May 10
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Birth Control Pill Turns Fifty Years Old!
Hey guys, Jill here again doing a guest piece on female birth control. Can you believe that the birth control pill is now a grand 50 years old? And I can’t figure out what the heck we did before it, besides a lot of pulling out and praying, right? And let’s be frank here guys, not all guys are good at pulling out at the right time, or at pulling out at all.
Some men actually experience a little bit of pain and lack of sexual satisfaction or completion if they pull out their penis as they are ejaculating. The other problem is, that while pulling out when ejaculating is better than no birth control at all, it still is not a 100% fullproof way to prevent pregnancy.
There is still some “pre ejaculate” that oozes out during the sexual experiences. While it may not have sperm in it, or barely enough to even try to swim to meet the egg, there is still a chance that it has some in it, and can get your partner pregnant. Then again, there are some people who have used pulling out before ejaculation as their method for years and have not gotten pregnant. It probably is a combination of blind luck and skill at pulling out at the right time. Remember, it only takes one strong swimmer to result in a pregnancy!
Then along came the good ol’ birth control pill, fifty years ago. The archaic form of birth control that first came out actually was quite ridden with side effects, from water weight gain to moodiness. But since then, it has been perfected and re-perfected into various formulas, including the one I’m on personally is a low dose pill, which gives very low doses of the female hormone estrogen and other types of this female hormone as well to prevent pregnancy.
The advent of the pill really caused somewhat of a sexual revolution for women, because they didn’t have to constantly fret about getting pregnant, and could really let go and have sex all they wanted without having to worry about whether baby number five hundred was going to come along. Let’s face it, families were much bigger on average back then, and we know why!
I know for me, what the pill means is the power of choice. I’m not sure that my husband and I ever want to have children, and the pill allows me to make sure that choice remains in the fold. Plus, I have to admit, for all the complaining I do about being on the pill, I do like that I know when my periods are coming, and that I’m pretty sure, at least 99% that I’m not going to get pregnant from having sex. It’s a good feeling overall….
