ven provide 3 to 6 months of pills without a pelvic exam.There are also many disadvantages to taking these monthly pills. They do not protect you from HIV or other infections. You have to remember to take one pill every day, which can be hard for some women to do. Nausea and/or spotting are two problems women may have the first month on pills. Some women may experience short and scanty periods. 3Women taking combined pills may experience side effects such as headaches, breast tenderness, mood changes, weight gain and depression. Serious complications such as blood clots may occur but are very rare. The pills require a prescription and can be expensive. Pills may promote growth of breast cancer but probably do not cause breast cancer. They may lead to higher rates of one type of cervical cancer, adenocarcinoma of the cervix. The pill has one severe side affect. Some women, while on the pill, continue to get pregnant and never know it. The eggs are still being released and fertilized through the process of breakthrough ovulation. Women never know they are pregnant and don’t stop using the pills that eventually kill the baby before it was ever acknowledged. The pill has three mechanisms of action. Sometimes, the pill suppresses ovulation. When this happens, an egg is not released and conception cannot occur. The Pill also works to thicken the woman’s cervical mucus, which can restrict sperm from moving up the reproductive tract toward the egg. One way the pill causes early abortions is that it interferes with the flexing motions and the cilia movement of the fallopian tubes. 4These changes slow the transportation of the newly conceived child from the fallopian tubes from the womb (Lerman 88-93). Unfortunately, many small babies starve to death in the fallopian tubes because the chemicals caused changes that prevented them from reaching the womb in time to be nourished. Another way the pill can cause an early ...
