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anyone else not like taking oral contraceptives? ifso whats your reason?

36 replies

lionbeastwithalionheart · 16/04/2008 20:55

of course you could be trying to get PG

but since having dd, ive become far more into natural things, like breastfeeding and really nice home cooked foods etc.

just don't really want to start taking the pill again, as i dont like they thought of putting extra hormones etc into my body.

anyone else feel this way? or have i turned into a hippy?

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Indith · 16/04/2008 20:57

No I like my body being in a natural cycle.

That and the pill made me go mental.

After ds I had a coil fitted but had been a bit uncertain, it fell out and I never bothered having it repaced.

stripeymama · 16/04/2008 21:00

I feel the same.

I also have an issue with the way that the hormones are finding their way into drinking water - here

It crept up on me really, but now there is no way I'd take the pill or use other hormonal contraceptives again.

getmeouttahere · 16/04/2008 21:00

I had to stop the Pill as it gave me ocular migraines which started after I had been on it for years.

It pushed DH into having the snip and now I love the idea I am not messing with my body's chemistry (apart from the vino, but thats a different thread }

Nagapie · 16/04/2008 21:01

Nah not just you!!

I was on the pill (on and off) now for over 20 years, I have given birth to two super children and breastfed them both for over a year..

Martyrdom comes easily to me and I just think now it is DH's turn to take responsibility... and same as you, I don't want to unnecessarily pump my body full of hormones....

TheBlonde · 16/04/2008 21:01

I don't take the pill, was prescribed it in my teens to reduce heavy periods but stopped taking it at Uni when there was some scare or another about safety

constancereader · 16/04/2008 21:01

I have never taken the pill for this reason.

(And the fact that I would never have remembered to take it).

themildmanneredjanitor · 16/04/2008 21:02

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PeachesMcLean · 16/04/2008 21:03

I was just never confident it wasn't making my hormnoes worse - I seemed to be feeling more depressed more often.

TBH, I still have the odd dodgy month now so probably nothing to do with the pill, but I'd rather not risk it.

Mercy · 16/04/2008 21:05

Different reasons for me.

If I had know many years ago that the pill exacerbated my migraines and possibly caused my high BP which I know have I wouldn't have bothered using taking them. And therefore would have not bothered with casual sex tbh.

otoh, breastfeeding and home made food and oral contraceptives are not mutually exclusive.

Mercy · 16/04/2008 21:07

blimey, what a terrible post from me - I hope it makes some sense.

bethoo · 16/04/2008 21:08

i was on it and went on depo the injection and completely lost my libido which meant disasterous wedding night!
i was always on the belief that why should women upset their bodies balance just becasue a man does not like wearing condoms and i always think that if you tell a bloke you are on the pill that gives them licence to not use anything. would rather get pregnant than catch an STD so not being on the pill means that i cant use it as an excuse not to use a condom even though i always would, tell a bloke you are not on the pill and you will nto see a man whip out a condom he earlier claimed he did not have out of his pocket!!

MamaG · 16/04/2008 21:08

I don't lik etaking it because it doesn't bloody work! [pregnant emoticon]

ScaryHairy · 16/04/2008 21:11

I was on the pill for years, came off it to conceive in 2005 and have not been back on it.

I hate the idea of putting hormones into myself and the water system. But mostly I hated the way I felt when I stopped taking the pill - coming off it really threw me out of whack and I never want to feel like that again. I originally went on the pill because my periods were irregular and painful but, as I was 15, I did not understand that doing so would cover up the problem and not fix it. My body is much better now it has had a chance to sort itself out and establish a normal cycle. I feel I am on much more of an even keel having my natural cycle, even if my skin is worse!

I will never go back on the pill and intend to use the Fertility Awareness Method when I am done having children.

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 16/04/2008 21:12

I will not take a hormonal contraceptive again. I got regular headaches on the pill, but didn't really realise it until I came off of it.

Much like you, since becoming a parent I have 'seen the light' and have become a lot more aware about what I put into my family's bodies.

I started a thread earlier this week about using charting as a form of contraception, but didn't get much of a response. What do others on this thread do for contraception?

MrsTittleMouse · 16/04/2008 21:13

I hated the (combined) pill. DH always said that it was the best contraceptive ever, as it completely destroyed my libido. I sometimes wonder if it ever came back properly. It also made me depressed, but I wonder if that was because I was so upset at losing my libido or a completely separate side effect.

Maddeningly, we have since found out that it was all for nothing anyway, as we had no chance of ever conceiving. Oh well, we were lucky that fertility treatment worked for us, and I suppose that it's a small silver lining that I'll never have to worry about the pill (or my diaphragm) ever again.

bran · 16/04/2008 21:13

DH was never keen on the pill, he didn't like the idea of me manipulating my hormones when he could just put a condom on.

When I was first diagnosed with PCOS I took the pill for a while as it was standard treatment then, but it gave me headaches and didn't really help the PCOS symptoms much anyway so I stopped.

francagoestohollywood · 16/04/2008 21:14

I took the pill in my twenties. It eased my horrible painful periods. But I'm now keen on having my natural cycle.

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lionbeastwithalionheart · 16/04/2008 21:17

wow so many replies, phew glad im not the only one.

guess i just feel like its posioning my body or something

mmj i also had that, when i stoppped taking the pill i didnt have a period for about 9 months[and no this was a couple years before i was PG]

i took it for 10 years, i think thats quite enough.

sh, is the Fertility Awareness Method, the natural family planning on temping and checking for ewcm?

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Divastrop · 16/04/2008 21:18

i was on the pill(tried various brands of both the combined and POP pills)for 2 years in my late teens and i had so many problems,such as massive weight gain,mood swings,dodgey leg pains,migraines etc that i had to stop taking it.i have also in the past been on the injection(which was like having PMT continually and i put on 3 stone),and more recently had the mirena coil which stayed in for all of 3 weeks before i insisted it was removed(see SE's of injection except i only had time to put on 10lbs).

i dont wish to put any more synthetic hormones into my body now.i have an IUD which works fine for me.

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lionbeastwithalionheart · 16/04/2008 21:20

hi mrs mouse, how are you?

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dandycandyjellybean · 16/04/2008 21:20

high blood pressure. would kinda like to coz i hate sex with a condom, but agree with the hormones in self/water system argument, and don't like the idea of the other methods either

SirDigbyChickenCaesar · 16/04/2008 21:25

i stopped taking it in Dec because it was making me ill. after trying various kinds and the depo injection, i feel much better now physically and i have a libido again after years of nothing.
sadly i cna't blame my depression on it anymore though.

ScaryHairy · 16/04/2008 21:27

Yes, exactly Lionbeastwithalionheart.

I temp and check CM and cervical position. Once I start using it for contraception I will use condoms on my fertile days.

MrsTittleMouse · 16/04/2008 21:37

Hello lion, I'm not too bad. We just had the first ultrasound scan, and so I can start telling the world that I'm pregnant.
It's getting a bit obvious, mind. I'm blaming the small age gap, but I look about 5 months gone.

bethoo · 16/04/2008 21:39

withdrawal method
seriously though condoms but nothing at mo as pregnant and with same partner.

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