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Q: I am 16/f considering going on the Pill. I read today that it can cause birth defects and I don't want to put my children at risk in the future. I googled a few sites and from what I can gather it is a myth. One site said your only at risk of birth defects if you were on the Pill at the time of getting pregnant. I take it this means if you left it a while before trying to concieve you would be ok. I just don't know about condoms; are they really that reliable? I know they have a 85-98% success rate but they just look so thin and like you'd tear them so easy! thanks!
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Read where? that's gross misinformation... no, being on the pill absolutely will not effect your ability to get pregnant or carry a healthy baby. There are MILLIONS of women on the pill and it's been around for 30 years, trust me, we'd know if it caused unhealthy babies! Furthermore, there's no hard evidence that being on the pill during conception or pregnancy is harmful to the baby.
When you read information about birth control you need to carefully check the source. There are a lot of people who don't believe in birth control for religious reasons, and they'll feed you misinformation to keep you from going on it because they think you're only worth something as a woman if you're cracking out babies. I'm a good Christian and think that lying is morally wrong no matter why you do it, but apparently not everyone agrees, and that's too bad.
If you want to go on the pill, talk to your doctor and go on it, it's still not right for everybody but wanting to have kids in the future is not a reason to avoid it.
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I actually read it on Advicenators! Some chick was pleading to another to not use the Pill because her friend did and her baby was born with no fingers or toes...it can happen to anyone though, right? Yeah, that makes sence what you said about it's been around for 30 years and if it was harmful we'd know about it. i didn't think of that! Thanks so much for this info, I really appreciate mature answers! Thanks again! ;) xox
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I've been in the advice column over five years now so I think I've pretty much heard it all... the love, the hate, the random insanity. I don't take it too seriously, so I'm not always giving the best advice, but my column is fun to read!
I am a 23 year old electrical engineer, a feminist, a Christian. I don't know everything but I can sure pretend to.
Disclaimer: Now that I'm on advicenators I'm getting even more questions every day. It's fast and easy for me to answer them, yes, so at least I'm answering something now, but if your question contains the words "there's this guy that I like..." chances are I won't get around to it. I'm only answering interesting questions that I haven't answered before. Register at the site and ask everyone for advice if you must have an answer, because if people read my column and boring love advice was all they found, they'd never come back.
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