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Did you read the article?

I've done the 4x a year thing for years and years, started back in basic training in 1992 and never looked back, with the full blessing of my ob/gyn. Went off it last summer so hubby and I could conceive and was pregnant within the month. (Imagine our surprise. And we now have a very healthy son.) Many of my friends and female relatives have done the same thing with the same results.

What I've found with friends/relatives who can't conceive are those who wait until after 35 years of age, have high-stress jobs, etc., and those that are impatient. It can take as long as 5 years, with or without a history of taking the pill, to conceive naturally. Yes, 5 years, with no reproductive problems from either the man or women. Yet the fertility business has led us to believe that one year is the mark for infertility. Of course, they get more business that way.

If you spend any amount of time reading about ovulation you'll know that ovulation - the actual act of a follicle bursting to release an egg, is slightly damaging to the ovaries, month after month, year after year. Not ovulating as much, and therefore not having a "regular" cycle is okay. Biologically, women are meant to be pregnant most of their fertile years, and therefore, don't ovulate very often. The pill mimicks the process of pregnancy without having 16 children in the process. As a result, you have less risk of some types of reproductive cancers. Further, with the 4x plan, you have less "ups and downs" in your hormones which means less PMS, less bloating, etc.

I think the fear of the pill, as well as fear of menstrual suppression started with high-dose pills years ago and began this whole nonsense about the pill being so damaging. That and anti-contraceptive groups, along with ignorance, misuse, and idiots who smoke and take the pill (esp. those 35 & over). Those who do can get bloodclots which are often fatal.

Bottom line? Please read more on the subject, and read lots of unbiased, scientific research. And as always, there are some women who just can't tolerate the pill - short-term or long-term. Just like there are other meds that some can't tolerate. Me? I can't take any cold meds or sinus/allergy meds. Over the counter or Rx. Yet millions do so and have no problems.

Well congratulations. You are certainly the EXCEPTION. Be grateful but don't suggest that this is good for your body. I know of COUNTLESS situations where birth control was used and conception was difficult to say the least. To totally turn off hormones is just a disaster waiting to happen.

If YOU would read the article you'd note that they DON'T KNOW the long term affects. There is little doubt that they will be NEGATIVE.

Stress, poor eating habits. lack of B6 etc all contribute to infertility. No question about that. That is a major problem. Most females don't even know how their body works - temperature, ovulation etc.. What they know most about is the act itself so education on the female body works would be beneficial.

When people relax, eat properly the odds dramatically increase that they will conceive however to suggest that existing birth control that regulates hormones unnaturally and now a product that will turn off your hormones won't have negative effects is ABSURD. With routine birth control pills, MOODS are affected, WEIGHT GAIN and CRAMPS are OFTEN more severe - that's just a simple birth control pill. This is also NOT unusual to have these side effects. It's COMMON.

GET REAL!