It's just not my personal experience- it's the experience of thousands of women like me who have experienced the same situation. I have met them, seen them and I spoke to them as well. That is what inspired me to write this article. Research studies may not come out now but you may go and ask your gynaecologist (and if she/he is honest enough), they'll tell you what pills REALLY do to you because THEY KNOW. They said it. They have thousands of patients coming over to them who are like me. I didn't know at first that pills were causing all the havoc until I met my gynaecologist a month before conception. I don't believe in post-partum depression. Yes- having a new baby can be stressful and the hormonal changes can really get you but they don't last that long. I have always been the optimistic person with a very spiritual view in life and that one year when I had contraceptives, it was not me- I can tell that for sure. I always knew that I was not a "hormone" person and believe me my dear reader, studies will come out in the future. There are thousands of women who left pills because of similar problems like me and had gone for other contraceptive options (preferably abstinence during the fertility periods or IUD's) because synthetic hormones don't suit them. The medical companies will never release the studies that pills cause "so-and-so" for their gain but if you happen to read their leaflet, they do mention mood problems and weight gain (and for some, it's a lot of weight gain due to emotional eating- let's not forget that!).
If there are no studies out there, there will be now. Just wait a couple of years. And obviously, pills increase the breast cancer and cervical cancer risks (now, that is from the scientific and medical proofs). Let me know if I am wrong. :-) We have our choices. As I stated in my article, every woman may have a different experience and as you may see from the comments above, oral contraceptives have done both "good" and "bad". The problem is, the medical companies won't let the "bad" effects of the pills to be shown in public and hence, portals like Empowher.com give us a chance to share the truth. I highly recommend you to go to an honest obstetrician or gynaecologist (because I have been to three gynaecologists and all of them say what I said- it's just not me) :-)
Thank you so much for writing Anonymous reader! And I am not making claims- it's my experience along with several others who have gone through the same experience. I have read over 50 comments on Empowher.com alone where many readers say that they gained up to 20 lbs. on birth control pills. I truly believe that studies will be out one day that will support what I have stated above.
And let's not restrict ourselves just to scientific and medical proofings. Lots of them have made mistakes and have rectified themselves in the future. Some have made biased research. I mean- why do we limit ourselves and ONLY TRUST what scientific and medical proofing states and not what's in front of eyes... After all, "Seeing is believing..."
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Dear Anonymous reader,
It's just not my personal experience- it's the experience of thousands of women like me who have experienced the same situation. I have met them, seen them and I spoke to them as well. That is what inspired me to write this article. Research studies may not come out now but you may go and ask your gynaecologist (and if she/he is honest enough), they'll tell you what pills REALLY do to you because THEY KNOW. They said it. They have thousands of patients coming over to them who are like me. I didn't know at first that pills were causing all the havoc until I met my gynaecologist a month before conception. I don't believe in post-partum depression. Yes- having a new baby can be stressful and the hormonal changes can really get you but they don't last that long. I have always been the optimistic person with a very spiritual view in life and that one year when I had contraceptives, it was not me- I can tell that for sure. I always knew that I was not a "hormone" person and believe me my dear reader, studies will come out in the future. There are thousands of women who left pills because of similar problems like me and had gone for other contraceptive options (preferably abstinence during the fertility periods or IUD's) because synthetic hormones don't suit them. The medical companies will never release the studies that pills cause "so-and-so" for their gain but if you happen to read their leaflet, they do mention mood problems and weight gain (and for some, it's a lot of weight gain due to emotional eating- let's not forget that!).
If there are no studies out there, there will be now. Just wait a couple of years. And obviously, pills increase the breast cancer and cervical cancer risks (now, that is from the scientific and medical proofs). Let me know if I am wrong. :-) We have our choices. As I stated in my article, every woman may have a different experience and as you may see from the comments above, oral contraceptives have done both "good" and "bad". The problem is, the medical companies won't let the "bad" effects of the pills to be shown in public and hence, portals like Empowher.com give us a chance to share the truth. I highly recommend you to go to an honest obstetrician or gynaecologist (because I have been to three gynaecologists and all of them say what I said- it's just not me) :-)
Thank you so much for writing Anonymous reader! And I am not making claims- it's my experience along with several others who have gone through the same experience. I have read over 50 comments on Empowher.com alone where many readers say that they gained up to 20 lbs. on birth control pills. I truly believe that studies will be out one day that will support what I have stated above.
And let's not restrict ourselves just to scientific and medical proofings. Lots of them have made mistakes and have rectified themselves in the future. Some have made biased research. I mean- why do we limit ourselves and ONLY TRUST what scientific and medical proofing states and not what's in front of eyes... After all, "Seeing is believing..."
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