Many college athletes say they took oral birth control unaware of potentially devastating side effects. In the wake of Roe v. Wade’s fall, they might be more reliant on the contraceptive than ever.Starting back in high school in 2015, Annie Uyeki was always anxious when she had to leave a class. “I wondered,” she says. Anywhere from two to three times in an 82-minute class period, Uyeki had to step out. Her body demanded it.
Multiple doctors sent a message to Uyeki: “[It] might just be your body. You might just be uncomfortable in your body.” Somehow, sometime, it became normal for the insufferable pain, negative side effects and an altered mental state to seamlessly find its way into the athlete lifestyle. Dorothy DiMascio-Donohue, a student at Tufts and member of the nationally ranked women’s ultimate Frisbee team, laughed on the phone when explaining how vocal she’s been to her teammates about life on the pill.
Even as so many athletes and non-athletes alike do reap great benefits from the pill, the side effects are a common conundrum.to identify her by first name only, was aware from a young age that her body was on display. It started with ice skating, before she hit her teen years. She always compared her body to her older sister’s; she wanted to be thinner. That thought pattern led to restrictive eating habits, low nutrition and low food consumption, which began to impact her menstrual cycle.
For Sophia Worth, the tiny pill she takes at 10 every night helps manage the onset of endometriosis, which plagues her family lineage., simply put, is a painful disorder that involves the tissue that lines one’s uterus. Symptoms include, but are not limited to, extreme pain in the back, stomach, irregular menstrual cycles and heavy bleeding.
LuluKesin So Contraception before Abortion? Wow that’s wild 🤦♂️
LuluKesin Maybe they’ll behave in a more responsible way?
LuluKesin Kind of like that whole COVID Vaccine thingy
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