Contraception Question.....Please Help!!

[MaxBiceps]

Hi. My girlfriend was taking birth control pills, and went from 140lbs to 180lbs.
It wasn't all the birth control's fault, cause she was very inactive and ate everything.
Now she goes to the gym with me to lose weight/fat/inches whatever.

Anyway, my question is she recently went on the depo shot. Will this make it
harder for her to lose weight? i know one of the side effects of birth control
is weight gain. is it dramatic?

Please be supportive. i will be showing her this thread after i get some replys.

Thanks Ladies!!

 

[blondey]

Every one is different - some girls find it really really hard to loose weight after having the shot no matter what they eat or how they train, where as others have no side effects.

My doctor is rather anty the depo because once you have it - you just have to put up with the side effects until it is out of your system, unlike the pill which you can stop taking at any time.

Two of my friends have had the depo - one had no side effects at all the other blew up and both are active gymmies.

Hopefully your girlfriend won't have any side effects but you will probably just have to wait and see....

 

[MaxBiceps]

Thanks blondey, but my girlfriend blew up from the pill, and
I wonder if being on depo is gonna make it just as hard for her
to lose weight.

 

[blondey]

I'd say that there is a 99% chance she will blow up and yes she will find it harder to loose weight- condoms may be your only hope! But if she has already had the shot - you will both just have to be patient until it is out of her system.

If it's any consolation, I just spoke to my friend who blew up on the Depo - she said that it took her about a month from when it left her system for her to see the weight drop off and then it was pretty rapid (mind you her diet has always been clean)

 

[MaxBiceps]

Thanks blondey.
Bump for anyone else's opinion?

 

[Star]

My experience with the shot was that it FUCKED up my body for over a year afterwards. You may not get your period while on it but if you are like me....I bled for almost a year straight when I stopped it. God, it was hell. I had a bunch of other sides too....like decreased sex drive, bitchiness, and I think I packed on a few pounds too (can't remember)...IT"S EVIL!

Star

There are store bought spermicides that can be used alone and cause no sides. Can get a bit expensive if you have an active sex life but it's an option.

 

[MaxBiceps]

Yeah, my girl has been spotting for about a month (as long as she's been on depo).

Condoms are definitely an option for me, but beleive it or not SHE'S against them. She doesn't like the feeling.
BTW what's an IUD? is that the implant?

Bump for more info/personal experience.

 

[Star]

An IUD is an Internal Uterine Device and can only be used if she has already had a child. It is a little implant placed in the cervix. I also had one of those and had to have it removed. You have to sign a waver to get one...In other words not safe.

Star

 

[supergirl]

DEPO SUCKS!!!!!!! i had the exact same shit happen to me as it did to Star...
hey star... what are you my long lost sister or what??? same build, similar attitude, now this shit lol

 

[Star]

Well my mom did sleep around a lot so it wouldn't surprise me......lol

Star