birth control pill??

pettracoco
pettracoco Posts: 1
in Health and Weight Loss
so basically im gonna start taking the birth control pill for several reasons, however there's a lot of confusion about whether it DOES or doesn't contribute in weight gain, even if it is only water weight. I'm finally at a 'happy' weight and the last thing I want rn is to gain weight again. Please share your story and if that happened to you :( xo. I'm sorry if there's already a topic like this but I couldn't find it since my laptop is screwed up.

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  • shadow2soul
    shadow2soul Posts: 7,692 Member
    The last time I took the pill (years ago) my Ob at the time told me that the weight gain was usually caused by increased hunger from the release of hormones in the pill. I don't remember if I gained weight or not while I was on it. If I did it wasn't much (5lbs maybe).

    I have opted to try mirena instead of the pill for BC. It doesn't release near the amount of hormones that the pill does (or so I've been told). I'm really hoping that I get the side effect of not having a period. That would be awesome in my book.
  • krogers810x
    krogers810x Posts: 92 Member
    I've been on multiple different brands/formulas of BC, and never noticed any weight gain. The only "weight gain" I experienced when I started the pill for the very first time was that my boobs got a little fuller.
  • phoenixx866
    phoenixx866 Posts: 173 Member
    I've been on multiple brands of BC since I was 17 (23 now) and I noticed that in the beginning, I had weight gain but I was also taking one of those tri-hormonal pills (meaning each week was a different hormone level). Since I switched to the same hormone level pill -- and again, I switched after about 1 year on the 1st pill -- I noticed no weight gain.

    This could be from either 1.) the experience of being on the pill for the first time or 2.) from taking a multi hormone pill.

    It might be a combination of the two. It might be neither. It might be one and not the other.

    Your best bet is to talk to your OBGYN and discuss your concerns with them.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I'm on the pill, it never made a difference to my weight! Eating too much made me fat! Nothing else!
  • PennyVonDread
    PennyVonDread Posts: 432 Member
    You'll be a little hormonal at first as you adjust and you may have cravings. Fat comes from calories, not medicine. If you're monitoring your intake, you won't magically wake up fat. Although, you may experience some water retention depending on which method/dose you use for the first few weeks.

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