I teach the Fertility Awareness Method, and I can't warn ladies enough against "the pill!" A family friend nearly died before xmas from taking YAZ (pulmonary embolism). When you suppress your period, you're suppressing hormones and if that's not bad enough, you add more into the mix. I totally understand not wanting the inconvenience of a period, but this is really getting scary. Please be careful ladies! less

I completely agree! I think this is very dangerous. Not to mention what it does to the body to mess with our hormones. I know exactly how much women hate dealing with hormones. But they serve a purpose. Actually they serve more purposes than just sexual and reproductive.

Believe me, being in the midst of menopause I'm hating many of the effects of my hormones right now. But I would not use unnatural drugs to try to control what I'm going through. Yes, periods suck! But trying to eliminate them is just plain dangerous! less

No more periods! It does sound like a good idea but only in theory. I was on the Depo shot for 3 years when I was 16 and it just gave me so many other problems. I am short and a little on the thick side. 2 years before going on this shot I lost a lot of weight and was down to 110 lbs that is good being that I am 5 2. Well shortly after going on the shot and almost as soon as my periods quit coming I started packing on the pounds. LOL I hardly ate much and worked out all the time. The stupid doctor started telling my mom that I was eating too much. All my mom could say was I know she isn't. Well that went on for about 3 years and finally my mom got tired of taking me and hearing the doc bitch about my weight I hit 200 lbs but I hit is within the same year of starting the shot. I was pissed, really beyond that. It took a year for my periods to come back but they are not right anymore. Very painful very heavy and very annoying. I'm 27 now and I wish she would have never put me on that.

I tell anyone that says they are thinking about going on something like this NO don't do it. It really does mess up your body and really taking something to stop your periods just isn't good. Your periods clean your body, yes they suck to have but they really are good for your health. The pill that is just a whole different story they didn't help me and i was on 5 different kinds and had the same problems.

With #3 on the way I am so looking forward to being fixed. LOL I don't have to worry about condoms to keep me from getting pregnant again. I'm going to be setting in the OR after the c section telling the doc Hey while you are in there fix me!!! less

Thanks for sharing your experience! One word of warning on getting fixed (this is something I have read and heard, not experienced) : If you get your tubes tied, you can have lots of hormone difficulties during menopause. The reason is that your ovaries produce a large amount of hormones, and especially become important during menopause (they're not just for egg production). The fallopian tubes deliver these hormones to the uterus, which then distribute them in your bloodstream. I totally understand the desire to get fixed, but please consider this. Hysterectomy is the second most commonly performed major surgery in the US, and C section is the first! 65% of ALL women in the US(as of the late 90's) have had hysterectomies. In general, doctors agree that your uterus and ovaries aren't good for anything but "growing babies and growing cancer," but it's just not true! Check out the book "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom" by Christiane Northrup for more info. less

FAM4LIFE,

I had an eptopic pregnancy that caused me to have a tube removed on one side. From what the DR told me, there are two fallopian tubes on each side. One carries the egg, the other carries the hormones. So basically if the tubes that carry the eggs are cut and tied but not the others, there should be no hormonal issues.

And anyone is welcome to correct me on this. I'm not a Dr. I was just told this by a Gynecologist. less

I also feel that suppressing a body's natural rhythms, cycles, secretions and so on is dangerous. It is literally unnatural and likely to have unforeseen consequences. The benefits must always outweigh the risks, in my opinion. If it is a pharmaceutical that has been on the market for some time and has little known risk, then consider it with advice from your doctor. less

I teach the Fertility Awareness Method, and I can't warn ladies enough against "the pill!" A family friend nearly died before xmas from taking YAZ (pulmonary embolism). When you suppress your period, you're suppressing hormones and if that's not bad enough, you add more into the mix. I totally understand not wanting the inconvenience of a period, but this is really getting scary. Please be careful ladies! less

all birth control pills carry risks for high blood pressure and blood clotting.

I was on the pill for a couple of years, and I even tried the patch. My body HATED it. It was so bad. I had to get off all of that to feel normal again.

I do support FAM4LIFE here. We have basically used the FAM our entire marriage, and even used it when we decided to get pregnant and have a baby. When you know your body and it's cues, things seem to work out. I have no regrets. less

I don't agree with any hormonal birth control anymore. I was put on it for 2 years for extreme menstrual cramps, and now it's cost me my libido, has given me depression, etc. Totally not worth it. Yes, the pain I felt each cycle was excruciating, but it's worse to be depressed all the time and see the pain in your significant other's face when you tell them you no longer feel for them. I'll deal with the physical pain, thanks. less

I wish i could do that, too, but I have a physical labor job that leaves me in pain at the end of the day. Coupled with cramps, needless to say I dive for that ibuprofen like a hawk divebombing a hare. But I'd rather deal with that than to make my bf cry over me pushing him away because I'm just not interested anymore. less

I wish i could do that, too, but I have a physical labor job that leaves me in pain at the end of the day. Coupled with cramps, needless to say I dive for that ibuprofen like a hawk divebombing a hare. But I'd rather deal with that than to make my bf cry over me pushing him away because I'm just not interested anymore. less

I am, I love him a lot. But it's not just him. I don't find any males or females interesting, and reading boy x boy stories online doesn't excite me anymore. I don't feel like using toys anymore, or hadly at all if I use them. I.E. no drive at all.

I haven't even had sexual dreams in years now.... less

I'm not a doctor, but I have been a nurse in surgery (etc) and gynecology (over 20 years) and would like to tell you there are no disposable organs in the body. Its wrong to take out healthy organs, uterus, ovaries, etc,not only does it cause adhesions that could choke off your bowels and cause gangrene, not to mention all the other risks intra and post op, but removal of organs like the uterus can cause bladder prolapse or incontinence, enteroceles,rectoceles , cystoceles (tears were urine or stool leak out the vagina), and quite often ureters or intestines get nicked during surgery.,especially at teaching hospitals where your surgeon lets each student get a turn or a dug during the procedure.

I know plenty of female physicians who take the Pill continuously so they don't get a period, and when they stop, they have no problem getting pregnant. I recommend being followed by an endocrinologist rather than a gynecologist for hormones. less