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THE CONTRACEPTIVE PILL.
Ohhhh man have I had a love hate relationship with those tiny pills.
When I was 17 years old I went to doctors in search of a cure for what I thought was a few stubborn teenage pimples and some insight into why I had only had 4 periods since getting my period 3 years earlier.
After a 15 min consult I walked out with a prescription for ‘The Pill’ and was told that it would not only fix up my acne, but would also ‘magically’ fix up my periods too.
Well I walked out thinking all my problems were solved!!! And to be honest they were, my skin cleared up and my ‘periods’ became spot on regular!
All hail The Pill!!! Well fast forward 10 years and I think maybe I will come off The Pill, and so the next day I just stopped taking it.
Well 2 weeks later all hell broke loose, and I mean my body went into some serious shock, I’m talking migraines so bad I couldn’t leave the house, constant nausea and blurred vision. It was crazzzzzy!! And then 4 weeks after that the acne and hair loss started... and so did my journey to finding out I had PCOS.
Anyway what I am getting to is that the contraceptive pill is is seriously brutal.
It might look like it’s ‘fixed’ all yout problems, but really it’s just masking the underlying root cause by using harmful synthetic hormones that often make the issues even worse when you do decide to come off the pill.
Being on the pill depleted my body of so many nutrients that are vital for balanced hormones, mood, gut health and energy.
I wish someone had of told me what the pill would do to my body, and also how to prepare my body to come off it.
So here’s some tips that might help if you are on the pill, or have recently come off the pill:
- Load up Vitamin C, Magnesium, Folate, Zinc and B6.
- Support your liver (to help detoxify those synthetic hormones) by avoiding processed and inflammatory foods, sugar, dairy and meat.
- Drink a lot of water
- Add detoxifying herbs such as nettle leaf (this was one of the reasons I added nettle leaf to my Cysterhood tea).
- Take a probiotic to help support your microbiome
- Be informed about what the Pill actually does, and understand that it takes time to heal when you come off it
Contraception. One of my first posts but I still find it a useful quick reference when I am sitting in clinic or revising for finals! #obstetricsandgynecology #obsandgynae #gynae #contraception #medschool #medicalstudent #medicalschool #medstudent #medic #studygram #revision #studymotivation #studynotes #studytips
▪️Témoignage :
Bonjour :) témoignage pilule et stérilet.
J'ai pris la pilule de mes 15 ans à mes 24-25 ans ... soit environ 10 ans ! Mais au bout de tant d'années, mon corps a rejeté la pilule : grande fatigue, baisse de libido, prise de poids, humeur morose, ...
J'ai contacté plusieurs gynécos pour pouvoir me faire poser un stérilet.
Mais aucun n'a accepté !!
Marre de subir les effets secondaires de la pilule, j'ai tout stoppé. En 1 mois j'allais beaucoup mieux ! Mais, étant en couple, je ne voulais pas rester
sans contraception.
J'ai appelé une gynéco, lui expliquant la situation et je lui ai dit que si elle ne voulait pas me revoir pour une grossesse-surprise, il fallait me poser un stérilet. Elle a accepté mais m'a fait comprendre qu'elle n'était pas pour. Au lieu de rendre la pose rapide et faire du mieux qu'elle pouvait ... elle a été affreuse ! Elle m'a dit tout le long que si j'avais mal je pouvais m'en prendre qu'à moi-même, ne m'a rien expliqué et a été très longue à la pose. Et à la fin me dire
"Ah je vous avais prévenu hein, tant pis pour vous".
J'en suis restée traumatisée un moment.
J'ai accouché il y a 8 mois et j'ai remis un stérilet. Bizarrement tout s'est beaucoup mieux passé, sans jugement, rapidement, ... Quand est-ce qu'on pourra faire ce que l'on veut de notre corps Pourquoi une jeune fille sans enfant devrait s'empoisonner la santé ? Et si elle ne veut jamais d'enfant Pas le droit au stérilet ?!
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#feminasalvare #contraception #sterilet #periodsbelike #menstruationmatters #gynecologie #payetacontraception
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I've seen this being shared around, and I am happy to see that it has the correct information on women's fertile window. It is crazy that we are expected to take artificial hormones and change ourselves to avoid pregnancy. ⚡
I do think that the fertility awareness method is the answer to some of this problem. We can chart our cervical mucus and basal body temperature (or other fertility signs like LH and cervical position) and find out when our own fertile window is. ⚡
I honestly feel like using FAM is the closest I have ever come to having equality (as it pertains to contraception) in my relationship.
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Commenting was turned off due to several inaccurate comments. I suggest reading the #FifthVitalSign or #takingchargeofyourfertility if you want to learn more about determining when the fertile window is
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