YAY BIRTHCONTROL!

Because we are on some of the readings about birthcontrol.  I would like to discuss my personal dealings with the forms of birthcontrol I have had.  Well, I had my first period when I was 12.  Until age 17 I still was not regular and the cramps and moodswings were unbearable for myself and for everyone around me, so I got put on birth control.  Well my family doctor put me on OrthoTricyclin Lo  which, for a girl my size around 200 pounds, was REDICULOUS!  This pill sent my hormones levels into a terrible tail spin which resulted in me getting put on Anti-depressants.  Also, this pill did not help with my moods, cramps, or to make me more regular, if anything, it made everything worse.  The next pill they put me on was just regular Ortho Tricyclin, and again, it was for women of average weights, not overweight teens like I was.  So, again, I had to try again.  This next time, I went to the Planned Parenthood in Appleton.  Thank God they actually knew what they were doing.  They diagnosed me with PMDD, premenstural dysphoric disorder, and put me on Yasmin, FOR FREE.  It was like a blessing from God.  My mood swings went away, I became more regular, and my cramps decreased.  But, I had to take it everyday at the same time, which, for a college student, is awfully difficult sometimes.  Sometimes I took it late, sometimes I forgot all together.  Because of this stupidity on my part, I became pregnant.  Well, needless to say, after I found out I was pregnant, I stopped taking my birth control.  Two months later, I miscarried and decided that I needed to switch my birth control method.  I stopped dating and continued to take Yasmin until I could research and decide upon a new method that I could afford.  Finally I settled on the plastic Intrauterine device called Mirena.  I had it inserted a month and a half ago and it was the most painful thing I have ever experienced, but it is free and effective for up to 5 years.  Now that I have had it inserted, I love it.  It was effective immediately and now that I have had it for over a month, I do not even realize it is even there.  I don't have to take it everyday, I just have to check my strings once a week at my leisure to make sure that it is still in place.  It is the best decision I have ever made.