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Tue Jul-31-07 01:07 AM Original message |
Ladies: A pill could be the end of your troubles. Period. |
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Kutjara
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. This sounds like a pill too far. |
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Eurobabe
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Tue Jul-31-07 03:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Agreed. Don't mess with mother nature |
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KiraBS
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Tue Jul-31-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #29 |
55. Ditto |
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BeHereNow
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
2. Reminds me of the movie- The Children of Men |
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cynatnite
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Does it work? |
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BeHereNow
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I've used natural progesterone for over ten years- CHANGED my life! |
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Hekate
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Are you using Prometrium? That was what my gyn prescribed me... |
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BeHereNow
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Naw, just plain old soy suspended yam. |
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cynatnite
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I was just reading on PDD... |
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BeHereNow
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Okay- you've got my phone number- call me |
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MorningGlow
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. You don't even need a prescription for Progestacare |
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BeHereNow
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
88. Topical progesterone for what ails me is like pissing on a forest fire...LOL! |
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MorningGlow
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Tue Jul-31-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. Hear hear! |
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Bjornsdotter
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Note to add |
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BeHereNow
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. PRECISELY! |
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OzarkDem
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Even natural progesterone can be dangerous |
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NeedleCast
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Tue Jul-31-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
50. Every Time you Take Medicine |
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NashVegas
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
78. Hormones Are a Different Deal |
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Clark2008
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Tue Jul-31-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
57. I only have bad periods when I'm on the Pill. |
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Eurobabe
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Wed Aug-01-07 06:58 AM Response to Reply #57 |
109. I only ever felt suicidal on the pill |
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cynatnite
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
3. I hate my period... |
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BeHereNow
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. There is NO need to suffer- PM me. |
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cynatnite
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Done...thanks n/t |
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melody
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Ditto -- and if I see another damned "have a happy period" commercial, I'm going to freak |
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
4. No thanks. |
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Myrina
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. Agreed. |
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pitohui
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
67. the spotting i experienced was literally just that, maybe one spot, once a month |
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Donnachaidh
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. "Scientists have yet to fully understand why women menstruate" |
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Hekate
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You beat me to it. That's exactly what leaped out at me, too. |
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SoCalDem
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Why we bleed? Mother Nature's plan.. Every month a "fresh lining" for an embryo. |
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:13 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I knew I should have had more than one child-just kidding :) ......nt |
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. And we live longer. In previous centuries, women died in childbirth fairly often. nt |
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pitohui
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
68. yeah nature's plan is for us to be a womb and a bottle, screw nature's plan |
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SoCalDem
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
84. We fooled Nature by growing a big brain..and figuring out |
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Maine-ah
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. well duh, it's because we wimmin are sinners. |
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. I thought the reason for menstration was to shed the uterus lining |
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Blue-Jay
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. Something about that doesn't strike me as being a Good Idea. |
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Jul-31-07 02:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Perhaps the part about |
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Quantess
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Tue Jul-31-07 04:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Well that, yes. And, |
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Delphinus
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Tue Jul-31-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
56. I'm worried about what |
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SoCalDem
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
89. Like having to put a chemical into your body ...like FOREVER? |
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Missy Vixen
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. We could also discuss the fact that a researcher at the University of Washington |
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BeHereNow
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. That way IS natural progesterone. |
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Missy Vixen
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. BHN, I'm going to check into that |
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BeHereNow
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Tue Jul-31-07 02:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. We are the same age- GO for it. |
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Quantess
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Tue Jul-31-07 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. It's what we wished for in Junior High! |
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Bluebear
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Tue Jul-31-07 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. Oh, I thought it would make their husbands disappear. |
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Jul-31-07 02:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. About ten years ago, I'd have let them labrat me, if that were the suspected outcome. |
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Lex
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
43. LOL! |
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Cleita
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Tue Jul-31-07 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. Wouldn't that in effect be an artificial menopause? |
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Katherine Brengle
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. The "period" a woman gets on the pill is fake. |
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blogslut
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
31. Scientists have yet to fully understand why women menstruate? |
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fed-up
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
36. I will take the hassle of sometimes 2 periods a month over any of Pharm's chemical crap nt |
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Sparkly
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
37. Of all my "troubles," menstruation has always ranked way down on the list. |
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bleedingheart
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
38. No thank you...I am proud of my natural state as a woman |
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gollygee
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
39. I found artificial hormones to be much more trouble than menstruation, personally |
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Katherine Brengle
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
40. "Scientists have yet to fully understand why women menstruate..." I thought we figured |
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pitohui
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
69. ever read "even the queen" by connie willis? |
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Katherine Brengle
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
104. I'll check it out -- |
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bicentennial_baby
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
45. Wheeeee! Experimenting on women's bodies yet again... |
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bdamomma
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Tue Jul-31-07 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
47. unbelieveable how these pharmaceutical companies want to |
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LostinVA
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Tue Jul-31-07 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
48. Bad idea -- I said it before when this came up a few months ago |
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MorningGlow
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Tue Jul-31-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
49. Why do I get the feeling |
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Tue Jul-31-07 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
51. I probably would try it but everyone around me is so negative about it |
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The Stranger
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Tue Jul-31-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
52. Men: This pill could be the end of your troubles too. Period. |
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Clark2008
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Tue Jul-31-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. More like the beginning. |
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The Stranger
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Tue Jul-31-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. My misunderstanding. |
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iverglas
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Tue Jul-31-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
53. science ... it's evil and bad |
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Donnachaidh
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. of course, that *science* you so lovingly stroke doesn't mention |
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Warren DeMontague
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. How, precisely, does people having more OPTIONS and CHOICE = "subjection"??? |
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iverglas
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
86. of course, the misrepresentation you so eagerly engage in |
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Scout
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. male sperm suppression |
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NashVegas
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
79. One Should Never Cook Tomatoes in an Uncoated Iron Pot |
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iverglas
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. really, one should do what one pleases |
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KiraBS
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Tue Jul-31-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
54. I wouldn't touch it... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Jul-31-07 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
58. I remember hearing these same sort of arguments when the first BCP showed up. |
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Warren DeMontague
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #58 |
74. The good news is, the GOP is working day and night to outlaw ALL contraception. |
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enki23
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Tue Jul-31-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
59. news flash: women on the pill *already* do not have a period. |
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KiraBS
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Tue Jul-31-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Not the same thing.... |
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Scout
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #63 |
90. Women on BC have something that is not quite bleeding |
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tammywammy
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Tue Jul-31-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. I have no period on this latest BC pill that I'm on |
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
94. btw. EC=BC. i don't normally think of "birth" as an "emergency" |
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Katherine Brengle
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #59 |
105. Thank you - I've been saying the same but no one listens. |
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Tue Jul-31-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
62. Depo-provera shots had this effect on me. |
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
64. i never (almost) got my period on just regular birth control pills... |
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pitohui
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. there are serious disadvantages to incessant ovulation, NOT menstruating can be beneficial |
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pitohui
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
65. my experience |
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Marnieworld
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
66. Beware all pills |
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Warren DeMontague
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
72. The FDA approved a new form of birth control? |
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Heidi
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
75. Lotsa women have lots bigger problems than menstruation. Period. |
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NashVegas
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
76. I'm Not Interested |
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Firespirit
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Tue Jul-31-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
77. Well, *I* am looking into getting this |
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pitohui
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. i think you'll be very pleased, firespirit |
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judaspriestess
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
80. the depo-pavera shot does the same thing |
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Lone_Star_Dem
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Not all women do with Depo |
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EFerrari
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Tue Jul-31-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
83. I have no opinion on this pill but wanted to point out that women today |
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SoCalDem
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #83 |
91. and they start younger too.. It was not uncommon in days past for the first menses to be at 14 or 15 |
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EFerrari
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. I started at 10. Imagine my chagrin. |
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tammywammy
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Tue Jul-31-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #93 |
100. I also started when I was 10 |
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Avalux
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Tue Jul-31-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
92. Menstruation happens for a reason..... |
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Desertrose
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Tue Jul-31-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. and who knows what will happen 10...20 ...40 years |
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pitohui
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Tue Jul-31-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #92 |
101. everything happens for a reason but not necessarily a good reason |
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SmokingJacket
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Tue Jul-31-07 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
98. This makes me like my period. |
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shadowknows69
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Tue Jul-31-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
99. 44 Mmmm pills |
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Raine
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Tue Jul-31-07 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
102. I never had a problem with the regular PC pill |
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Tue Jul-31-07 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
103. What do those damn LYBERALs have against childbirth?! n/t |
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redwitch
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
106. Cyanide? |
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Pithlet
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
107. Yay! It's a good thing. Women don't have to like their periods to be a real woman. |
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Wed Aug-01-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #107 |
111. I'm with you, 100% |
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Tue Jul-31-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
108. I would definitely look into this. |
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Wed Aug-01-07 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
110. I'm not one for meds |
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