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Birth Control Question
I was just recentely put on birth control pills for the first time. For regulating my period. My doc put me on Alesse (sp?) After reading reviews about it and interent site comments.. it seems like one of the most hated bc pills. All I read was horror stories over and over again about it making your skin so much worse. I've never had a problem with breakouts before, so I'm hoping this won't affect me. It's deff freaking me out!! Have any of you tried it? How'd it work for you girls?
And.. kinda awkward question but once I finish my 1st pack of bc pills I have to go in for a pap smear. All the girls in my family said it was just uncomfortable not painful. But they're all older, and I'm a virgin so I'm REALLY scared of how that will be :-( How was it if you had it done before??
THANKS!!
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I have a had a frew friends on that praticular birth control and they had no problems with it. And although we all react differently to different medications, you probably don't have anything to really worry about. The most important thing is to keep your doctor informed of any odd side-effects that you are having. There are lots of birth control options out there, it might take awhile to find the right one for you.
I just had my very first pap smear last week. I am a virgin too and I was on the brink of a panic attack before I went because I was so nervous. But I promise you that it will take you longer to read this advice than the pap smear will actually last. Hopefully you get a good dr who will talk you through the whole thing because that really helped me out. It will be akward but it shouldn't hurt! If it is hurting make sure you let your dr. know. You feel silly because obviously someone is seeing all of that but don't worry about it...it is their job, they see it all the time.
Good luck!
Alina
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I'd just like to throw out there that one of the reasons you'll find a lot of negative talk about Alesse is because it's pretty much THE most commonly prescribed birth control right now. In Canada is it the most used birth control pill, and in the States it is the most common birth control suggested for new prescriptions.
And there are good reasons for its popularity with doctors and patients: It's a very low dose, so the side effects are pretty minimal and rare. That means less risk of weight gain, mood swings and all the other unhappiness’s that can go with the pill. It’s also inexpensive.
So don’t get yourself all worked up, there is just the most number of people on it then anything else! The more people = the more complaints. That just makes sense. And as far as the skin goes: Acne is a side effect for ALL birth control. Although it CAN be used to make it better, it can also make it worse. It depends on the person and it’s always a gamble, even when a doctor prescribes birth control for the purpose of stopping acne, there is still the risk it will only make it worse. That’s just the truth about the pill.
Also, make sure you are actually reading about Alesse, and not Aviane. Aviane isn't Alesse, it's made by a whole different company. For some reason lots of people get the two mixed up or call it 'Alesse Aviane', which is just silly, they are similar, but not the same at all.
I took several forms of the pill, and like Alesse best of them all by far.
And your sisters are right about the pap smear. Being a virgin just means you are even less used to the sensation of having those muscles moved around, but otherwise being a virgin has no effect at all on the pap smear at all. It can be a bit painful for a moment, but if you relax the pain will go away and it will just be uncomfortable and weird. It’s an unpleasant necessity, but frankly, I’d take a pap smear over a visit to a dentist any day of the week... an hour in a dentist’s chair is way worse than a 5 minute pap smear.
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