She could have been having crippling menstrual cramps, heavy bleeding or irregular periods. I had start taking birth control pills in my late teens because of heaving bleeding and unbearable pain. Sometimes the pills are necessary.
Edit: meant to type “heavy” bleeding.
Really, and do you really want the world to know that? I beg your pardon, don’t believe you and I will leave it at that. What did girls do before the advent of the “pill?” Humanity survived, even without the pill.
I have heard that is indeed one use for the pill. My husbands sisters suffered horribly as young women from painful menses. As a result , he was always so understanding to that particular issue. It spoke volumes to me about his compassion and character.
I suppose there are those men who feel it is a woman’s burden to suffer in pain and silence as though it is a shameful thing. We are blessed though that modern medicine is comprised of men and women who think and research for ways to cure disease and create medicines to alleviate pain. A man on the thread for the Black Plague was cured by antibiotics when he was in Vietnam. It is sad when side effects from these meds result in a death, when the patient was seeking help.