About the Morning-After Pill

The morning-after pill is used by woman who have unprotected sex and the fear of pregnancy is constantly on their minds. As one obstetrician told me,: “Have no fear, the morning-after pill will take care of any mistakes and save the day.” What’s more, this doctor told me there’s no real health risk and at the very worst, it could make women’s periods irregular.

Doesn’t this sound great?

In one study, 84 percent of possible pregnancies were prevented. It was noted that these figures are based on “estimates” of when “ovulation” might have occurred. Should everyone take the morning-after pill or is there a more responsible, less risky way to track ovulation?

Having been in the fertility field for 16 years, I know that “ovulation estimates” are far from reality. I would like to share what I have discovered over many years in this field.

If you take this pill when you are not ovulating, you are taking hormones for no reason. You are exposing your body to hormonal spikes which are unnatural and seems counter-intuitive to anyone who is concerned about their health. There is also the potential for harm to you if you take the morning-after pill and still get pregnant.

The morning-after pill is explained as stopping the fertilized egg from implantation. The pill will not abort an existing pregnancy, but this is open for discussion. There are those who may consider this an early abortion.

There are potential side effects to consider when taking the morning-after pill, as with any medication. These include nausea, abdominal pain, fatigue, headache, heavy menstrual bleeding, breast tenderness, vomiting, diarrhea, and dizziness. The important question is what is the long-term impact of the morning-after pill to your body and your health.

Personally, I am bothered by the morning-after pill because I know of many infertility cases that exist after women have used contraception methods to prevent pregnancy. Women need to consider their long-term health and their ability to get pregnant in the future so they have peace of mind during and after intercourse, planned or unplanned, protected or unprotected.

Did you know that there is a natural way to track ovulation that has no side effects and is 98.9 percent accurate? Why would you put hormones in your body when you can easily and confidentially track your ovulation naturally?

With only a drop of your saliva you can track your cycles and your ovulation. When you take control of your personal ovulation cycle with a drop of your saliva, you don’t need the morning-after pill or any other way to “control” ovulation. Being a mom, I can only hope that my daughter will never be exposed to the morning-after pill as a contraceptive option. I hope women will ignore the advertising about how the morning-after pill can be taken on a regular basis, even as often as once a week.

With a small drop of your saliva, you can know when you can and when you cannot become pregnant. You don’t need to fear the unknown because you can know with confidence about when you ovulate.

Would YOU recommend the use of the morning-after pill to your daughter? I wouldn’t.