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Re: 'The Pill'
From: Keisha (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 4 Aug 2002 11:55:26 -0500 (CDT)
You are welcome. And thank you! We are very happy about the twins. :)
Keisha
At Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Andrew wrote:
>
>Thank you for your advice. She did eventually get her period, it was
>just a few days late. I think it's just that neither of us are used to
>her cycle now that she's on the pill. I will let her know what you told
>me. It's important to know the 'real' risks, not just what's in medical
>studies.
>Also, congratulation to you! I wish you and your beautiful twins the
>very best.
>Andrew
>
>PS: I'm letting this serve as a thank you to everyone that replyed to
>the orignal message.
>
>At Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Keisha wrote:
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>>The pill does take about a week to become effective. Until then, you
>>are supposed to use alternate forms of protection. Also, if she has
>>stopped taking the pill so that her period will start, it should start
>>in a few days after she stops the pill for the cycle (usually was 3 days
>>for me). I personally despise the pill because it gave me so very many
>>problems. I hope to never have to go back to fake hormones. I thought
>>I would like them, but for me (and many people down the road) they can
>>cause a lot of problems. For me, they gave me yeast infections
>>constantly, which in turn gave me vulvodynia vestibulitis. I also think
>>they may have had something to do with my pcos (polycystic ovarian
>>syndrome) but I can't be sure. All I know is I never "got normal" after
>>I got off of them. Please tell her this so she knows the risks. For
>>me, however, I'm obviously not on anything because I'm happily pregnant
>>with twins! :) I'll be 6 weeks tomorrow and everything does look really
>>good. Take care.
>>Keisha
>>
>>>My girlfriend started using the pill recently.
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