The Pill

Where do I have to go to get them?

Reply 1

Helenia

20

Family Planning Clinic or your GP

Reply 2

O_Ren

Where do I have to go to get them?

go see your doctor or your local family planning centre

Reply 3

Joey12

Doctors, just ask your regular doctor for them and they almost always just prescribe them for you and you pick them up from the chemist - simple!

Reply 4

and you dont just "get them" you'l have tests run first, they're not smarties

Reply 5

Ramsy

trigger

and you dont just "get them" you'l have tests run first, they're not smarties

Awwww so cute :hugs:

Reply 6

why?

Reply 7

Ramsy

trigger

why?

Your avatar :biggrin:

Reply 8

really lol?

Reply 9

Fleece

15

trigger

and you dont just "get them" you'l have tests run first, they're not smarties

Not so much tests as a few questions and your weight, height and blood pressure taken.

Reply 10

Leisure17

8

It would be advisable to test whether you are prone to thrombosis. It means having blood taken. In Germany you have to pay that privately and it is fairly expensive, about 100€ (around 60-70 pounds), but maybe NHS does that for you.
There are some people who have a genetic disposition towards thrombosis and it is not wise to take hormone contraceptives then. Smoking + pill is very bad anyway but in case of this said disposition extremely unhealthy. I'd advise anyone who goes on the pill for the first time to invest that money.

Reply 11

Leisure17

It would be advisable to test whether you are prone to thrombosis. It means having blood taken. In Germany you have to pay that privately and it is fairly expensive, about 100€ (around 60-70 pounds), but maybe NHS does that for you.
There are some people who have a genetic disposition towards thrombosis and it is not wise to take hormone contraceptives then. Smoking + pill is very bad anyway but in case of this said disposition extremely unhealthy. I'd advise anyone who goes on the pill for the first time to invest that money.

i have that so i have the implant :smile:

Reply 12

Leisure17

8

Mind you the implant also has hormones (Implanon has Etonogestrel only). In Germany it is hardly used, don't know why though, it's been on the market since 2000. Peral Index can't be given yet, but seems to be high, approx. like pill.

Here a new thing has come up in the last year: a ring (Nuva Ring, no latex) which is full of hormones. It gets put in a bit like a diaphragm and is left in for 3 weeks. The hormones get released and because the stuff does not go through your digestive system (hormones are absorbed through the mucus tissue of the vagina) you need less hormones.
It works similar to the micropill with "Etonogestrel" (=Gestagen) and "Ethinylestradiol" (=Estrogen) not letting any ovulation take place + the mucus in the cervix is less penetrable for sperm. After 3 weeks you pause for 7 days -> bleeding occurs -> start again. You can go on withouut the 7 day pause and forget about bleedings.
Pearl Index: 0,4 - 0,65; slightly less than the pill.

Might be an alternative to people who forget to take their pill on time.

Reply 13

mirandab

i just went to my doctor & all she did was take my blood pressure - no height, weight, bood tests nonsense....

Reply 14

Fleece

15

First time i went they only took blood pressure too. Then i went to one in nottingham when i was living there and they did the whole shebang apart from blood tests.

Reply 15

Glory

the only time ive had height and weight taken was pill checks, i had blood preasure taken only on my pill checks. All i had to do was do a menstral cycle calender, noting when i was heavyest and the duration.

Reply 16

Joey12