http://menstruationresearch.org/2009/11/09/are-we-addicted-to-the-pill/ Blog of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Fri, 18 May 2012 20:19:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://menstruationresearch.org/2009/11/09/are-we-addicted-to-the-pill/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Alexandra Pope Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:09:38 +0000 http://menstruationresearch.org/?p=1319#comment-190 really like what you're saying Holly. It's so important to support women in trusting their own experience. Too often when women complain of side effects their experience is dismissed, denied or diminished. And because our understanding of contraception is so narrow - variations on the theme of hormonal contra - women hesitate to come off the Pill because they don;t know what else to do. It's great you offer a place for women to share their experience and a chance to think through alternatives. I'd recommend (naturally!) my coauthored book on the pill The Pill: are you sure it's for you? (Allen and Unwin 2008) to help women do just that. really like what you’re saying Holly. It’s so important to support women in trusting their own experience. Too often when women complain of side effects their experience is dismissed, denied or diminished. And because our understanding of contraception is so narrow – variations on the theme of hormonal contra – women hesitate to come off the Pill because they don;t know what else to do. It’s great you offer a place for women to share their experience and a chance to think through alternatives. I’d recommend (naturally!) my coauthored book on the pill The Pill: are you sure it’s for you? (Allen and Unwin 2008) to help women do just that.

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