The female menstrual clock is faithful/III

Contraceptives, side effects, problems – and desire disappears. Clever women can sense it perfectly when it’s time for action. Use your female talent to your own benefit.

The effect of contraceptives
Hormonal contraceptives turn the natural rhythm into a corresponding artificial cycle. Even the very beginning is different from what had been uniquely characteristic of the woman: it is a set standard. Therefore certain women cannot tolerate the pill at all; some find certain contraceptives to be good and others to be harmful and ineffective. Many women complain of weight gain and of losing sexual desire.

There are close temporal coincidences, and there is a strong sense of the effect which brings a change in women’s sexuality. And doctors of all specialties regularly meet women whose headaches, vision problems, nervousness, thrombosis or skin symptoms magically disappear once they come off the pill. This happens in lucky cases. Unfortunately, doctors don’t think of this in time: often a series of examinations are needed before it occurs to someone that the hidden cause may in fact be the pill. Of course, the cause is never the pill in itself: women also smoke and lead unhealthy lives. In most cases, the pill only serves to strengthen one’s propensity and the existing danger.

There will always be side effects
The truth is, women are able to regenerate very well. But the pill prevents a woman’s body to rid itself of the damages, and it also prevents – among other things – shifts in the natural cycle. Women cannot react in a natural way because their body is controlled by an outside substance.  And this type of controlling is very primitive compared to what is actually needed and what women originally possess. Therefore, the time one starts taking the pill and the time they should stop taking it matters greatly. This is always determined by the appropriate doctor, but even good doctors can make mistakes because there are too many invisible factors. And women also influence this system of control when they forget to take the pill or continue taking it after the recommended time in order to avoid getting their period.
In the next part you can read about the causes of the shifts and about your own sexual training.