Ladies...BC question...

heathersmilez

Did you gain when you went on them? I never gained a pound from them therefore I would have no reason to believe weight loss would be a result of going off more like 90lbs to gain from getting knocked up, ha ha!

leanmachinedream

I was on an generic version of orth tri cyclen and I did not like how it made me feel so I stopped taking it and now we use condoms.

I'd like an IUD but I don't have the money to get one.

k8blujay2

I'm on the patch... and it doesn't make me gain weight... The shot helped me gain weight I didn't want to gain back though... but even that wasn't all the shots fault.

islandgirldl76

Well I have had 11 years of various BC options. The pill and various forms of it totally messed my body up. Tried condoms for years but I am slightly allergic to latex so I would have to spread the sex out to not every day. Then tried the depo shot, to many horrible side effects to list. Finally tried the ring and it burned and irritated me inside. 6 years ago found out I have PCOS.

Then tried IUD which I would recommend, the one WITHOUT the hormones. I found a doc that flat out told me that I do not need to use ANY hormonal birth control. They have not come out with a bioidentical (natural) form of hormone that works with your body and until they do the long term side effects are not good for you. BTW the one being pushed as natural now (I forgot the name) is not 100% natural it still includes one of the bad synthetic hormones in the product, false advertising.

And for the woman that say birth control balanes their hormones and helps their PCOS. Do the research or get another doctor, it doesn't balance anything. It masks the effects of PCOS so you still have the underlying problems some of them being insulin resistance which can lead to weight gain to Diabetes and infertility if not treated. That is why so many woman who have always been on birth control have problems with their hormones when they stop taking them once they get their tubes tied or are trying to get pregnant.

But it is a very personal decision but look past the marketing, ignorant doctors who just go off of the studies the drug companies sell them on and do your research. I would rather solve the problem and keep my body as clean as possible then bog it down constantly with artificial chemicals every day. Again Try the IUD yes their is a small chance of perforation but that is small compared the the guarantee of chemicals you are adding to your body each time you take a hormonal BC Pill. Wish you the best in your search.

cgrout78

i'm losing weight while being on it. I just...I don't know. I just feel ike if 'm trying to be healthier, I don't know that filling my body with extra hormones is a good thing.

I went on it originally to straighten out my cycles, they're kind of all over the place, and I get really nasty cramps.

I don't know if I'm done having kids yet or not, so I don't want anything permanent obviously.

AdrienneB33

I take a BC that has a steady dose of hormones. I started taking BC initially years and years ago for non-contraception reasons, but now that I'm married I also use it for contraception purposes. I have endrometriosis so the BCP is very helpful with dealing with that and without it my TOM would be unbearable. I've been on the pill for so long that I've been all sorts of weights all due to my own behaviors and some other factors none of which I'd attribute directly to BCP.

viclee1

this is such a hard question because EVERY single woman is going to have a different answer and experience. There's just too many variables. You have to do what's right for you! That being said I opted to go off bc for weightloss, but it's more about the "not putting anything in my body" and getting myself back to homeostasis than anything. We are hoping to try for another baby late this year, so that also is a factor. Unfortunately my body hasn't reacted well to being off bc and I have had 3 months of pretty much non stop bleeding, followed by 3 months of totally unpredictable and irregular cycles! I hope it sorts out soon! Anyways good luck with whatever you decide!

jillyt85

I'm not trying to tell anyone what to do, but since it's a question about BC I just have to throw what happened to me out there. About a year and a half ago I got a DVT (blood clot) in my leg. I was only 25. I actually had a couple in there and it was caused by my birth control pills. My leg swelled to twice its size and it was the most painful thing I've ever experienced. I had to use a cane to walk 3 feet. I was in pain for months and had to miss a week of work because of it. The doctor told me to never get back on birth control again. My sister in law had warned me about BC being worse for you than they tell you, but I didn't listen and wound up with a blood clot. Just had to throw that out there. I also never gained weight from coming off of it.

jillyt85

I'd also like to add that I was completely regular before I started BC and had absolutely horrible cramps and once I stopped taking them, I was extremely irregular. After months of eating healthy and working out though, I'm back to being regular and I don't get cramps the way I used to. Something that disrupts the body like that and changes the way you function after getting off them just doesn't seem right to me. I'm not putting anyone down for using them, I'm just saying they were horrible to my body.