Adventures in Baby-preventing
Ok. I now consider myself to be a slight expert in various forms of birth control. I have been taking the stuff since I was twenty, but it has only been in the past year that I have really branched my 'no-baby' pill (as Bill likes to call them) repertoire .
I began taking Alesse--thanks to the WONDERFUL University health staff (when it only cost something like $15 for the treatment AND a year's worth of pills)--and stuck with that all through college.
I took a short hiatus (NO FUN--it was about 6 months, and you catch my drift) during my first year of marriage because, well, you know my nickname. I was getting acclimated to my surroundings, and was overwhelmed with school and such. Once I did finally find a doctor...er...midwife, I tried two different generic forms of Alesse with her. No big whoop.
When the blood pressure started going crazy, my regular doctor suggested Yasmin. Now I must say the Yasmin BY FAR was the best pill I had to date. My periods lasted for THREE DAYS. I loved it! I'd been on Yasmin for about a year, and my doctor suggested in October that I try Ortho-Evra....the patch. HATED IT! I'm on my third patch of my first month, and if I EVER have to go through this again, I think I'll just suggest to Bill that he get snipped, because that would probably be easier. I could write pages on why this thing is so terrible, but to sum it up: it's like a band-aid, and...ugh...that's about it. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and told her that it wasn't working, so now we are trying something new.
I'm going to start taking Seasonale the pill that allows you to only have four periods a year. It sounds cool, and my doctor (who really is an amazing woman) carefully discussed all my options with me. So more adventures in baby-prevention are soon to come. I like the idea of only four periods, although, when I told mom about it, she said, "well, I just don't know about that Candace because God intended us to have periods."--Amber I hope you're laughing now.
Let's face it: Babies are crusty, and the patch is like an icky band-aid which reminds me of crusty babies, and this is just not something I can handle. I vote for NO PERIODS!
I began taking Alesse--thanks to the WONDERFUL University health staff (when it only cost something like $15 for the treatment AND a year's worth of pills)--and stuck with that all through college.
I took a short hiatus (NO FUN--it was about 6 months, and you catch my drift) during my first year of marriage because, well, you know my nickname. I was getting acclimated to my surroundings, and was overwhelmed with school and such. Once I did finally find a doctor...er...midwife, I tried two different generic forms of Alesse with her. No big whoop.
When the blood pressure started going crazy, my regular doctor suggested Yasmin. Now I must say the Yasmin BY FAR was the best pill I had to date. My periods lasted for THREE DAYS. I loved it! I'd been on Yasmin for about a year, and my doctor suggested in October that I try Ortho-Evra....the patch. HATED IT! I'm on my third patch of my first month, and if I EVER have to go through this again, I think I'll just suggest to Bill that he get snipped, because that would probably be easier. I could write pages on why this thing is so terrible, but to sum it up: it's like a band-aid, and...ugh...that's about it. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and told her that it wasn't working, so now we are trying something new.
I'm going to start taking Seasonale the pill that allows you to only have four periods a year. It sounds cool, and my doctor (who really is an amazing woman) carefully discussed all my options with me. So more adventures in baby-prevention are soon to come. I like the idea of only four periods, although, when I told mom about it, she said, "well, I just don't know about that Candace because God intended us to have periods."--Amber I hope you're laughing now.
Let's face it: Babies are crusty, and the patch is like an icky band-aid which reminds me of crusty babies, and this is just not something I can handle. I vote for NO PERIODS!
posted by shadygrove4h | 11/15/2005 10:45:00 PM
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If God intended us to have periods, he wouldn't have come up with Menopause, Babies, or Birth Control methods, all of which I am sure he had a hand in. Let me know how the Seasonale goes. I've thought about it before, but I'm happy on my current and so am a bit reluctant to change. For the record, I literally laughed ALOUD when I read about God's intention for us to have monthly visitors.
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