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Women's Rights & Issues

Jilly_in_VA

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4. The BCP gave my daughter horrible migraines

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 31, 2021, 02:52 PM

Aug 2021

She's opted for an IUD (NuvaRing, or something). I couldn't do IUDs because of pain and awful bleeding, which I learned later were due to fibroids. I didn't do real well on the mini-pill either so we used other methods. One (foam) was effective until it wasn't and we had our last child and long-hoped-for daughter, who we secretly called the Dalkon Kid.

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The dark side of the pill, as revealed by new research [View all] Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 OP

Birth control was also a near miraculous treatment for girls/women with hormone associated migraine- hlthe2b Aug 2021 #1

The BCP gave my daughter horrible migraines Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 #4

Its use in treating hormonally-induced migraines is the regulating impact on girls/women hlthe2b Aug 2021 #5

As a man, I was always thankful for birth control. I've been willing to get a brewens Aug 2021 #2

Pelvic pain and fogginess are a small price to pay for freedom from unwanted pregnancies. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #3

An interesting article, even if the sample was small. Birth control is the responsibility niyad Sep 2021 #6