decreasing sperm counts and 'feminisation' in males.

See girls? All your fault that I have man boobs...

As for the stopped periods, even without the potential damage to the environment, I really can't see how that would be healthy. We're women, periods are part of that - I certainly wouldn't want to be a guinea pig and find out what the side effects are in 30 years time.

Wouldn't have to wait 30 years, I reckon you'd swell up like a red Violet Beauregarde after about five months, eight months tops.

 

[c0De_n1NjA]

oh god this thread is so gross

 

[Pantone247]

I'm dying to hear what Brian Coniffee has to say about all this

 

[snakybus]

I'm dying to hear what Brian Coniffee has to say about all this

it will involve the word "coil" one way or the other

 

[Psychotic no 2]

I am child-free and wished I'd got it years ago, they put me off with 'mmm, you've not had kids, it's really not for you'. Bollocks. It's true insertion can be a bit more painful cos the cervix hasn't been stretched, but they give you pesseries to sort this out. Insertion wasn't that bad, a bit pinchy and it took about 30 mins. The cramps afterwards were bad, but not unbearable. Nothing Nurofen, a hot water bottle and a hot whiskey couldn't take the edge off. The cramps were bad the first evening, and then about a week later, but after that I've had nothing.

Do take the afternoon off work though, I asked the Well Woman Clinic if I'd be ok to go back to work after 'Oh yeah!' they said. No fucking way! You really need to put your feet up cos you'll go light-headed for a while.

Yes there are risks - one being your body can reject it and there's a risk of infertility (it's a very low risk but still one you might want to consider). But yeah, I wish I'd have had it years ago, would have saved me a lot of Pill-related side-effects.

Oh Jesus I got so light-headed reading that. I have to take the day off after a smear test, never mind this kind of lark. Yes I did say the word SMEAR.

I'm for the whole stoppage of periods. This pill sounds good to me. It's just hormone control. It's just science. When I was 15 I wrote a song about having a hysterectomy just to get out of having periods. Actually I must play it to Brian C sometime .

 

[oh shit]

yeah but seeing as your whole metabolism is just hormones, enzymes, and science; that's not really the best criteria for writing it all off.
your heart is electrically operated, how about you wire it to a car battery and see what happens...
but yeah. down with pregnancy. i like most people here already, let's leave it at that.

 

[Psychotic no 2]

yeah but seeing as your whole metabolism is just hormones, enzymes, and science; that's not really the best criteria for writing it all off.
your heart is electrically operated, how about you wire it to a car battery and see what happens...

I guess you've got me there. Pacemaker?

 

[oh shit]

my granda has a pacemaker. seven kids will do that to you. my granny would have loved the pill. ye wanna hear her on about the priests... checking in on everyone like that. and telling the boys to man the barricades, join the provos. it were hard times. no contraception at all. i feel bad for her. and i wouldn't have minded so much, my dad was born first.

 

[Squiggle]

There is a natural solution, and it's veggie/vegan friendly

Soy as a contraceptive

Sorted!

 

[Psychotic no 2]

my granda has a pacemaker. seven kids will do that to you. my granny would have loved the pill.

See that pill woulda sorted everything out for everyone concerned. I think my view is currently being coloured by Anne Enright's new book, which I just read and has a lot of food for thought on contraception.

 

[KokaneeCowgirl]

After I got engaged, my grandmother (81 at the time) was all about telling me to go on the pill. I felt bad for her that in her day she didn't have the choice.

I'm on the pill now on/off for about ten years because it lessens the pain I get when I have a period. I would love to never have another period....So many of my nice nickers have been ruined!

 

[frona]

it's not on the shelves yet, but just got approval over in the states. no 7 day break stuff here - you just don't bleed when you take this thing. which in theory sounds like a dream - but so so so unnatural that it would kinda freak me out. it could also put the beloved mooncup out of business! thoughts?

http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/...ngs-of-the-past/2007/05/23/1179601463405.html

I wouldn't be freaked out. I'm on Depo (the injection) so I haven't had a period in about 8 years. It's great!

 

[Psychotic no 2]

I wouldn't be freaked out. I'm on Depo (the injection) so I haven't had a period in about 8 years. It's great!

Freakin' hell - what's Depo?
I've always been afraid to get the longer-term options because I've had some pretty nasty side-effects with some pills.

 

[It Will Never Last]

There is a natural solution, and it's veggie/vegan friendly

Up the bum, no harm done
Up the fanny, now the mammy's a granny.

I think we've all learned a lesson here.

 

[Lord Damian]

aren't one of the risks of the pill increased risk of stroke? or is that the old version?

this messing with nature thing would make me very nervous.

PS - stop pissing hormones into the water and making me a girl!

 

[Psychotic no 2]

aren't one of the risks of the pill increased risk of stroke? or is that the old version?

this messing with nature thing would make me very nervous.

PS - stop pissing hormones into the water and making me a girl!

It's the old version and only if you smoke heavily and only if you're over 35.

It's plastic and all the hormones they put in meat that is turning you into a girl.

 

[It Will Never Last]

aren't one of the risks of the pill increased risk of stroke?

Anything that increases the chance of a few strokes is all right in my buke...

wha' wha' wha'

 

[Lord Damian]

It's the old version and only if you smoke heavily and only if you're over 35.

It's plastic and all the hormones they put in meat that is turning you into a girl.

but i don't eat plastic