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Earthshine (Hillsboro, Oregon, Unitedstates) on 01/29/2011

Birth Control Side effects

Okay, so I have been on BC for about four and a half years because I had a really bad acne problem and was sexually active. I'm now starting to realize that my energy and sex drive have gone way down. I live with my boyfriend who I've been with for the whole time I've been on BC and we used to be extremly active. This really stinks because I dont want him to think that I'm not into him anymore and honestly it feels weird to not have much sexual desire becuase I have always been a very intimate person. So about 2 years ago I tried to get off these things and I started to feel wild and crazy and free again but, I really dont like the feeling of condoms. They just don't feel very natural to me and I know that the pill has prevented me from getting pregnant for the last 4 and a half years and I've only been with one boy, so I feel condoms to be unnecessary. So any who, I went back on them and I feel pretty boring, not sexy and yep, sex is never really on my mind anymore. Also It hurts and is uncomfortable and I'm usually dry. This is so depressing to me because this is a way that I've always expressed my attraction to my lover and I really do love him. So I'm asking for some help on here becuase I dont go to the doctors and pretty much I try to make sure birth control is the only thing I put in my body that is not good for me. I'm wondering if theres some sort of hormone birthcontrol stops your body from producing and I should take more of that but really I'm not sure what to do. I don't want to get pregnant, I don't want to use condoms, and I don't want to take anything that isn't good for me. If any of you have a solution please help me out. This is really bringing me down and messing with my mind alot. Thank you.

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Replied By Gavin (Manganui, New Zealand) on 01/30/2011

In many parts of Asia, Lemon Juice is used on a ball of cotton wool.. And then inserted. This imobilises the sperm and kills any STDs.
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Replied By L. (Severn, Maryland) on 02/01/2011

I'm not a fan of taking birth control pills either. About three years ago I started using a little computerized device that takes your temperature, stores the information over a period of months, and uses this information to determine if you are fertile or not. If you do an internet search on "natural methods" you should find websites that sell these devices. It has worked for me for three years and I don't have to deal with BC side effects. Hopefully this is helpful.
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Replied By Earthshine (Hillsboro, Oregon) on 02/03/2011

I have never herd of that before is it hard to manage? Is it risky? I will have to check it out. If you have any advice on it please let me know, but thank you so much for the reply! Hope I'll find the perfect solution soon.
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Replied By Maria (Gippsland, Australia) on 02/06/2011

There is a great book called 'The Billings Method' that's about natural birth control. It came out in about 1980 and is written by Drs John and Evelyn Billings. Using the Billings Method you learn your own individual cycle and can plan to prevent pregnancy or to try for one. Every teenage girl should learn about her own cycle and this method teaches this. There are now Billings Centers around the world helping women. There is a lot of info on the net if you search for it. I believe this is the official site:

www.billingslife.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249&Itemid=119%u2329=en

Although Dr John Billings has now passed away he and his wife Dr Evelyn Billings legacy lives on. This method has been scientifically proven but Drs still give the pill to girls and young women to supposedly help their cycle, even though most never do blood tests first to see which should be prescribed.

There is also a small gadget called 'Maybe Baby' it is the size of a lipstick and is a small microscope. You wake up in the morning and first thing you do is put a smear of spit on the lens and leave to dry for a couple of minutes. You then look at it and it will show up as fern leaves if you are about to or are ovulating. I bought mine at the chemist but a search online will give you more info. It has been known for a few decades that womens saliva put under the microscope could show when they are ovulating, so now you can get what is really just a mini microscope the size of a lipstick. This really does work so you can either avoid sex during your fertile time or use a condom. If trying to get pregnant then you know your ovulating time.

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Replied By Missy (Ny, Ny) on 02/07/2011

That's all and good. However, sperm can live in your body for 2 days. So even if you are not ovulating today, have sex, ovulate tomorrow, or the next day... Guess what?
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Replied By Maria (Gippsland, Australia) on 02/08/2011

If you can learn the Billings Method, and I will say it can take a while for those with irregular cycles, you can tell when you are about to ovulate not just as you are ovulating. You are able to tell via your mucous. It has been proved to be as effective as the birth control drugs. I personally found using the Maybe Baby microscope was very easy as it shows a different pattern before you ovulate. Yes it does mean either abstinence or a condom for aprox five days of your cycle. The Billings method is easier to learn when you are not sexually active, as having sex the night before alters the mucous first thing in the morning.
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Replied By Noelle (Westport, Maine) on 06/30/2015

First I would like to say that I LOVE this site!!! I noticed there were very few comments in the birth control section so I would like to add my experience in hopes of helping women who are sick of putting dangerous things into their bodies.

When I was young (and naive) I went onto the ortho evra patch because I became sexually active. I noticed no promblems in my body from it but both of my sisters became angry and violent and had to stay away from it. I was using the patch for almost 9 years until they discontinued it because of all the sicknesses and deaths that were connected to it. I switched to the ortho pill about 9 months ago. Since then, I have gained 20lbs. I am getting horrible acne that I can't seem to control no matter how well I eat (with lots of probiotics) and no matter what natural remedy I use ( acv, coconut oil, etc. internally and externally).

I used to get about one or two pimples once a month but now I have at least ten at one time. I wake up with two to three new pimples every morning.

Before starting the pill, I received bladder infections regularly with three that turned into kidney infections with the help of antibiotics. I had learned to control and heal them with lemon water and was free of any uti for a year. When I started taking the pill, NOTHING could stop them! I've tried everything including acv, cranberry pills, lemon water, uva ursi ect. along with an alkaline diet and no sugar, carbs, or dairy.

I have decided to stop taking the bc pill as of yesterday and today was the first day I woke up with NO new pimples. I will be trying a natural method to prevent babies. I strongly suggest than every woman look into the BILLINGS METHOD! It's time to tune into our bodies instead of relying on dangerous methods that have harmed more women than we know. Let's be aware of our fertility instead of running from it! I hope this will help someone!

Your friend, Noelle

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