Yes- that's exactly what I mean when taking oral contraceptives too: the power of hormones cannot be underestimated. Yes, postpartum depression exists and when our own natural hormones can wreck us (without any synthetic ones), just imagine what the synthetic hormones can do to a woman [even minimal amounts may cause lots of discomfort]. Postpartum depression is well-handled by some women and I have come across several PPD cases too and have counselled them. I have had doctors coming to me during my stay at the hospital after my delivery and educating me and several other new mothers about PPD and that's when its easily manageable and preventable. I'd like to thank you for the links: extremely informative.
Regarding oral contraceptives, I have come across several links where women claim that as soon as they started their birth control with contraceptives, they gained weight. Other than that, it has mainly been through the patients who visit my family gynaecologist clinic and have stated the same problem. From my research so far, everything has been relied on old studies. We need new research, new unbiased sources. During the period when I was recovering from my bit of PPD [though it was not that bad, I was recovering quite well], oral contraceptives made it worse and what was worse than this was: I just couldn't figure out then what was causing it [nearly wrecked my married life]. We need proper control studies on the oral contraceptive research and its effects on women.
From my research, every woman's hormone percentage count is different and that is exactly what makes her unique. That's how we react differently to different kinds of hormone treatments. I am still researching more on this issue and will hopefully receive more results on hormone counts in a woman and its relation to hormone treatments.
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Hello Kristin,
Yes- that's exactly what I mean when taking oral contraceptives too: the power of hormones cannot be underestimated. Yes, postpartum depression exists and when our own natural hormones can wreck us (without any synthetic ones), just imagine what the synthetic hormones can do to a woman [even minimal amounts may cause lots of discomfort]. Postpartum depression is well-handled by some women and I have come across several PPD cases too and have counselled them. I have had doctors coming to me during my stay at the hospital after my delivery and educating me and several other new mothers about PPD and that's when its easily manageable and preventable. I'd like to thank you for the links: extremely informative.
Regarding oral contraceptives, I have come across several links where women claim that as soon as they started their birth control with contraceptives, they gained weight. Other than that, it has mainly been through the patients who visit my family gynaecologist clinic and have stated the same problem. From my research so far, everything has been relied on old studies. We need new research, new unbiased sources. During the period when I was recovering from my bit of PPD [though it was not that bad, I was recovering quite well], oral contraceptives made it worse and what was worse than this was: I just couldn't figure out then what was causing it [nearly wrecked my married life]. We need proper control studies on the oral contraceptive research and its effects on women.
From my research, every woman's hormone percentage count is different and that is exactly what makes her unique. That's how we react differently to different kinds of hormone treatments. I am still researching more on this issue and will hopefully receive more results on hormone counts in a woman and its relation to hormone treatments.
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