I'm getting annoyed with this whole bcp deal..

lauren grier

lauren grier

you're like stars
well not the bcp itself.. but more the seemingly never ending list of things that could muck with the effectiveness..
I mean there are the standards- the antibiotics etc..

but then I read that the list also includes vitamin c :blink: uh........... yeh whatever.
and then I was thinking.. I have a liver tonic my mom made us both (because after my grandmother died we decided we needed to be a little more proactive with the whole liver health - amongst other things- ) and plus apparently my bcp can affect liver function blah blah blah.. so I was going to start taking the tonic again..... but nooooooooo one of the ingredients "may have an effect" on birth control too. What the crap......
Pretty soon I'm going to find something that says like.. strawberries will muck with it.
 
Lauren -for the liver thing...have you considered milk thistle extract? By itself, ti shouldn't effect BCP effectiveness, and will help with your liver health. DH takes it religiously to help battle his cholesterol meds, etc.
 
lol yeh its annoying ^_^ I'm begining to think the drug companies are lying and just don't want us taking natural shizz though lol
 
now I just found a site that suggested it.. after finding 90000 sites that said it could muck it. LOL I give up.
 
I much prefer to keep my head in the sand with it, lol. I'm on bcp (yasmin but the pharm decided to give me ocella which is the generic) but we still use condoms as well. So I do whatever and ignore the things that might eff with the effectiveness.

It's like the eggs thing. Eggs will kill you, no actually they are good for you, just kidding they'll kill you again.
 
Are you dead set on the bcp? An IUD may be another option for you - although a lot of insurance companies do not cover it. I love mine - Mirena.
 
lol well I don't really want to be on the bcp ^_^ it took me months and months to decide. I had an IUD several years ago and had realllllllllly bad side effects, so that's pretty much out for me.
 
Aw, that sucks! Well, whatever you do (IMO), DON'T use Depo-Provera unless you want to gain weight and go psychotic on your loved ones... I was on it for 8 years and it made me NUTSO!!!!
 
BrodoNY0123 said:
I much prefer to keep my head in the sand with it, lol. I'm on bcp (yasmin but the pharm decided to give me ocella which is the generic) but we still use condoms as well. So I do whatever and ignore the things that might eff with the effectiveness.

It's like the eggs thing. Eggs will kill you, no actually they are good for you, just kidding they'll kill you again.
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This is also me. I do whatever, take whatever, and just ignore everything, and in 17 years, I've only gotten pregnant when I stopped taking them, and tried to get pregnant.

Now that I've said that, I'll probably get pregnant this month LOL
 
You know what's more annoying about BCP? My 19-year old sister not being on any...she's preggo with baby #2. She's unmarried and the baby's daddy is different than baby #1. :(
 
Lauren, did you have Mirena or just an IUD? The Mirena IUD is different from the old one. I just got one in January and thus far I am loving it.
 
I won't go on BCP of any kind because I'm just too scared. My mom died really early (late 30's )of breast cancer, and even my doctor recommended it is too risky for me. The drug companies have never denied a link to breast and cervical cancer (and anything that messes with your hormones can do this). And I could go on and on with the things I don't like about it. I can't help you out, sorry. We use condoms, and like them just fine (and DH is going to get snipped soon!)
 
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