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No wonder the pill can have a risqué connotation! I found it ironic that I was taking the pill to regulate my cycle rather than to increase my ability to have sex without pregnancy, yet my method was rated “great” on the “do me now” filter. Upon being introduced to Bedsider, I browsed around their Method Explorer (where you can find and learn which method is right for you) and learned a lot more than I ever knew about various other birth control methods, and even more about my own method (the pill). This is where would have come in great hand when I was making this decision. How do I know which one will work? How do I know if it will help my condition, not just help eliminate the chance of getting pregnant? The Benefits of I was so overwhelmed that I took all the pamphlets home with me and just stared at them. She began discussing different methods, including a patch, a shot, a ring, and a pill. Of course, the biggest and most recommended option was birth control. After a few years of enduring this, I knew that something was wrong and that something needed to be done.Īfter going to a gynecologist and testing to see if I have polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), my doctor gave me options to regulate my cycle and try to bring the cramping down to a normal level. The pain was so severe one time that I turned clammy and pale, and began vomiting. When the cramps hit, I’d often times have to stay home from school. I can’t tell you how horrifying it would be to be in the middle of cheering at a football game in high school, and after finishing a routine realize that I started, and had exactly 5 minutes to make it to the bathroom before I visibly stained my white cheer skirt. And forget wearing white or khaki, I never knew if today could be the day I started when I put on clothes. I would get moody and irrational, and not realize until after the fact that this was due to PMS, as I didn’t know when I was supposed to have PMS. I would cramp up at random times, and be in extreme pain when I’d skip a month. This irregular cycle was crippling in my life. Sometimes I’d start at the end of the month, sometimes I’d have my TOTM in a three week gap, other times I’d go 2 months before starting again. I was always very irregular then it came to my Time of the Month (TOTM).

But what an outsider may not realize is that my decision to start taking birth control was not for the typical desire to keep from getting pregnant, but rather for stability. This doesn’t seem like the typical thing one would openly say to their mother, especially when away at college and just-turned 21. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of.