For me, the hormone imbalance has probably been caused by a few things; but the main contributor has been long
term use of the contraceptive pill.
I came to the conclusion that I had a hormone imbalance due to long
term use of the contraceptive pill, so I went to see a naturopath in Canada (where I was at the time).
Not exact matches
Here we seem to have forgotten that the essential reason why Natural Family Planning is
termed «natural» is to mark the borderline that distinguishes it from «unnatural» and immoral family planning through the
use of contraceptives.
According to study author Dr Naomi Allen, also from the University
of Oxford, UK, «The existing evidence suggests that medium - to - long -
term use of oral
contraceptives (ie, for 5 years or longer) results in substantially reduced risk
of endometrial cancer.
Use of oral
contraceptives (usually referred to as «the pill»), even for just a few years, gives substantial long -
term protection against endometrial (womb) cancer, and the longer the pill is
used the greater the reduction in risk, according to a detailed re-analysis
of all the available evidence, published in The Lancet Oncology journal.
MYTH: Long -
term Pill
use makes falling pregnant less likely A study at Copenhagen University Hospital last year found that levels
of anti-Mullerian hormone and antral follicles, which predict fertilisation probability, were 19 and 16 per cent lower respectively in Pill users than those not taking a
contraceptive pill.
However, when we wipe out the beneficial bacteria — and they are extremely vulnerable to broad spectrum antibiotics, to the
contraceptive pill, to steroid medications prescribed on a long
term basis, in fact to the majority
of modern drugs that are
used on a repeat prescription basis — we end up with what is called gut dysbiosis (damaged gut flora).
«The ultimate outstanding evolutionary question concerns whether the
use of oral
contraceptives when making mating decisions can have long -
term consequences on the ability
of couples to reproduce,» suggests Lummaa.
Throughout this report, we
use the
term «family planning client services» to refer to the package
of direct patient care services provided through family planning programs to clients receiving reversible
contraceptives or sterilization services.
The secondary search
terms were age at first birth, baby fever, childbearing, childlessness,
contraceptive use, cooperative breeding, family planning, father absence, fertility, fertility desires, fertility intentions, fertility motivation, fertility preferences, ideal family size, parental investment, parenthood, parenting, reproduction, reproductive autonomy, reproductive decision - making, reproductive timing, sex ratios, sexual coercion and value
of children.