As I lay awake at 12:34 AM....this is truly a delima
So here is the down low...the low down....no doubt:
I had tried 3 different birth controls around a year ago (all spread out between about 10 months) needless to say, none of them worked! I will spare you the details on each, but will provide a brief synopsis to keep you up to speed: on one I was continually using the restroom (not in a good way) and the doctor took me off of it, on another I had a constant yeast infection for 2 months, and on the last one I was just plum CRAZY!!!!! So my hubby and I decided that's it! we're finished with birth control.
During that time I was taking around 23 hrs. at Oklahoma City University, working 12-17hrs at Starbucks, and trying to adjust to the life of a wife who's husband leaves on a deployment every other month. Now that I am finished with school, not working, and more adjusted to the married life...I thought this would be the perfect time to try birth control again. However, I have since learned that maybe God is trying to tell me something.......
YOU'RE BODY CAN NOT HANDLE BIRTH CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have had ridiculous waves of nausea resulting in many nights spent locked in my bathroom this coupled with a headache and some other really weird symptoms...I have decided: I QUIT!!!!! I am so done with this birth control thing. I really have tried to stick it out, but when you are having to take a suppository just so you can keep some food in...it's time to rethink some things. So that is what I have done, and I have decided to use the basal temperature/calendar method of birth control. I know we run a higher risk of getting pregnant, but I figure we run a higher risk of me ending up in an asylum if I stay on this stuff :)
I quit today and I am already starting to feel better. I just want to enjoy this time off work and school and it was very difficult to do that while being sick!
6 comments:
HAY!! Well, we dont use BC of any sort, (personal, not gospel) but I do however read a book about the Fertility Awareness Method that has helped me understand my body a thousand fold and I have been taking my temp etc. too!!! (Its the basal method, but not the rhythm method)If you want any info on this book I can get that to you. Really helpful.
Wise decision little one!
i bet Rhett and Hudson will have a little cousin in a year or so!! I do agree that if BC doesnt work with your body, then don't fight it. Those hormones can definately have some crazy affects!
good for you Hayley! i hate that it's been such a rough ride but i agree that God is in total control in this! so glad you are already noticing positive changes!
ps. this pic is hilarious!
woo hoo sister! so excited for you and how much better you're already feeling. I'm glad we got to catch up yesterday! love you like crazy!
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