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Not everyone gains weight while taking the birth control pill. 95 to 98% of women, in a blind study, found that they did not gain any weight. Others lost weight. A woman's own personal experience is up to her body and the brand of pill she's
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Not everyone gains weight while taking the birth control pill. 95 to 98% of women, in a blind study, found that they did not gain any weight. Others lost weight. A woman's own personal experience is up to her body and the brand of pill she's taking. If she finds that a certain pill makes her gain weight, talk to your doctor about switching to a different brand.
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Have you ever gained weight while on the pill? Has the fear of gaining weight kept you from taking the pill?
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I gained weight while I was on the Pill, (I used at least 6 or more different types and still gained weight.) I gained a LOT of weight on Depo Provera (which is a long term inject-able form of artificial progesterone, used for birth control and stopping menses for medical reasons) I have also gained weight recently, since I have been on an Estrogen creme and only a small amount of progestin, to help with some very severe peri-menopausal symptoms (mainly, having great difficulty having an orgasm, which never happened to me before the peri-menopause.)
I know that the inserts say only a small number of women gain weight, but those "studies" done on weight gain and the Pill usually only followed each women for a few weeks after starting the Pill, few if any studies have been followed women for more than a month on female hormones. As most of us know, most of the weight gain happens over time on hormones. I've just seen too many women, while working in women's health, who have gained weight on hormones to believe some 2 week study that was done to benefit the drug industry.
As a nurse and a woman who has suffered from this problem, I truly believe that MOST women gain weight while on estrogens and progesterones. Even natural female hormones cause added fat to be deposited on the breasts, hips, buttocks and abdomen (it's one of the signs that sexual maturity and proper hormone release has started in young girls) so there is no reason to think that synthetic hormones would do anything different.
And, since the Pill often simulates a pregnant state, (to prevent ovulation) and all women put on fat stores during pregnancy, it only makes sense that, at least over periods of more than a week or two, synthetic hormones in any form cause weight gain in most women.
