Cramps, bloating, nausea, even fainting … Faced with these really disabling side effects, many women curse their periods and want them to disappear completely. This is why some of them decided to stop them. The menstrual pain became for them a brake on their professional advancement, as they testified to the Daily Mail.
This is the case with Alanna Allen. The 29-year-old is the manager of several hairdressing salons in the county of Surrey, England. “I had cramps and a sore back, which is really inconvenient when you’re a hairdresser and you’re up all day. I was taking pain medication and sometimes had to take days off. Not really. nice when you want to advance your career! ” For the past 7 years, she has opted for an injectable progestin in the form of an injection every three months. This method offers safe contraception and has the advantage of stopping periods.
“I gained a little weight and suffered from a slight headache, but my period stopped. It makes my job a lot easier,” comments Alanna Allen. She does not regret this choice which allows her to “focus entirely on (her clients)”.
Morgan Spicer, 27, also made the choice to stop the rules. For this, she chose the pill Cerazette. Microdosed, it almost completely inhibits the ovulation period and thickens the uterine walls, most of the time leading to the cessation of periods. For this London graphic designer, in a predominantly male company, period timing was a “constant concern”. Frequently, she had to slip out of a meeting room because she was in pain and was going to have her period.
Health risks?
If for some women, the rules are really a nuisance, for others the idea of stopping them seems strange and even dangerous for fertility. So what is it? For Doctor Béatrice Guigues, vice-president of the National College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of France and interviewed by Le Figaro Madame, “there is absolutely no danger”. Asked by the Daily Mail, Dr Shazia Malik, gynecologist at Portland Hospital for Women and Children explains that “the body does not need to have its period. In theory, there is no reason not to stop its periods. rules indefinitely “.
But there are still detractors of this method. In fact, before each injection, the doctors tell Alanna that it can affect her fertility. According to Holly Grigg-Spall, author of Sweetening The Pill and interviewed by the Daily Mail, “There is debate that the menstrual cycle can protect women from the most common risks of premature death in women. women, heart disease, breast or cervical cancer, osteoporosis or stroke “.
Before choosing a method of contraception that stops the cycle entirely, it is important to talk to your gynecologist. Certain symptoms can indeed alert: very painful periods for example can also be the sign of a endometriosis.
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