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Questions about hormonal contraception? Here’s a quick reference guide.
Live Action News has extensively covered the risks associated with hormonal contraceptive use by teen girls and young women, as well as the benefits of promoting body literacy through teaching fertility awareness. Below, we’ve compiled an index of past stories on hormonal birth control for easy reference.
Birth Control Side Effects
Hormonal methods of birth control have been linked to decreased bone density leading to increased risk of bone fractures, blood clots potentially leading to death, new onset depression even leading to suicidal ideation, and much more.
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As the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists noted in a 2015 bulletin titled, “Menstruation in Girls and Adolescents: Using the Menstrual Cycle as a Vital Sign,” a young woman’s menstrual cycle is actually an indicator of her overall health.
Unfortunately, birth control often functions as a band-aid to get rid of symptoms, patching over the indicators that something’s wrong, without addressing the underlying causes of various issues like abnormal bleeding, irregular or painful periods, etc. Those same unaddressed issues can impact multiple body systems down the road, causing infertility and much more. Knowing what’s normal and what their own individual menstrual cycle patterns are can empower young women to seek medical help proactively if they notes abnormalities or changes in their cycles.
One young woman interviewed by Live Action News said charting her cycle showed her that she had low hormone levels — which explained years of severe Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) symptoms. After starting hormonal supplementation that boosted her progesterone and estrogen levels to normal, her PMS symptoms completely resolved. Without supplementation, those same low hormone levels had predisposed her to infertility or to miscarriage if she was able to conceive. Several years down the road, her OB/GYN was able to use that information to start her on progesterone pills during her first trimester, and she carried her baby to term.
Teaching a teen or college-age young woman what’s going on in her own body doesn’t just help her identify reproductive and other problems. Looking around us, we see a majority of girls and women of all ages who appear acutely uncomfortable in their own skin. Teaching women and girls body literacy invites them to embrace their fertility as a “gift,” as an authentic and good part of themselves, not something that “enslaves” them or “holds them back” from reaching personal or professional success.
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