Gaining weight from the birth control pill.?
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yes, that is one of the side effects of taking the pill
yes
Hormonal imbalance.
yes it is very common
Yep. It's a side effect, caused by the hormones.
Birth control pills are hormones. It is completely normal. Dont be surprised if your boobs get bigger too.
Yes ma'am. It's the leading side effect of birth control or any hormone.
YES - YES - YES!
Yes it could, because there are all kinds of side affects to birth control pills, but It could also, be that you are just gaining weigh.
yes birth control will make u gain weight! But in your hips and butt, that nice I need to get me some birth control!
Yes. It's one of the side effects.
Yes. Start smoking to lose weight.
I recommend you ensure that what you are ingesting is in fact birth control pills... and not twinkies.
Birth Control can make you retain water and oddly enough drinking lots of water helps shed water weight.
Ask your doc to switch to a different BCP Rx, I know the doc who prescribed mine before made me lose a lot of weight. As soon as I went off the Rx, I gained back the lbs.
I received the birth control shot and gained nearly twenty pounds shortly thereafter. They also made me very sick. It took me years to get over the side effects of birth control. My cycle hasn't been the same since. I refuse to use any form of chemicals now.
Yes.
It seems I remember someone saying that the pill tricks your body into thinking it is pregnant so you do not produce any more eggs.
It seems logical that your body would gain a little weight due to fat storage for the pregnancy processes.
All over my University's health centre there are all these notices saying that birth control doesn't make you gain weight however, without changing my eating or exercise regimen, I gained 10 lbs in the hip/butt area AND I went from a 34D to a 36DD. So, in my opinion, yes this could have been caused by the pill. I have stopped taking them and have gone back down to a 36D and lost about 5lbs (with little to no depression or migraines)!!
It's most definitely from the birth control... this is VERY common for women who take the pill.
The pill has different effects on different women, sometimes it enlarges the breasts but almost always it makes women gain weight..
My cousin recently started taking the pill (a few months ago) and she gained A LOT of weight, I was really shocked... she was very thin before and now she is much larger.
The reason that you gain weight while on birth control, is because the pill "tricks" your body into thinking that it's preagnant (hence, this is why you gain weight, by retaining water as if you were actually preagnant)...
Check out the below reference, this should give you more 411 on the effects that birth control has on your body, including weight gain.
oh yes and if i were u i would start working out and dont ever take the shot i used to be 125 and went up to a 160 less than a year... now that i am off the shot its so hard to loose weight none of my sexy jeans fit nomore my hips and butt got bigger
completely. I've gained weight in my tummy since I've started the pill in february, and it's horrible. But, it gives me all the more reason to excersize more. I think the pros of birth control outweigh the cons, though. ;)
thats probably due to an estrogen increase if your gaing weight in only those areas, or mostly in those areas.
i would guess the pill would be a, of not the, main factor for it.
the pill can make you gain up to 10 pounds, but it might just be you.
i took the pill for about one month and as soon as i started to take it i went up 10 pounds on the scale due to water weight. My breast also felt bigger and tender they kinda hurt. one more thing normally when i gain weight and im not on any birth control i gain the weight in my stomach this time when i was on the pill the weight was a bit in my stomach but alot of it was in my thigh and legs they became huge and i normally have slim thighs so i think this is normal the water retention was a real bad problem for me so i made the decsison to go off the pill and i have already lost 5 pounds and my belly is less bloated. so if the weight gain really bothers you your going to have to make a decsion weather to stay on it i stopped having sex so i was quick to go off it in your case its your personal decsion however keep in mind that once you stop taking the pill you are 3 times more fertile than before you were on the pill due to all the hormones and its going to take some time for the hormones to leave youe body but then i think you should be okay. just wondering what pill are you on i was taking ortho try cyclen lo and i hated it!
Yes, it's a side effect. I gained 4-5 lb while on the Pill for 6 months (and I didn't even eat that much). I really didn't like the bloated feeling. Thankfully, I lost all the weight now that I stopped. Ask your gyne if you can change brands.
most likely yes...you should go back to your doctor and ask for a "hormone sensitive" pill. My suggestion would be Aleese. When i was on it I didn't not gain weight, my periods only last 3-5 days, no PMS or bloating. It was great!!!
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