New birth control pill puts period on hold
I find this idea really creepy... Instead of taking 21 pills, and 7 placebos, so you get a period every month - you take about 3 or 4 months of pills, and then 7 days of placebos. So, you only get your period once every few months. If you think you might be pregnant, you have to take home pregnancy test in order to find out.
The above is a link to the article from today's Washington Post. It's called Seasonale, and it might get FDA approval soon... what do you think?
Since I bought the keeper (thank you, Cheyenne!) I really don't mind having my period, at all. If I was dating someone who had a hang up about fucking me while I was bleeding, I might consider going in for this. But I'd be more likely to try to talk sense into him, or smack him around, or dump him.
Science is wack. The article says that women haven't always had periods every month - in some countries, women spend most of their time being pregnant, or nursing, and when they stop, it's because they've hit menopause. Also, that not having periods puts you at lower risk for ovarian cancer, and such... I'm a skeptic.
Would you buy this pill? The article says some women already do this with their normal birth control pills - like, I don't want to be on the rag for my honeymoon, I'll just skip the placebo pills, or whatever. I wouldn't know. Tried the pill a few years back, I was a mood-swinging miserable bitch from hell, and often tired and faint and dizzy besides.... the Dr. told me that the pill tricks a woman's body into believing it is pregnant, and therefore, these are the side effects you risk - eww! So I'm anti-pill to start with, for myself.
Discuss.
I find this idea really creepy... Instead of taking 21 pills, and 7 placebos, so you get a period every month - you take about 3 or 4 months of pills, and then 7 days of placebos. So, you only get your period once every few months. If you think you might be pregnant, you have to take home pregnancy test in order to find out.
The above is a link to the article from today's Washington Post. It's called Seasonale, and it might get FDA approval soon... what do you think?
Since I bought the keeper (thank you, Cheyenne!) I really don't mind having my period, at all. If I was dating someone who had a hang up about fucking me while I was bleeding, I might consider going in for this. But I'd be more likely to try to talk sense into him, or smack him around, or dump him.
Science is wack. The article says that women haven't always had periods every month - in some countries, women spend most of their time being pregnant, or nursing, and when they stop, it's because they've hit menopause. Also, that not having periods puts you at lower risk for ovarian cancer, and such... I'm a skeptic.
Would you buy this pill? The article says some women already do this with their normal birth control pills - like, I don't want to be on the rag for my honeymoon, I'll just skip the placebo pills, or whatever. I wouldn't know. Tried the pill a few years back, I was a mood-swinging miserable bitch from hell, and often tired and faint and dizzy besides.... the Dr. told me that the pill tricks a woman's body into believing it is pregnant, and therefore, these are the side effects you risk - eww! So I'm anti-pill to start with, for myself.
Discuss.
