The decision to stop taking the pill took my husband and I ages to commit to. The voice of my mum was in my head saying, ‘I got pregnant straight away with you when I came off the pill’.
This meant we waited longer to stop it, not wanting kids until around 30, naively thinking the same would happen to me.
I’d been on the pill consistently since I was 16, and I was 29 when I stopped it. Like a lot of other women, I started taking it at the advice of my GP because I had bad skin, terrible period cramps and very irregular periods.
Comparing birth control combination pills. Post continues after video.
For the next 13 years, I had great skin, I would know exactly when I was going to get a period, and it was very convenient not to have to use protection with my husband. I even began to skip periods, so I only had them every three months, again, after consulting with my GP to make sure this was okay.
Unlike a lot of the other stories in the media lately about women not being physically attracted to their partners or losing their sex drive after stopping the pill, this story is about all the other changes I noticed with my health. Resulting in what was one of the hardest years of my life.
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I have borderline PCOS and it’s brutal- the pill is a treatment for its symptoms too so like you I was put on it early for the same issues but had other issues occur a few years later and they found the polycysts during a scan. The dosage was changed and I was ok but now I have suspected endo so I’m petrified of coming off it! One day I will like you though so this was a helpful read! I totally understand what you are saying and I hope good news is just around the corner for you!
The reason I see a naturopath or get acupuncture/Chinese herbs is because I know that doctors will instantly prescribe pharmaceutical drugs to cover up the problem. I'd rather get to the bottom of the issue.
A lot of reproductive issues are caused by exposure to toxins, not because of genetics. I have endometriosis and read up on this stuff constantly.
Doctors definitely have their place, especially for diagnosis and surgery but they tend not to get to the root of the problem.
Thar's actually not true. Your alternative health practitioner is fibbing if they claim "toxins" cause reproductive problems - that is pure pseudoscience and not factually based at all.