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ballyhoo Nov 21, 2003

Good story Matt. Thanks a lot. I had a good thing going. Now I have to take the pill.

dgiaimo Nov 21, 2003

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...

juicymango Nov 24, 2003

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...

dgiaimo Nov 24, 2003

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...

juicymango Nov 24, 2003

yeah... i gotta look into that I guess. All I know is I do not want a kid. Heh.

thefunkyfresh Nov 24, 2003

i heard something on the radio about this drug they're working on that decreases the amount of cycles women have to like 3 or 4 per year... anybody else hear about that?

dgiaimo Nov 24, 2003

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...

tinser tinserOG 2002 ·

so you just get your period every 6 months then?

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dgiaimoOG 2003 ·

More like every 3 or 4 months. It's not thought to be healthy to avoid it more often than that.

tinser tinserOG 2002 ·

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

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dgiaimoOG 2003 ·

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.)

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