The Truth About Birth Control

[DivineFiliation]

I feel that it is necessary to get the truth out there. If anyone has been reading my posts in the Reilly's Pub: Kritter Korner (NFP Pub), you know that I have been struggling with infertility issues. I have been meeting regularly with my NFP-only (yay! ) doctor and am on some meds to fix my problem. But I do feel that I need to share some of what I have been going through...

When I was 21, I was diagnosed with having ovarian cysts. Our, then, family doctor suggested that I go to see a gynecologist for this problem as she wasn't sure how to treat it. This gynecologist put me on birth control pills to help dissolve the cyst and keep them from coming back. At the time I saw no harm in this, nor the illogicalness of it all (obviously, when you are on the pill you are not ovulating but somehow the medical community thinks it's ok to suppress the ovaries from functioning?). Now I am married and my husband and I would like to start trying for children. This endeavor requires that I not be on any birth control (duh! ), so I quit taking birth control after we were married and began using NFP (for further info on that, please see Kritter Korner). Anyway, it seems as though spending so much time on the oral contraception has sent my ovaries into confusion and they don't know how to function properly. I expressed my disgust to my new NFP-only (3rd doctor) doctor with this finding, and wondered why the gynecologist was so quick to handle my problem this way. My doctor told me that she is dealing with a 35 year old who has been on depo-prevara for a few years, trying for a child but cannot conceive because the depo has sent this young woman into menopause.

When I first took myself off of the pill, I asked my then (2nd doctor) doctor about taking a good vitamin supplament because of the pill depleting your body of nutrients. He told me that he has never heard of such a thing and thought it was "ludicrious."

I am so frustrated with the medical community for turning their backs on any anti-contraception information, thinking that any person who talk bad about contraception is some kind of religious fanatic. Please join me in getting the truth out there about birth control!!!!!

Thank You

 

[anawim]

I take it that your current doctor is experienced at naprotechnology. If not find one who is.

http://www.naprotechnology.com/

 

[DivineFiliation]

I will have to check! Thanks for posting!

 

[artnalex]

My sister-in-law also has ovarian cists, and was told to get on the pill for such reason. I am wondering if this is a good idea now. Her thoughts have always been to get-off the pill when she marries, as she will have to remain open to children (whch she looks forward too).

But another rerason she is on the pill is that her menstruation cycles are crazy. She can have a menstruation period twice in a month sometimes. They come without warning as well as NO ability to monitor them effectively. The doctors have solved this problem with the pill, too.

 

[DivineFiliation]

My sister-in-law also has ovarian cists, and was told to get on the pill for such reason. I am wondering if this is a good idea now. Her thoughts have always been to get-off the pill when she marries, as she will have to remain open to children (whch she looks forward too).

But another rerason she is on the pill is that her menstruation cycles are crazy. She can have a menstruation period twice in a month sometimes. They come without warning as well as NO ability to monitor them effectively. The doctors have solved this problem with the pill, too.

Her situation might be remedied with progesterone pills ILO birth control pills. Please don't let her take the birth control pills! It is not fixing the situation, but instead prolonging the problem!!!

http://www.omsoul.com/ She can go there to find an NFP only doc in her area. I found a doc through this NFP only site who I e-mailed my problems with (FOR FREE!) back and forth until I found my doctor.

 

[Veritas]

I had similar problems in the past. I had PMS and was put on the pill. It was horrible and I quit taking it. Shortly thereafter, I developed ovarian cysts. I had a laparoscopy and one of them was quite large. Since my mother has had ovarian cancer, this was a concern to me. I am of the firm belief that the pill caused my cysts because when you suppress ovulation, sometimes the ovaries don't get back on track. My mother also swears that her cancer was caused by the pill (she took it back in the 60's when it was much stronger) since her problems began when she stared taking it. I think the truth is out there and known to some who are willing to accept it. Problem is, we live in a contraceptive culture and the pill is the answer to everything from acne to pregnancy. Synthetic hormones are dangerous and women should be told so.

http://www.mercola.com/2004/oct/27/birth_control.htm

 

[DivineFiliation]

wonderful link Veritas! Thanks for posting.

 

[RedTulipMom]

the pill is also an abortifacient and can cause a baby to be aborted and you won't even know it. There is a reason the church is against all birth control except for NFP. many reasons actually. Do your research.
karen

 

[nyj]

Could you sue your old doctor for malpractice?

 

[Wiffey]

I do not think that it is a coincidence that, since the use of artificial birth control has become commonplace, there has been a HUGE rise in infertility rates. Doctors don't discuss it because it isn't P.C.. This also coincides with the legalization of abortion (many post-abortive women have OBGYN issues later on...).

 

[sculpturegirl]

I am 100% against the Pill, too! Doctors do not give any information about it. My fiance's parents are both pharmasuitical researchers and they are against almost all kind of medicine. Ironic, huh? He is very much against the Pill for these reasons, which has lead us both to reading and praying about the spiritual implications as well.

The Pill does NOT get at the underlying cause for any of the problems that it suposedly fixes. I went on Ortho-trycline for 4 months to "fix" my problem skin. The doctor just gaveme 4 months worth of samples and didn't tell me of any side effects. I was a crazy, moody monster for those months and had to get off. Later, I found out that diet and exercise can dramatically improve one's complexion!! (Dr. Perricone's The Acne Cure, for instance.) I believe that the Pill IS causing all sorts of problems and so many women don't know much about it because doctors aren't saying anything. To speak out against the Pill would "restrict sexual freedoms" and lead us back before Roe v. Wade. Wouldn't that be a shame?

 

[DivineFiliation]

Could you sue your old doctor for malpractice?

... I bet it would be hard to PROVE that the old doctor did anything wrong, in that I was having problems back then. ... also, I believe that all things happen for a reason... somehow, in the grand scheme of things, this is part of God's plan. Maybe so I can share my faith with you guys!

I must say that I am so excited that so many people share my sentiments... birth control has become so commonplace, even among "Catholics." I am so excited when I get to talk to, and share beliefs with, people about the TRUTH.

 

[geocajun]

I am 100% against the Pill, too! Doctors do not give any information about it. My fiance's parents are both pharmasuitical researchers and they are against almost all kind of medicine. Ironic, huh? He is very much against the Pill for these reasons, which has lead us both to reading and praying about the spiritual implications as well.

The Pill does NOT get at the underlying cause for any of the problems that it suposedly fixes. I went on Ortho-trycline for 4 months to "fix" my problem skin. The doctor just gaveme 4 months worth of samples and didn't tell me of any side effects. I was a crazy, moody monster for those months and had to get off. Later, I found out that diet and exercise can dramatically improve one's complexion!! (Dr. Perricone's The Acne Cure, for instance.) I believe that the Pill IS causing all sorts of problems and so many women don't know much about it because doctors aren't saying anything. To speak out against the Pill would "restrict sexual freedoms" and lead us back before Roe v. Wade. Wouldn't that be a shame?

scuplturegirl, I suggest reading this book for your research:

Birth Control and Christian Discipleship - http://www.omsoul.com/item308.html

Dr. Kippley reviews how all Christian churches strongly condemned contraception up to 1930, but many began accepting it after that, leading to the disastrous sexual revolution. He points out that there is still a clear path for churches to reorient and reject this evil.

• Author: John F. Kippley
• Publisher: Couple to Couple League
• Pages: 45

 

[Benedicta00]

I feel that it is necessary to get the truth out there. If anyone has been reading my posts in the Reilly's Pub: Kritter Korner (NFP Pub), you know that I have been struggling with infertility issues. I have been meeting regularly with my NFP-only (yay! ) doctor and am on some meds to fix my problem. But I do feel that I need to share some of what I have been going through...

When I was 21, I was diagnosed with having ovarian cysts. Our, then, family doctor suggested that I go to see a gynecologist for this problem as she wasn't sure how to treat it. This gynecologist put me on birth control pills to help dissolve the cyst and keep them from coming back. At the time I saw no harm in this, nor the illogicalness of it all (obviously, when you are on the pill you are not ovulating but somehow the medical community thinks it's ok to suppress the ovaries from functioning?). Now I am married and my husband and I would like to start trying for children. This endeavor requires that I not be on any birth control (duh! ), so I quit taking birth control after we were married and began using NFP (for further info on that, please see Kritter Korner). Anyway, it seems as though spending so much time on the oral contraception has sent my ovaries into confusion and they don't know how to function properly. I expressed my disgust to my new NFP-only (3rd doctor) doctor with this finding, and wondered why the gynecologist was so quick to handle my problem this way. My doctor told me that she is dealing with a 35 year old who has been on depo-prevara for a few years, trying for a child but cannot conceive because the depo has sent this young woman into menopause.

When I first took myself off of the pill, I asked my then (2nd doctor) doctor about taking a good vitamin supplament because of the pill depleting your body of nutrients. He told me that he has never heard of such a thing and thought it was "ludicrious."

I am so frustrated with the medical community for turning their backs on any anti-contraception information, thinking that any person who talk bad about contraception is some kind of religious fanatic. Please join me in getting the truth out there about birth control!!!!!

Thank You

My sister is going through the same thing. On B/C pills for the last 5 + years and can not conceive after being normal in the fertility department. She has three children the youngest is 12 and she has been trying for a year now.

I never taken any kind of ABC even when I didn't know it was wrong but tried it and hated it so I never took it. I chalk that up to why I have no issue with infertility at all.

 

[DivineFiliation]

I never taken any kind of ABC even when I didn't know it was wrong but tried it and hated it so I never took it. I chalk that up to why I have no issue with infertility at all.

Shelb5, that is wonderful. Somehow I think I'd have issues anyway, in that I come from a long line of infertile women (my mother only had two kids, without using birth control... same as my aunt and their mother). However, that's not keeping me from praying, discerning and still allowing God to gift us with children.

 

[ufonium2]

My mom and I are currently arguing over this. She and my grandmother both had reproductive problems that left them unable to conceive by age 30. So, I'm in the high risk category for this type of stuff. I've never been to a gyno, and I'm 24 and about to get married. I won't go because I know that no matter what is wrong with me (even if there's nothing wrong, probably) they are going to want to put me on the pill. I have several friends who have been put on it for everything from acne to depression, so I know they would put me on it based on family history alone. Ugh!

 

[Benedicta00]

Shelb5, that is wonderful. Somehow I think I'd have issues anyway, in that I come from a long line of infertile women (my mother only had two kids, without using birth control... same as my aunt and their mother). However, that's not keeping me from praying, discerning and still allowing God to gift us with children.

I'll pray for you.

 

[DivineFiliation]

I'll pray for you.

Thank you.

 

[DivineFiliation]

My mom and I are currently arguing over this. She and my grandmother both had reproductive problems that left them unable to conceive by age 30. So, I'm in the high risk category for this type of stuff. I've never been to a gyno, and I'm 24 and about to get married. I won't go because I know that no matter what is wrong with me (even if there's nothing wrong, probably) they are going to want to put me on the pill. I have several friends who have been put on it for everything from acne to depression, so I know they would put me on it based on family history alone. Ugh!

First off, you need to get to a gyno just to start doing those yearly check ups... I started going at age 21 and don't know when a girl should start, but I think early 20's is a good bet. Secondly, a gyno shouldn't put you on the pill for just anything, but if you've gotten ANYTHING out of this thread, you do have the ability to tell your gyno, "NO," and leave it at that. There are definitely other ways to handle women's issues. One way to go about this might be to get in contact with one of the doctors listed on the One More Soul web page that Geocajun listed... I was in contact (via e-mail) with one from there (FOR FREE!!!) until I found a good doctor. Granted, it is hard for them to diagnose you or prescribe anything to you because they aren't your doctor, but they can lead you down a sound and good path (one in line with your spiritual beliefs) and give you the right tools to handle the doctors who just want to throw birth control at you.
I will pray for you, Ufonium, not only that God will give you the right tools to handle this situation but also for your future marriage.

 

[Wiffey]

Of course, another piece to the infertility puzzle is that modern women are being encouraged to put off marriage and childbearing until AFTER they can establish a career and become "financially ready". So women are'nt trying to get pregnant until they are older. Women have been lulled into a false sense that they will be able to have a healthy baby at 40 as easily as they might at 25. They see the celebrities who are older moms and (forgetting that these women have unlimited funds and access to fertility clinics) think they can do it too.

Truth be told, the average woman begins to see a decline in her fertility at age 27. Then around 35 fertility really drops off significantly, and by 40 only a small percentage of women still have healthy eggs. Plus, those post-35 pregnancies (in particular first pregnancies) carry a higher physical risk to the baby AND the mother. (It tends to be less physically risky for women who have had babies by then.)

It is unpopular to talk about this because feminists accuse the truth-tellers of having a political agenda to "turn back the clock" and have women reproducing instead of climbing the corporate ladder during their twenties (the years of peak fertility).