When I got married, going on the birth control pill seemed like the logical choice. We were only 22 and were not planning on having children for some time. The other factor was that my cycles had always been a bit irregular. I was worried that I would always wonder if I was pregnant or if that month just happened to be a longer cycle. It would have been very stressful, so I decided to go on the Pill.
Everything seemed fine for those seven years that I was on birth control
I am so grateful to modern medicine for helping me to have a child, but I feel that messing with my hormones again would be a terrible idea
My second child was actually a surprise and conceived naturally. My cycle in between kids was still a bit irregular, but as fate would have it, we must have hit the fertility window just right. I don’t think that I could have gone through the whole fertility medication process again. It was really stressful, and metformin can be a rough drug. For my body to be able to do it on its own was huge for me.
I still have some of the lingering effects of PCOS since it never really goes away, but my cycles have returned after my second child was born, and they have gone back to what they were before I went on birth control. For the most part, I have evened out, and although my cycles are a little longer than other women, it is about right for me.
Even though we’re pretty sure we’re done having kids, I could never go back on the birth control pill, no matter how convenient it would be
It is helpful for some women, but for me, the thought of screwing around with my hormones when they’re already screwy to begin with does not sit well. My body is doing what it is supposed to be doing. It is actually working on its own, and to mess with that seems like a huge mistake at this point.
