QuestionI have been on birth control for 1 month now, and I have taken it every day as indicated and I was just wondering for reasons of just being safe and having that added secruity net.
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Hi!
I was wondering exactly how effective the pill is after taking it only a month?
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Hi Isabella,
I'm not a medical professional so please check with your doctor. Are you taking the pill now, or just thinking about it? I did some research and I haven't found out anything about the effectiveness for the first month. I can keep checking if you like and please email me at DCHERYL51@yahoo.com and let me know if you want me to keep looking. Here is some information that I found that might be helpful. Let me know what you think. I did find out in one chart that up to 8 women out of 100 get pregnant on the pill on average. But it doesn't say if that's the first month and it also says that is if you take the pill exactly correctly and don't miss even one pill.
Hope this helps.
Diane Cheryl
DCHERYL51@yahoo.com (article below)
Here is some information about the pill because I want you to know the
side effects and how it works.
I want to warn you on some of the risks of the pill.
<Progestins and the estrogen in the pill are artificial hormones that
make your body believe that it is pregnant month after month. All the
vital organs in your body are affected by the constant use of the pill.
It contains powerful steroids and artificial hormones.
This constant presence of powerful steroids is not healthy, and there
are side effects when using the pill. Here are the ways the pill can
work.
1. It can prevent ovulation (releasing an egg from the ovary)
2. It can cause the mucus in the cervix to change so that if sperm
reach the cervix, they are not allowed to enter, and
3. It can irritate the lining of the uterus so that if the first two
actions fail, and you do become pregnant, your body will reject the
fetus (baby) and he or she will die.
It's called a chemical abortion.
Here are some of the side effects of the pill:
-bacterial infections (because the pill weakens the immune system.)
-more susceptible to the AIDS virus (HIV) because the pill weakens the
immune system
-pelvic inflammatory disease-an infection of the fallopian tubes that
can cause sickness or sterility
-infertility-unable to ever bear children
-ectopic pregnancy
-shrinking of the womb (endometrial atrophy)
-mood swings and depression
-breast cancer
-blood clots
-birth defects in children conceived while women are on the pill
-tender breasts
-stroke
-cervical cancer
-weight gain >
AnswerHello Isabella,
Thanks for your response. As I said in my previous email, there was a chart that said that up to 8 women in 100 will get pregnant taking the pill correctly. You might want to use a back-up method but that is still not 100% prevention from pregnancy. If you don't mind me asking, are you sexually active at the present time? You could always consider abstinence or another method, such as Natural Family Planning. Please let me know what you decide.
Diane Cheryl
DCHERYL51@yahoo.com
