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In this episode, I stray from my usual interview format once again to share the top 10 unexpected effects of coming off the pill. I go through what to expect when you come off the pill from when your period will return to unexpected changes in your fertility.
In case you don’t know me already a few things you might want to know are that I am and I have been charting my own cycles using the Fertility Awareness Method for the past 14 years or so, and I am the founder of FertilityFriday.com as well as the Fertility Friday Podcast!
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Topics discussed in today’s episode
- How does the pill work to prevent pregnancy?
- How does the pill impact a woman’s sex drive?
- How might your breasts change after coming off the pill?
- What impact could hormonal contraceptives have on your mood?
- If you went on the pill because of painful periods or acne, will all those symptoms come back when you stop taking it?
- When will your period come back after coming off the pill?
- How the fertility awareness method can boost your confidence to effectively prevent pregnancy without using hormonal contraceptives
- The pill and pheromones, and why you may not like the way your partner smells after ditching the pill
- How hard or easy will it be to get pregnant after coming off the pill?
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Resources mentioned
- The Top 10 Unexpected Effects of Coming Off The Pill | Fertility Friday
- Lisa | Fertility Friday
- FFP 021 | What Hormonal Contraceptives Really do to Women | Sweetening the Pill | Holly Grigg-Spall
- FFP 013 | Using Fertility Awareness with Irregular Cycles | Charting your Cycles while Breastfeeding | Justina Thompson
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Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by Sirc of (The Nock)
I only took the Pill for a couple months, about 15 years ago, and I mainly took it to see if it would clear up my acne. Although it did seem to help my skin and it caused my breasts to enlarge which I liked, I ultimately decided to quit taking it because I realized it wasn’t natural. I desired to find natural ways to clear my skin and heal my other health problems and I figured the Pill would likely interfere with my body’s wisdom to heal.
The biggest thing that stood out to me in this episode is when you mentioned that in sex ed we are mostly taught that women are always fertile throughout the entire cycle. Lately, I have been feeling embarrassed because here I am almost 35 years old and only recently did I learn that women are only fertile for a small window, about 7 days, in the entire cycle. It’s hard for me to understand why I’m only just learning this at age 34!!! Sometimes my boyfriend would want to have sex without a condom when I was on the last day of my period and I would tell him that he better wear a condom because there still could be a chance that I could pregnant. I now realize that I was coming from a place of complete ignorance and have been carrying a fear around stemming from the false belief that a woman is fertile every single day of her cycle. Knowing the truth truly does make me feel more free!!! I am so thankful to have discovered the Fertility Awareness Method and to be learning even more about myself and the amazing wisdom of my female body.