Birth Control

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Dear C,

 

It is totally OK to post these kinds of questions to the list. They are very pertinent and an area that all women should know about. Most people who want to keep these things personal, usually "write in for a friend". ;-) We're very open on this list and no one makes another wrong for a personal condition (I'd ban anyone for ridiculing another's illness or major problem).

 

Besides abstinence or having your tubes tied, or your boyfriend having his snipped ;-) (a much easier procedure by the way & has he considered this???) the only guaranteed ways to prevent birth are all toxic to one degree or another.

 

The American Indians used Wild Yam very successfully, but it was not guaranteed, and had the adverse reaction that if you forgot to take it, or accidently ran out, you became hyperfertile to the point it would almost guarantee you would get pregnant. I have used this very successfully on those who have difficulties getting pregnant. One takes Wild Yam for a couple of months, and then stops. Conception is almost guaranteed within the next two months. Many native women would go years and never get pregnant as long as they continued taking the Wild Yam on a regular basis. I've not heard about how well the Queen Anne's Lace effectiveness is so have not tried it. More research on this is in order.

 

At your age and with your history, there's not much chance of you getting preggers any ways even if you took nothing, but there are no guarantees. If it were me, I'd go the Wild Yam route or talk my boyfriend into getting a vasectomy. By the way, the Herpes is easy to handle. A Total Body Cleanse with the addition of the Blood Detox Regimen is enough to throw that problem into a complete remission and eradication.

 

If I were you, I'd also do a Total Body Cleanse to strengthen those areas in particular. Regardless of what has happened in the past, you can rejuvenate a body back to health. Missing organs is the one exception.

 

In Health, Freedom, and Love,

 

Doc

 

Doc Shillington727-447-5282Doc

 

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Dear Doc,

 

Like so many others, I would like to thank you for your kind and expert advice to so many of us. I have to say I find something useful in every digest, and I am learning fast.

 

I am asking these health questions to you directly because I thought it might be best- although after all the talk about the intimacies of cleansing and such, perhaps I have nothing to worry about. I do know that most women I know worry about these issues and are too afraid to bring it up, so if you feel its ok to post, lots of other women would benefit.

 

Question: what advice can you give to those of us using birth control? Specifically, I have ongoing weakness in the delicate tissues involved. I am allergic to latex, and after a two year stint on hormonal birth control many years ago, decided I would never go back to that. That leaves me with nonoxynol-9, the only spermicide approved in this blasted country, and non-latex condoms. N-9 I found out is a harsh detergent, another estrogen mimic, and a numbing agent. Lovely.

 

I have nearly constant itching and frequent soreness/dryness due to the N-9, and to some extent, the condoms. I also have swelling and raw areas on just my left side of the Mons area, which has gotten better and worse over the last ten years. It's always on just that side and never goes away for long. I've had numerous tests for yeast over the years, but they are rarely positive and do not line up with these symptoms worsening. I have no STDs and have been tested recently. And only had two monogamous relationships over the years. My boyfriend does test positive for genital herpes; he never has any symptoms whatsoever, but I feel like I am susceptible to catching it because I have very weak defenses in that area. And I suspect that, if I catch it, I am likely to have terrible symptoms of it just like that poor woman who wrote in recently. Condoms have slipped off several times because non-latex don't cling as well; I have gone through 5 rounds of emergency contraception pills in the last 7 months. Levostryl I think?

 

As for other contraception: I have been on another herbal website devoted to herbal contraception, but basically the best all of us have been able to come up with is the use of Queen Anne's Lace seed, chewed regularly, which supposedly makes the uterine walls too slippery for implantation. I haven't tried it yet, and wonder what you may have heard of its effectiveness. I bought a Lady comp fertility monitor in hopes of being able to depend on that, but shortly afterwards my ND told me that temps and cycles can be very misleading after age 40. I am 42. So I am afraid now to even try to use it, and it was quite expensive. I have researched neem, and I am sure that would be a great way to go, but there is at least one huge chemical company trying successfully to suppress it's use or further research. My impression is that it will be years before the Indian research is made available in English, if at all. Dosages and clean sources are a mystery, as are side effects.

 

It is vital that I not become pregnant because of my age and circumstances, and because my pituitary is likely in marginal condition. I had a tumor removed at the age of 28, and what is left is quite tiny. From reading around I believe I could lose its functioning ability altogether by becoming pregnant, even if I never carried to term. I am contemplating having my tubes tied or blocked, despite the enormous cost. However I suspect that may not be a perfect solution either.

 

I have a health history that I would be happy to give if that would be of any help, but this email is so long already and I have asked two large questions of you, so I think I should stop here.

 

Thank you for all that you do. You are helping me keep my (happily adopted) four-year-old healthy as well.