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does the pill make you fat?

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yeahyeah · 21/12/2007 09:30

I've just been put on the pill to treat my "enlarged ovaries"...didn't want to do it for ages as it always used to make me feel terrible when I was younger. Now I just feel really really hungry all the time. Is this normal? I also feel tired etc. but that might just be my life...

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foxinsocks · 21/12/2007 09:32

yes, used to make me hungry too

foxinsocks · 21/12/2007 09:33

I don't know if it makes you fat but it did used to make me more hungry than when I wasn't on it iyswim

yeahyeah · 21/12/2007 09:36

just what I need!!!

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isaidhohoho · 21/12/2007 09:37

I used to blame the pill on that half stone I couldn't shift - but I think now it was an excuse.

foxinsocks · 21/12/2007 09:40

I lost half a stone every time I came off the pill and put it back on every time I went back on it!

yeahyeah · 21/12/2007 09:42

No no noooooo! Will have to just be hungry all the time, if I feel fat on top of everything else I will really not be able to cope.

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adventkerzylin · 21/12/2007 09:43

There are pills around that aren't supposed to make you put weight on (Yasmin for example) so you could always ask your doctor to let you try them out.

foxinsocks · 21/12/2007 09:46

you know what yeahyeah, at least you know about it though.

I was always amazed that I lost the weight like that and then put it back on but never realised what was causing it. Perhaps if I'd realised it was the pill, I wouldn't have stuffed my face like a bloater every time I went back on it again .

yeahyeah · 21/12/2007 09:48

is hard though I actually walked past mcdonalds yesterday and nearly went in for lunch, haven't done that since I was pregnant! Craving lovely hot greasy food...

will pretend I'm nicole ritchie and go drink some hot water and ginger with chilli in it or whatever they do hahhah.

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coldtits · 21/12/2007 09:57

Nope. The pill makes you greedy, and that makes you fat!

Blandmum · 21/12/2007 10:02

Not taling the pill can make you huuuuugggggeee for many, many months.

And for years after the baby is born.

foxinsocks · 21/12/2007 10:03

I even managed to get pregnant on the pill so I got to be huuuuuuuuge and really hungry at the same time .

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