shazza wrote:
Plan B is really rough on your body and can actually make you infertile if you use it too much/often. There are plenty of non-hormonal birth controls like paragard, if you can afford them/your insurance will cover it, but honestly the regular pill isn't really that big of a deal for most women. I don't find it affects my sex drive, hasn't had me gain weight, make me sick (this brand anyway,) or anything like that. I do have slightly worse PMS and my tits got huge but that's a small price to pay for no babies and regular periods, I think. I've not known of any woman whose had issue with going off bc after being on it for a while, getting pregnant, and having healthy children. It seems a lot safer if you're not going to use condoms than Plan B at least.
Yeah Plan B isn't something I want to take. Thankfully I didn't have any of the painful side-effects aside from some minor stomach cramping the second time, but I know that it's basically poisoning your system. Thanks for sharing your experience with the pill though, I just need to go to the doctor and have a thorough talk about birth control to banish my misconceptions. Did you have to go through different pills to find one that worked best for you?
Not really? I've only taken two brands - a low-dose one when I was 16/17 (they won't put you on a "normal" dosage unless you're sexually active if you're under 18,) then after that one started making me nauseated after taking it, a normal dose one as I was 18 at this time which is the one I'm on now. I seem to have had good luck as a few people I know have gone through 3 or 4 brands before they found one that worked for them. It's not that big of a deal to switch at all though and they all cost about the same. If there's any side effects like acne or weight gain that you're concerned about, tell your doctor you definitely DO NOT want any kind that can cause that.
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