Birth Control Haters

[Seshat]

Such women are more than welcome to endure the sort of period I get.

Pain and cramps, constipation, SEVERE bleeding - as in, less than a minute from taking off a pad to blood on the floor. As in, I don't bother with nighttime pads, I go straight for the continence stuff.

Yeah. Makes me 'more of a woman'. Bullcrap.

And the gyn I talked to about this pretty much said there was nothing he would do. Because I've never had children, hysterectomy would have to be major abdominal surgery, not laproscopic, so he wouldn't recommend it. Uterine ablation apparently has a low long-term success rate in women of my build. Etc, etc, etc.

[AdminAssistant]

I would give anything to get back on the pill. In fact, if my next ultrasound doesn't show some damn remarkable improvement, I'm going to get back on it, liver tumors (benign) be damned. The past couple of days have been nothing but bloating and constipation and PAIN...can't even stand up straight. *grumble*

[blas87]

Oh, I remember how bad my periods used to be. Super plus tampons with a pad for added protection in case I didn't get to the bathroom in time after just an hour or two.

[Greenday]

Birth control - Making my female friends much less crazy! (Which in turn makes me less crazy)

[blas87]

Actually, Greenday, some birth control methods can cause mood or mental problems. Depo has a reputation for causing depression, but I don't have any stats or anything to back it up, so I'm not sure if I really believe it concrete myself.

[Greenday]

Actually, Greenday, some birth control methods can cause mood or mental problems. Depo has a reputation for causing depression, but I don't have any stats or anything to back it up, so I'm not sure if I really believe it concrete myself.

They can say that all they want. But the only effects I've seen from it is my friends not having bad periods, which is awesome for them, and no little Greendays running around, which is awesome for everyone.

[blas87]

I agree. No periods and no dumb doe-eyed blonde idiots running around makes me very happy as well.

I've pictured myself at the grocery store with little clones of myself. And at that point, I just want to throw myself in front of a salt truck.

[Andara Bledin]

They can say that all they want. But the only effects I've seen from it is my friends not having bad periods, which is awesome for them, and no little Greendays running around, which is awesome for everyone.

I speak from experience that some pills can cause some women to turn into hormonal bitches.

The first pill I was on put me into PMS mode pretty much 24/7. Which, in my case is just mild crankiness, but feeling like that every single day for months on end is not fun for anyone. I'd hate to think how it would have gone if I were the type to be more than just cranky from PMS. >_<

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[jackfaire]

When I hear the birth control haters they always make me think of this waste of space I knew in the service that bragged openly about the girl he left knocked up to fend for herself.

[AdminAssistant]

this waste of space I knew in the service that bragged openly about the girl he left knocked up to fend for herself.

Apparently a stupid waste of space, since military wages are among the easiest to garnish for child support. (Happened to my grandfather as far back as WWII.)

[HYHYBT]

And the gyn I talked to about this pretty much said there was nothing he would do. Because I've never had children, hysterectomy would have to be major abdominal surgery, not laproscopic, so he wouldn't recommend it. Uterine ablation apparently has a low long-term success rate in women of my build. Etc, etc, etc.

Apparently they're not there yet, but it seems like it *ought* to be possible to do a hysterectomy vaginally.

[Seshat]

Oh, it is. Laproscopic incision/s - usually through the navel - to insert a camera. Tools up through the cervix, if they plan to leave the tip of the cervix in place (which is common).

This particular gyn simply believes it can't/shouldn't be done on a woman who's never had natural childbirth.

Sure, our cervixes are tighter, but dammit, inject a muscle relaxant and ease a sound in to work through! If we're desperate enough to ask for a hysterectomy, there's a *(#ing REASON for it, damnit!

<sigh>

[senor boogie woogie]

I have some sympathy for women who have to go through this every month. I would have hated to have gone through that process growing up in my parent's house as a girl (shudder).

I dont know how old you are, or if you are interested or not in having a child in the future. If you do not want to have a child the rest of your life, there is no reason to have a period. I am not a medical doctor (but I play one on TV), a female does not have to have a period, it's called menopause.

I have no problem with birth control, I have a problem with abortion. That's another subject entirely, and we dont have to go there. What people like Santorum doesnt see is that birth control keeps babies from being concieved and possibly aborted. Birth control should be cheap and available in western countries down to the poorest person and given widely away free to most of the world where populations are exploding.

[Seshat]

At the risk of sidetracking the thread, I'm a major advocate for birth control. I'd love to see inexpensive, effective, side-effect free, reversible birth control available to everyone. Both sexes, and everywhere in the world.

[blas87]

That's something I think we all should agree on

What really annoys me is that pretty much every conservative in the running is dead seat about defunding Planned Parenthood and cutting every access for most people to get BC. That results in more unplanned, unwanted babies. That results in more government money spent on providing for all of these babies. Do they not understand that?

It makes the conservatives look bad. It embarrasses me a bit, because I'm very open minded about birth control and how it's a necessity and it'd be a key tool in reducing a lot of government spending on food stamps, welfare and whatnot.

If you want to strip access to affordable/free birth control, be prepared to face the consequences. But then again, I'm sure you'll just see more of the "Personal responsibility" blargle blargle and "Can't feed em, don't breed em!" nonsense.