Day 4 of 5day fast facts list: Birth Control Pills
💙birth control pills (aka oral contraceptives and I’ll include combined hormone patch and Vaginal ring too) are LIFE SAVING treatments for women with severe period pain or heavy bleeding (from fibroids, endometriosis, adenomyosis,certain clotting disorders) or those with a family
History of ovarian cancer (it decreases the risk!) or certain hormones issues like PMS with mood changes/acne or PCOS.
🧿ALSO, btw, they work great for their primary indication: STOPPING PREGNANCY!!
💙BUT there are SOME annoying side effects for SOME humans (even occasionally dangerous ones) so OF COURSE they, like EVERY INTERVENTION, are not 100% safe and are not for everyone!
🧿Are they safe for women over 35? YES provided Your blood pressure is in good control, and you are not smoking, and you don’t have a significant history in the family for a blood clotting disorder… We even use them in women who are 49+ years old during perimenopause to help control much of the symptoms!
💙Of late there are thousands of practitioners and influencers maligning the pill which only serves to undermine the confidence women have been able to feel in having this as an excellent option… Highlighting the pros and cons of any individual treatment is incredibly important across all fields—but summarily saying one RX is ALL GOOD or ALL BAD is factually incorrect AND creates a shame and blame
Cycle that does NOT serve women at all
🧿PLEASE REMEMBER that each of us have a differnt experience with any Given intervention, Surgery, medication (much like everything in life!) So if you yourself hated the birth control pill that nearly means that you yourself hated the birth control pill! This does not mean that no human with ovaries should ever consider it…