Posted on 07/28/2019 4:30:43 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
As a physician assistant specializing in OB/GYN, I have prescribed birth control to everyone for everything . . . irregular cycles, painful periods, unusual bleeding, PMS, acne, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, perimenopause and, of course, to avoid pregnancy.
It wasn’t until my own struggles with infertility that I began to research more about the consequences of using artificial hormones. Although I was taught in school that the birth control pill was a treatment for these disorders, I learned that artificial hormones are only FDA-approved to treat two things: to avoid pregnancy, and for hormonal acne. Other than that, the Pill only masks the symptoms of underlying disorders. Actually, for estrogen-dominant disorders like PCOS and endometriosis, the excess estrogens in the Pill can make these disorders worse!
After many years of my own struggle with infertility, I was diagnosed with atypical PCOS and realized that I had symptoms starting at 15 years old. Now, I know that if I had been treated for PCOS instead of being placed on the Pill to “regulate my periods,” I would not have had to struggle with infertility.
The Search
Fast-forward 8 years and 4 precious children later, I was diagnosed with a dangerous heart condition and was told it would be medically unwise to become pregnant again. I was given the choice of different forms of birth control, as well as permanent sterilization options. As a Physician Assistant, my medical knowledge instilled the fear of risks of surgery, as well as the risks and side effects of artificial hormones. I had just been through a very difficult 8 years of struggles with infertility and related health problems, and did not need to deal with any more problems. So began my search for a natural method of avoiding pregnancy.
(Excerpt) Read more at naturalwomanhood.org ...
Why I choose to use a Fertility Awareness Method, even though I have a serious reason to avoid pregnancy
The only fix for my issues was a hysterectomy. They attempted to get me onto a regular cycle with the pill, because I had a cycle that lasted for over a year, with regular blood transfusions required. The pill brought other issues, like mood swings, weight gain, and acne, along with (amazingly) even heavier bleeding, despite having breaks between cycles. It wasn’t worth it.
I couldn’t have children anyway, so there was no huge loss on my part.
I have a friend who moved in with her sister and her sister’s wife — yeah, you heard that right — shortly after her idiot husband divorced her. For the next seven weeks, she bled and bled. She speculated that her body was trying to synch her cycle up with those of her sister and sister-in-law.
In short, your case does not surprise me. Sometimes the plumbing must be removed entirely, I guess.
Why are you posting this crap which has nothing to do with issues of importance to freepers? Because, maybe, you have some weird bug about women in general? I’m so sick of some of your threads.
Don’t forget toothache and toenail fungus.
Male, female...animal, vegetable or mineral!
I am wondering when trans men will demand that health insurance cover the cost of their birth control.
Then don’t read them, OK?
Run along, Missy and let the rest of us decide, for ourselves, individually, what may or may not be of importance to us.
Tea-tree oil is good for toothache and toenail fungus.
“Why are you posting this crap which has nothing to do with issues of importance to freepers? Because, maybe, you have some weird bug about women in general? I’m so sick of some of your threads.”
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Dear miss marmelstein-
While there are times I would say you have the empathy of a pet rock, I really don’t want to insult any owners of pet rocks, nor the pet rocks themselves.
As is so happens one of my triplet sisters experienced the particular issues mentioned. So for several of us it is of major interest.
Despite miss marmelstein’s apparent lack of empathy, I am grateful you posted this article.
You need some help.
Before pontificating on a stranger’s empathy or lack thereof, you might want to educate yourself on the poster’s record of woman-hating threads which generally devolve into someone (and not always me) hitting the abuse button. This has been going on for a long time.
Maybe so, but why in the world would that concern you so much?
When I call out female promiscuity — and believe me, male promiscuity is just as bad — I’m somehow labeled a misogynist and mentally ill.
And how in the world are fertility awareness threads misogynistic?
Or maybe it’s because I post threads revealing the hellacious lives of incels, such as the one called “Beta Males want to kill women because they can’t get laid.”
I do not agree with the incels, nor do I have sympathy for them. They are their own hate group and must be stopped (deplatformed, etc.).
I’m sorry that you’re a misogynist. Pointing it out seems to upset you.
*yawn*
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