Back in my day we only had the 28 day pop-a-pill packet. Every know side effect came my way. Heart palpatations, infections, cramps I never had before, rashes that looked like prickly heat running down my legs, maddening itch. My doctor said she would give me the lowest does possible. Was that even an option or was she lying to mr? I stopped taking them.
I went to the library to research. Funny, but not funny, my neighbor told me to use Nodick, said it works every time. I came to find out how Rhythm works, and it did. There's only a small window of opportunity in reality. Found that 2-3 day window and never went back to birth control pills. I did have to take my neighbor's advice though, for those couple days.
Agree - I didn't know about the rhythm method but it wasn't rocket science. Was only on the Pill for a couple of years (it made me overly emotional and it was hard on my marriage) and I knew pretty much the very day each of my kids was conceived. Trying to convince my 24 yr old daughter to get off of them. When she was struggling with horrible acne in her teens, I had natural strategies to help but asked the derm for one scrip of Bactrim just in case her skin "purged", to save her from scarring (as had happened to me). She looked at me with disgust and said "I would never give you an antibiotic 'just in case', you should just get her on birth control right away". I've had some of my worst medical experiences with dermatologists.
One of my daughter's friends had a brain haemorrhage and died a few days later. She was 25. I suspect she was on the pill but cannot prove it. Thank you for a very interesting article. My daughters use rhythm methods I believe but one did have a coil for a while. Another dodgy option I think. I used a diaphragm successfully as did my mother.
Back in my day we only had the 28 day pop-a-pill packet. Every know side effect came my way. Heart palpatations, infections, cramps I never had before, rashes that looked like prickly heat running down my legs, maddening itch. My doctor said she would give me the lowest does possible. Was that even an option or was she lying to mr? I stopped taking them.
I went to the library to research. Funny, but not funny, my neighbor told me to use Nodick, said it works every time. I came to find out how Rhythm works, and it did. There's only a small window of opportunity in reality. Found that 2-3 day window and never went back to birth control pills. I did have to take my neighbor's advice though, for those couple days.
My window of opportunity was at least 6 days but the Rhythm method worked beautifully during my fertile years.
Agree - I didn't know about the rhythm method but it wasn't rocket science. Was only on the Pill for a couple of years (it made me overly emotional and it was hard on my marriage) and I knew pretty much the very day each of my kids was conceived. Trying to convince my 24 yr old daughter to get off of them. When she was struggling with horrible acne in her teens, I had natural strategies to help but asked the derm for one scrip of Bactrim just in case her skin "purged", to save her from scarring (as had happened to me). She looked at me with disgust and said "I would never give you an antibiotic 'just in case', you should just get her on birth control right away". I've had some of my worst medical experiences with dermatologists.
Anything interfering with nature is unsustainable.
One of my daughter's friends had a brain haemorrhage and died a few days later. She was 25. I suspect she was on the pill but cannot prove it. Thank you for a very interesting article. My daughters use rhythm methods I believe but one did have a coil for a while. Another dodgy option I think. I used a diaphragm successfully as did my mother.
Thank you!