Good story Matt. Thanks a lot. I had a good thing going. Now I have to take the pill.
Actually it's probably a good thing that there is a male birth control pill now, since there's no worries with it that the reason it's working is by preventing impregnated eggs from implanting prop...
Um, i duno i don't think that's true.. because the pill prevents you from ovulating.. so the egg never gets in the spot where it can be impregnated. And I was reading about this, and in order to us...
I'm not extremely worried about it. It's just that a few years ago I was reading up on the pill and I found a question from readers in the 6/15/1989 watchtower that troubled me somewhat. After re...
It's not a new drug. It's been known for a long time (at least since the early '70's) that if you increase the dosage on standard birth control pills that you can entirely eliminate periods. What they're working on is getting FDA approval for this new regimen that allows women to take a higher dosage of the pill for a while so that their periods completely stop for a few months, then cycle once and repeat.
so you just get your period every 6 months then?
More like every 3 or 4 months. It's not thought to be healthy to avoid it more often than that.
hmm, and they do think its healthy to avoid it that often? It sounds like a reaaaaaaaal good idea, but it seems like it would be very unsafe
There's arguments on both sides as to whether it's more or less healthy. Personally, I think it's a real bad idea since if it fails, then you'll end up taking the pill for a long time before you notice that you're pregnant, and that would be very bad for the baby. (Of course, I do understand why women like the idea of fewer periods.)