Weight Gain and Birth Control

khamblet83
khamblet83 Posts: 6
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello Everyone!!

Hopefully this is the right thread, but I was wondering if anyone has actually gained weight while starting birth control. I was able to get rx'd the birth control patch. This drug strongly recommends users to be under 198-200lbs to be most effective. I am worried about any weight gain from the med itself while I try to loose my last 15 to 20lbs.

Thank you in advance for any input.

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  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Apparently, studies on large numbers of women fail to find a connection to weight gain:

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0012456/

    I think when women gain weight while on birth control, it's because they're spending more time in bed. :bigsmile:
  • shexy16
    shexy16 Posts: 68
    I lost 90 lbs taking bc pills. I think sometimes they can cause temporary water weight gain, but it's not actual weight weight. If that makes sense...lol
  • khamblet83
    khamblet83 Posts: 6
    Cherimoose.....that was funny!!!! Thank you for the link!
  • khamblet83
    khamblet83 Posts: 6
    I lost 90 lbs taking bc pills. I think sometimes they can cause temporary water weight gain, but it's not actual weight weight. If that makes sense...lol

    Totally makes sense. Thank you. I was getting a little nervous about it!

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