Birth Control and weight gain #menstruation #doctor #contraception

I was put on the Nuvaring 6 weeks ago and I have not changed anything regarding caloric intake or decrease exercise. I have gained 12 pounds in 6 weeks!
I am so angry and I am going back to my birth control pills! A new Dr convinced me to go on it and she is FIRED!

I feel like there needs to be more clinical trials on this because I've gained a huge amount of weight on birth control and I'm not the only one.

I just started the combined pill as I have terrible pms and now I have no appetite. When I was on the pill in my teens and early 20s I also had a small appetite and constant nausea hence why I was so slim. The implant in my arm made me gain weight and made me impatient and easily angered haha! Oh hormones what us poor women have to go through.

Wow listening you remind me of being my ex she's a professor😂😂 too much

icl i felt skinnier when i was on birth control

The depo shot made me gain weight over age 30ish. It also made it near impossible to lose, UNTIL I quit getting the shots.

It literally says in the box it CAN CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN. Both birth control pill and patch that I used.

Got the depo shot today an hour ago

I’m 12 I have took this pill since I was about 8 or 9 for my reallyyy heavy periods and acne and I have gained about 30lb I am 125lb now I see fat and this pill has made me feel like I need to eat more

Help meeeee I'm going on birth control. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Does anybody noticed any weight gain with nuvaring?

Did anyone gain tummy fat only tummy fat on birth control and why

The PILL made me gain 20lb in 4 months. But to be fair, it made me consistently hungry, which in return made me eat.

I was always overweight, but when I was on the pill my weight skyrocketed. I also had the most vile moodswings, making my Depression and OCD worse. After two years of trying and a Burnout I finally let go of the birth pill, only to still battle extreme hormonal changes each month like bloating and PMS. My whole Hormones are just f***ed since then

They can tell me all they want, but I gained 10 kilograms in one year when I started using various forms of birth control. And my iron is way to low because of the copper iud. It has ruined my body. I am doing Sensiplan now and will never take normal birth control again.

I gained over 20kg.. my nurse thought the scale was broken

Don’t over eat stick to the same calories as before birth control

Pata nahin kya bol rahe hain kuchh samajh mein nahin a raha hai sabko English thodi na aati hai

…over eating combined with the lack of physical exercise is the problem here

I'm on the injection and I don't want to gain weight! I am so self conscious about it!!! I really want to go off! Im 53kg age 16 but my mum said I have to do it!!!

I'm on the patch for period problems and I am in a long term relationship which will lead to marriage and we want kids after we are stable financially. I gained some weight being on the patch for 7-8 weeks. not much tho like 2-5 pounds but my hips and body shape is full like it was when I was younger and I love it. Plus my hair grows fast on my head and slower on my body. Only downside is that if I leave my patch off for 7 days when I put it back on I feel so dizzy so now I only stay off of it for 5 days so my body does not go into shock.

Edit: I get high blood pressure if I leave it off for 7 days

Gained 60 lbs on the pill sooo

So all these women are crazy?

I had my implant almost in for a year, but it messed my body up so bad inside and out, I had to take it out and now I want to try the injection and now I hear it makes you gain weight and I am still struggling with baby weight. Now I don't no what to do because after my implant got taken out, I lost a few pounds.

If a man take these pills would he gain weight??

I lost so much wait on depo was a steady 100 lb and I switched to the pill and I don’t like it I gained 20 lbs and haven’t been eating more if anything less

ah hell naw guess I’ll just use a condom and take the risk

Mirena has caused me to gain a lot of weight. Do your research, tons of other women say the same. Mirena will cause weight gain, plus it will cause tons of other hormonal and mental issues.

Try natural cycles guys, all natural no hormones

The implant did it for me…I gained waaaay too much weight…..literally like that lady on the video

This is BS!! So many women have reported significant weight gain while taking birth control.

I have the copper IUD and for me, it has caused weight gain. and a tremendous amount over the years and ive had it four years. During cycles I am a bottomless Pitt and I'm pretty sure it's hormonal even though they say the IUD is "hormone free". I GET that they have not "proved" the link yet, but I can only assume that they would prefer not to because they know a lot of women would chose to be on something else in order to avoid weight gain and that could effect their business.

This changed was just lack of self-control, healthy diet and lack of exercise. We need to take more accountability

As a dietitian the term “significant” is a specific amount over a specific time period. Birth control can absolutely cause weight gain. Hormones control a lot of what goes on in your body. Don’t ever let anyone tell you contraception doesn’t affect your weight. My doctor once told me “calories in and calories out is the only thing that matters for weight”. FALSE. Ethnicity, genetics, disease factors, mobility, nutrition, hormones, etc affects weight.

I’ve been dieting for two months and going to the gym 4 days a week. I also walk about 8k steps on a normal day and 13k when I’m in the mood for a walk. I haven’t broken my diet once or messed up really. I haven’t been drinking alcohol, I’ve had a fizzy drink about 3 times since starting the diet and I’ve been on roughly 1400 calories by the end of the day everyday. Why in Gods name have I only lost 3lb in all this time????

I WEIGH 250LB, BEFORE STARTING BIRTH CONTROL I NORMALLY WOULDVE LOST OVER A STONE ALREADY