[pct-l] Birth Control: a similar study

[charlesa at u.washington.edu (Charles Adelsheim)]

I suppose I should have been more specific about why I'd like to stay with 
the ring and have BC while on the trail.  Nothing like telling personal 
things to people you've never met  =)
I'm not specifically worried about having a sex life while on the trail.  I 
will be hiking with my boyfriend, and it would be nice to be able to have 
sex if we felt so inclined.  But mostly I want to keep using the ring 
because my body has a tough time transitioning on and off of BC.
I've tried several varieties of the pill, and I have bad reactions to all of 
them (Extreme mood swings and blury vision), but the ring doesn't give me 
any trouble.

Thanks for the suggestion of vaccine containers, I'll look into that.

Margo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deb Lauman" <ramkitten2000@yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Birth Control: a similar study


> Well, finally!  Thank you, Amy and Carolyn, for the only two mature 
> answers (that I saw) to the original poster's question.  Hope she's still 
> around.  Out of all that junk email, which made me feel like I was back in 
> high school or at summer camp with a bunch of pimply boys just sprouting 
> body hair, two people had the decency to actually respond. I have a sense 
> of humor, but geez, folks. Give the girl a break.
>
> I also was just about to say that sometimes women take birth control for 
> medical reasons that have nothing whatsover to do with sex. And sometimes 
> people have been taking it for so long, it may feel like they should 
> continue to do so during a thru-hike.
>
> To the original poster...
>
> I'd been taking the pill for many years before my A.T. thru-hike, but 
> decided to take a break from it for the six months I was on the trail. I 
> didn't want the hassle of all those maildrops, nor did I want to carry 
> several packs at a stretch. And I felt like I was giving my body a break. 
> Then again, I didn't have a medical reason for taking it, and I wasn't 
> hiking with my husband, so I had no need for it. If you do give it up 
> during the hike, just be sure to take it for a month once you go back on 
> it, before relying on it.
>
> Ramkitten
>
>
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