The Pill: Bad for you?

⁉️”BUT when I took the pill I”:
✅got fat
✅got moody
✅had irregular bleeding
✅still got pregnant!
✅had a blood clot
OR: “BUT I heard a friend’s sister’s vet’s patient’s auntie took the pill and”:
✅got worse acne
✅couldn’t get pregnant after
✅had no libido
✅got dark spots on her cheeks
‼️”why YES” I would reply: “ALLLLL TRUE AND POSSIBLE!” And yet ALSO “I can list 10billion humans who’ve taken the pill AND”:
✅had great pain control
✅lighter or absent periods
✅avoided unplanned pregnancy
✅improved acne
✅less PMS/PMDD
✅lowered risk of ovarian/uterine and colon cancers!
✅had control of their family planning
SO WHO’S right? ALL of us! the FACTS are that the pill (patch/ring) CAN be amazing and life-improving AND can be lousy and potentially harmful (UMMMM much like say: driving, flying, LIVING!) SO you need to know YOUR set of needs/desires and risk factors along with your doc so that you can decide IF the “risks vs benefits” are worth trying it and even THEN you may/may not like how you feel!
🙁BUT please don’t be anti-feminist and MALIGN the pill for ALL with ovaries and increase anxiety and guilt over something that can & does help millions merely bc YOUR experience wasn’t what you hoped-and PLEASE decline the pill “cleanses” people are selling you bc you do NOT need them-you need to know that YOUR body is unique and (frustratingly!) trial and error is sometimes necessary…
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