S/o tween and teen pads, tampons - anyone have dd on pill to avoid periods?

[Anonymous]

I think when OB/GYNs say this, they are making very simplistic statements, and what the majority mean is that it is not a big deal to miss a period once in a while.

There is a real lack of knowledge about how reproductive hormones may or may not impact health outcomes including prevalence of different cancers. Women in modern societies do have more menstrual cycles than women in traditional societies, and researchers have speculated that menstrual cycles impact prevalences of different cancers in women.

The answer is likely that it depends entirely on each individual's genetic and environmental makeup, as to whether, they need to have as many periods as we do in modern societies. The research is not there yet. I would not feel comfortable putting a child on the pill just to spare them from having their period (if they had no other adverse symptoms).

I do agree with my OB/GYN that skipping your period purposefully on occasion is NBD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never took BC pills because they made me sick each time my OB.GYN tried to put me on it. I always heard that BC pills resulted in infertility + I did not want to mess with hormones if I can.

But it seems I may have thought wrong. According to this article, long term BC pills do not impact with fertility.

https://naturalwomanhood.org/pill-cause-infertility-yes-no/

But they can impact your libido, in such a way as to make them redundant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never took BC pills because they made me sick each time my OB.GYN tried to put me on it. I always heard that BC pills resulted in infertility + I did not want to mess with hormones if I can.

But it seems I may have thought wrong. According to this article, long term BC pills do not impact with fertility.

https://naturalwomanhood.org/pill-cause-infertility-yes-no/

But they can impact your libido, in such a way as to make them redundant.

And your natural proclivities in picking a suitable mate. Once you start it’s hard to stop unless you are planning a pregnancy and by that time you’ve selected a mate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think when OB/GYNs say this, they are making very simplistic statements, and what the majority mean is that it is not a big deal to miss a period once in a while.

There is a real lack of knowledge about how reproductive hormones may or may not impact health outcomes including prevalence of different cancers. Women in modern societies do have more menstrual cycles than women in traditional societies, and researchers have speculated that menstrual cycles impact prevalences of different cancers in women.

The answer is likely that it depends entirely on each individual's genetic and environmental makeup, as to whether, they need to have as many periods as we do in modern societies. The research is not there yet. I would not feel comfortable putting a child on the pill just to spare them from having their period (if they had no other adverse symptoms).

I do agree with my OB/GYN that skipping your period purposefully on occasion is NBD.

Ignorant fear mongering . If you look at the developed world and the third world there is a lot more cancer and illness in the developed world. It’s the trashy additives and chemicals in our environment and in our diets. If our menstrual cycles are different here it’s because of the same. By all means throw more chemicals at the problem and see how that goes...

[Anonymous]

Don't project your problems onto your daughter. (This falls somewhere between helicopter syndrome and munchausen by proxy syndrome. Back off!)


Let her body work out what it is really like without chemical interferences.
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Respect that oral hormones affect all systems, and not just the reproductive ones.

If after a few months it turns out that her periods are abnormally difficult, take her to a good doctor and make an educated decision.

[Anonymous]

Pills= migraine hell for me.

[Anonymous]

Her body her choice

[Anonymous]

My niece is on some kind of contiuous birth control pill to keep her from having a period. She has severe autism and it was too difficult to handle.

[Anonymous]

Just see how it goes. Understand that hers may be very different from yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think when OB/GYNs say this, they are making very simplistic statements, and what the majority mean is that it is not a big deal to miss a period once in a while.

There is a real lack of knowledge about how reproductive hormones may or may not impact health outcomes including prevalence of different cancers. Women in modern societies do have more menstrual cycles than women in traditional societies, and researchers have speculated that menstrual cycles impact prevalences of different cancers in women.

The answer is likely that it depends entirely on each individual's genetic and environmental makeup, as to whether, they need to have as many periods as we do in modern societies. The research is not there yet. I would not feel comfortable putting a child on the pill just to spare them from having their period (if they had no other adverse symptoms).

I do agree with my OB/GYN that skipping your period purposefully on occasion is NBD.

Ignorant fear mongering . If you look at the developed world and the third world there is a lot more cancer and illness in the developed world. It’s the trashy additives and chemicals in our environment and in our diets. If our menstrual cycles are different here it’s because of the same. By all means throw more chemicals at the problem and see how that goes...

You need to read the research.

> periods = > cancer

[Anonymous]

Wonderful, mom. Please also tell her horror stories about childbirth. Scare her about breastfeeding as well. Make her believe there's nothing normal and powerful about the female body. Way to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wonderful, mom. Please also tell her horror stories about childbirth. Scare her about breastfeeding as well. Make her believe there's nothing normal and powerful about the female body. Way to go.

please having periods is not empowering.

[Anonymous]

My niece is on some kind of contiuous birth control pill to keep her from having a period. She has severe autism and it was too difficult to handle.

Unless your daughter is in a situation like this, OP, you are way out of line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonderful, mom. Please also tell her horror stories about childbirth. Scare her about breastfeeding as well. Make her believe there's nothing normal and powerful about the female body. Way to go.

please having periods is not empowering.

It is normal.

[Anonymous]

Reaserch on periods and cancer.

Our bodies were not made to have periods every 28 days.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001234/