About Brigid Kowalczyk Expertise Natural Family Planning issues related to fertility and health
Experience Your period is a natural normal function of your body. Protect your fertility. Birth control pills are bad medicine for something that is delicate and easily destroyed. Now is a good time to quit using the pill.
Question Last week i finished one pack of pills on a Saturday, I was supposed to pick up my pills on sunday afternoon, but forgot how early the pharmacy closed and could not get them until Monday at 6. I took both the sunday and the monday pills on Monday at 6. Sunday night, my BF and I had sex.
Now, 8 days later, i have sensitive breasts and a strange cramping sensation (like menstral cramps). Could I be pregnant? I am totaly freaking out. The websites I have read say that if you miss just one pill, and take both the next day I should be fine... but I did have sex that one night between the placibo pills and when I took the first of the new pack. can I take a pregnancy test this early? Please help. I am so scared.
Answer Probably not pregnant. But "totally freaking out" is pretty common while sexually active on the pill because no birth control is 100% effective and every time something screws up, you will worry. Your choice.
Risks of Birth Control:
It is becoming increasingly clear that hormonal preparations are not as effective as they are said to be, and even worse, that the medical risks are more serious than had always been assumed. The advantage of less ovarian cancer is far outweighed by substantially increased risks of breast and cervical cancer, and we must add to this the risk of thrombo-embolism and the escalation of Sexually Transmitted Diseases facilitated by contraceptive relationships and increased promiscuity. These dangers are real enough, and will certainly be recognized some day, like the ominous consequences of chronic cigarette smoking are admitted today.
But there are other grave effects of contraception which get even less attention, although they are common: it causes damage to the deeper emotional layers of the woman's psyche (soul) and suffocates basic feminine needs. Although contraception is promoted as liberation for woman, in reality it is psychologically traumatizing; initially perhaps in a subtle way, but ever more manifest in the long run.
Fundamentally, it thwarts the maturation of the woman's psychological nature, not only sterilizes her biologically, but cripples her psychologically. The result is growing inner dissatisfaction and tension. The connection with the contraceptive relationship may not be obvious to the woman, or denied (“denial” is a common defense mechanism).
Contraceptive emotional damage may express itself in a variety of ways, ranging from depressive moods and psychosomatic symptoms to behavioral and relational problems. Put simply and somewhat generalized, contraception may be satisfactory on a more superficial level, satisfying certain more ego-centered needs, but at the same time saps inner happiness and the sense of meaning and personal fulfillment. It offers some immediate rewards, but at the price of a loss of real inner joy.
