I know the stance on birth control but

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I just feel since it poses zero threat to my life (other than extreme pain) I wanted to check with others if they consider it serious enough reason to take it.
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But severe pain suffered over a long period of time can affect your life. Prolonged severe pain can lead to depression and even suicide.
 
Ohhh ok I see. Unfortunately I will have no cycle to chart… It is a strong version of B.C. thats shuts my period off. 😣 kinda creepy but hey, hopefully it helps.

My husband and I are talking about abstaining fron sex for one week a month in “honoring” nfp hahahah plus it would be a good time to pray for other moms and my own healing.
 
You aren’t sinning by taking medication to treat a disease even if it makes you permanently or temporarily sterile. The Church teaches this is acceptable under the principle of double effect.

Don’t be scrupulous and if you are stressing about this talk to your pastor. You will get a lot of answers on here that are just flat wrong.
 
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Unfortunately I will have no cycle to chart… It is a strong version of B.C. thats shuts my period off. 😣 kinda creepy but hey, hopefully it helps.
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Oooh ok. I misunderstood. Disregard the abstaining. Just take care of yourself and your family! ❤️
 
I will listen to them and all you wonderful people. Thank you everyone for the responces!
 
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I’m scared your priest is wrong, too!

A priest can be wrong.
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Please stop scaring this woman. Her priests are NOT wrong. She clearly is suffering from anxiety, depression, and possibly scruples and you are telling her to not trust the FIVE priests and the BISHOP and rather listen to YOU, who have zero credentials and zero authority over this woman.

Please stop being so irresponsible with this woman’s serious situation.
 
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I think this thread has run its course and I have flagged it and asked that it be closed. We would be well advised to stop introducing further fear and confusion to the OP.

Please keep her in your prayers.
 
At this point I feel very happy and relieved. For what it is worth, everyone helped a lot.
Now, time for my doctors appointment… 😣 goodbye everyone. Thank you so, so much. Your a wonderful community. I will pray for you all. 😁
 
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What I said was at the very beginning of the thread last night when almost no other person had answered. I have learned the teaching of the church now and agree with it. I don’t think I’ve said anything negative today.
 
As 1ke said, they aren’t wrong.

You shouldn’t continue to live in pain.
 
There’s a reason that people with scruples are not advised to post here. People have a lot of different opinions on the internet, and the uncertainty of the answers given is never going to help someone be comfortable. You don’t seek reassurance for scruples, you seek the advice and counsel of a priest. She did that, and seeking more answers will not help her situation.
 
First, i have talked to many priests who are wrong about many things… One once said premarital sex was fine if the persons intention was marriage.
This is a faithful community who I trust in addition to my priests. Its what the forum is here for.
 
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.A very wierd note to everyone… Which I find to be no coincidence. My mom is visiting Rome.

Yesterday she prayed for me to find healing at the Vatican. Which was the same hour (time difference) that I posed my original post. I did not even know she was going to the Vatican that day.

I have never received so much support and kindness and advice on this (or any) subject. I am taking this as a sign from God that Im being rediculous and need to help myself hahaha.
I am very at peace with taking the medication. I will be starting it tomorrow please keep my family in your prayers and for my healing, its appreciated. Thank you all and I will pray for you all. God Bless
 
On the whole, it’s a good community, but you will get quite varying opinions, not all of them authentically Catholic or well informed, but your question has helped me to become better informed on the issue. People have given you good advice here.

Thankyou, Brttiany.
 
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Whoever came up with the argument that the pill was an abortificent didn’t go further in their research to reading the information packet while not digging deeper into why it says “may prevent implantation.” The big thing is that any hormonal variations in a woman’s cycle may prevent implantations. We know this because we know some women’s luteal phases are too short to allow for implantation and we generally know how the hormones play into the shedding of the uterine lining. However, we did not understand it much further than this.

Current research with the morning after pill (same hormones but at higher dosage for limited time) found that if the pill was taken AFTER ovulation, women got pregnant at the same rate as those not taking it. As such, the first type of morning after pill wasn’t that effective. It worked if taken prior to ovulation and primarily just pushed ovulation back a few days which would decrease the odds of sperm being present in the woman’s system by the time ovulation hit. (NFP people should know sperm can live inside a woman for up to about 5 days. In my embryology class, in rare cases, they’ve been found to survive for seven days. The environment matters as well. Fertile mucus protects sperm and stores sperm in the cervix for a limited period of time)

Now, the more updated version of the morning after pill has an additional chemical which was originally used to attack cancer cells. This directly attacks the cells of the developing embryo and thus I’d say makes the newer version more of an abortificent. SOME versions of the pill now include this chemical as well.

So overall, a woman taking the pill to treat medical problems needs to either do her research or have a good relationship with a doctor who understands that SOME versions of the pill have this other ingredient.

Either way, it’s important to recognize that there is a distinction between taking medication that could harm a child and getting an abortion. A lot of prescription medication for issues not at all related to this can impact fertility (by making unknown miscarriages more likely) or by causing abnormalities and disabilities in a child. The reason pregnant woman are pretty much banned from most medication and can only get access to some medications through their regular doctor is because there’s a lot of weighing out the risks to unborn children. Sometimes you’re increasing or decreasing the risk depending on what you’re treating.

So overall, it’s good for women with regular cycles not to screw with their endocrine system with the pill for the convenience of not getting pregnant. Don’t take medicine just because its convenient. But at the same time, don’t jump to the other extreme and act like the pill is so much more dangerous than other drugs when it’s actually safer than other options in many cases. And sometimes it’s not enough too, but your doctor won’t take you that direction without trying it first. I know women who’ve had menstrual problems so bad that they need blood transfusions on their period and end up being forced into a hysterectomy.
 
The community is not a replacement and I never said it was. Thats why I said in addition to** my priests

And I would argue the same for priests…some priests have an agenda as well which lead many astray. Like I said, I have met them. They are open to abortion, premarital sex and the like… Dont pretend you dont know this.

Your trying to make me feel bad and your being a know it all. But there is in no way anything wrong with what I did… Dont believe me? My priest is next to me (as we speak) He says your wrong and asking advice from the faithful is fine. I won’t argue with you because thats clearly what you are interested in. Have a good day.
 
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