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Being overweight and the Pill
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Apparently if you're overweight/obese, you have a 70% bigger chance of the Pill fucking up and not working for you causing unwanted pregnancy.
Great. I wanted to go back on it cos my skin is flaring up, my period pains are immense and for extra contreceptive reasons as I'd like the option to have sex without a condom.
According to the government, I am obese. I'm 5"9 or 10 and I'm a size 16/18.
Has anyone else been put off taking it because of this story?
Great. I wanted to go back on it cos my skin is flaring up, my period pains are immense and for extra contreceptive reasons as I'd like the option to have sex without a condom.
According to the government, I am obese. I'm 5"9 or 10 and I'm a size 16/18.
Has anyone else been put off taking it because of this story?
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I dont think they mean people like you.
i guess you're going by BMI, or those weird charts. they're fucked up.
they completely ignore things like build and muscle tone. it told me that for my height, 9 and a half stone would be overweight. ridiculous, much?
Yeah, so did the nurse who weighed me grr.