Thanks, Erin :). Yeah, I'm thinking condoms are our best bet. They're fairly cheap and plentiful and we've used them well in the past. The spontaneity that the pill allowed was pretty great, but I'd rather know that the hormones pulsing through my body are really my own and not a synthetic impersonation, y'know.
As I mentioned in the rant, I'd also much rather have a genuine period - the thing that's really made me angry is finding out that the pill actually takes away your entire cycle altogether - that, when the pills were being developed in the 60s, scientists included 'withdrawal bleeding' (that supposed 'period' you get at the end of a pill pack/during placebo week is just your body telling you it's getting rid of the chemicals) in order for it to appear natural, as if you had a cycle, and to reassure you that you're not pregnant (which has led to all this talk now of women being able to eliminate their periods altogether, when it's more like 'haha, we took away your period a long time ago!'). My doctors didn't tell me any of this, and I'm very angry about that. Call me crazy, but I actually want my period - to me, it's a sign of health and fertility - if my period's out of whack, it's my body telling me something that I should be paying attention to and not just some 'curse'. Fuck, I'm really angry about that! Sorry, /rant.
As far as FAM goes, I'm going to have to do one heck of a lot more research on it since we're pretty skeptical about the method right now - it's just hard to trust, I guess. I'll start charting after I go off the pill, while using barrier methods, and see how it goes - it'll take me quite a while to feel confident with it, I think.
I am really looking forward to going off the pill, having a period and a normal cycle again, and getting back to feeling more 'myself'. Thanks again for the support pretty lady :).
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Date: 2006-08-18 02:19 pm (UTC)As I mentioned in the rant, I'd also much rather have a genuine period - the thing that's really made me angry is finding out that the pill actually takes away your entire cycle altogether - that, when the pills were being developed in the 60s, scientists included 'withdrawal bleeding' (that supposed 'period' you get at the end of a pill pack/during placebo week is just your body telling you it's getting rid of the chemicals) in order for it to appear natural, as if you had a cycle, and to reassure you that you're not pregnant (which has led to all this talk now of women being able to eliminate their periods altogether, when it's more like 'haha, we took away your period a long time ago!'). My doctors didn't tell me any of this, and I'm very angry about that. Call me crazy, but I actually want my period - to me, it's a sign of health and fertility - if my period's out of whack, it's my body telling me something that I should be paying attention to and not just some 'curse'. Fuck, I'm really angry about that! Sorry, /rant.
As far as FAM goes, I'm going to have to do one heck of a lot more research on it since we're pretty skeptical about the method right now - it's just hard to trust, I guess. I'll start charting after I go off the pill, while using barrier methods, and see how it goes - it'll take me quite a while to feel confident with it, I think.
I am really looking forward to going off the pill, having a period and a normal cycle again, and getting back to feeling more 'myself'. Thanks again for the support pretty lady :).