How To Get Pregnant

If you can’t take estrogen but really want to take the birth control Pill, a “mini” form of this contraceptive may be just what you need.

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Whether you’ve been taking the Pill since puberty or are just considering it casually, you still may not know how it works, exactly. Here’s the scoop.

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is there any pill a women can take that will help her get pregnant easier and faster?

No!

Ok I didn’t get a refill on my birth control because doc wanted to see me for my annual. I didn’t make it to the doc right away. So I was off the pill for 1 days when I had unprotected sex and my husband went inside me. So now I want to wait and make sure I didn’t get preg before starting up a new pack. So since I was on birth control will my period be on time if I have it?

I doubt it will affect you. But, take a test and watch out for your schedule.

This video is an animation showing how the contraceptive pill sometimes causes embryonic abortions.

To read more about the mechanics of “The Pill” visit: http://www.epm.org/articles/bcp3300.html

To learn more about alternatives to taking “The Pill” visit:
1. Natural Family Planning Outreach: http://www.nfpoutreach.org
2. NFP International: http://www.nfpandmore.org
3. Couple to Couple League: http://www.ccli.org
4. Family of the America’s:
http://www.familyplanning.net
5. Pope Paul VI Institute
http://www.popepaulvi.com

If you would like to understand the rational for why the Catholic Church rejects artificial birth control read Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical HUMANAE VITAE: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html

For insights on living life in harmony with the mystery of God, and others, check out Pope John Paul II’s LOVE & RESPONSIBILITY and THEOLOGY OF THE BODY.

A criticism however needs to be brought to these two aforementioned books. They’re built on the premise that humanity is “fallen” and that the trajectory of mankind is to be redeemed back into its “original innocence.” Once having entered this mindset of original innocence harmonious relationships follow. And I agree… it’s definitely a good mindset to have, but it’s not an innocence we lost from the “Fall” of Adam and Eve. I believe there was no “Fall”, and the only innocence we’re returning to is the innocence we felt as children.

Evolutionary biology is showing us that we are born from something more complex than the snap of God’s fingers, and whatever our genesis, it includes severe conflict and competition. And this competition goes deep into our beings. For example, the book Sperm Wars by Robin Baker shows that a good portion of the sperm in a man’s is designed to fight and kill-off sperm from another male in the woman’s cervix.

Reflection on this biological fact unwinds for me so much Christian theology, especially the premise referenced above in JP2’s two books. They’re built on Jesus words in Mathew 19:8… that before “the fall” man and woman (Adam and Eve) were one in marriage, and that it was a result of the fall we need to return to how it was “in the beginning.”

Jesus is the supposed Redeemer who will deliver us to the harmony of how it was “in the beginning,” but we know that the beginning was an awful place. Our physical bodies tell us that millions of years ago reproduction was a gang bang nightmare where after the men nearly fought to the death over who’d have the woman first, even then their sperm had to fight like gladiators. Is this God’s design from 6000 years ago? I don’t think so.

And it is because I can’t reconcile traditional Catholic theology with science and its reasonable methods my conscience and prayer-life are being pushed to find a new understanding.

Today I argue that the Christian mission is not to have us return to some mythical Eden, but to have us evolve into our potential… to go where we have never been before. It’s no longer Jesus as savior delivering us back to Eden’s innocence, but Jesus as older, wiser friend inviting us over for dinner, and in that conversation, we discover for ourselves those areas that need maturity and purity.

It’s a new Christology, and maybe it converts much of Jesus into allegory, but it connects the reality of evolutionary science with our human experience… and by that, I mean that deep quiet desire we all have to want to be more than we are and to live up to our potential. Jesus lived up to his potential, and modeling our lives after his brings out the virtues, which are universal and are not exclusive to any religion. [Side note: it just occurred to me that the virtues are nothing more than God's personality traits. This might be worthy of meditation.]

As a complement to this way of looking at life, I believe one’s own personal physical nature is to be in harmony with the mind and spirit. Medicines are important in this as they help heal us when we’re sick, but the contraceptive pill is not a medicine. It is not fixing something that is broken, it is breaking something that is working just fine (i.e., female fertility).

This is why I’m opposed to it, and I think there’s a better way for couples to manage their reproduction. And, I think people should know the facts and risks regarding how “The Pill” may cause embryonic abortions. This alone should bother a lot of Christians, especially those precious few who still believe that although we are “fallen,” that’s not an excuse to be passive, but that we still have an obligation to try to live up to our potential.

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Birth control pills are a kind of medication that women can take daily to prevent pregnancy. They are also sometimes called the pill or oral contraception. Birth control pills are made of hormones. Hormones are chemicals made in our bodies. They control how different parts of our bodies work. The hormones in the pill work by keeping a womans ovaries from releasing eggs — ovulation. Pregnancy cannot happen if there is no egg to join with sperm. The hormones in the pill also prevent pregnancy by thickening a womans cervical mucus. The mucus blocks sperm and keeps it from joining with an egg.

To learn more, visit: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control/birth-control-pill-4228.htm

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I am 37 years old and I already have 2 kids. My new husband & I want a baby together. I have been on the pill for 3-4 years.

Have any of you had fertiltiy issues concieving this old or older? IIn the past I have been hihgly fertile. Any advice would be helpful.

I read at babycenter.com and other books that there is no reason to wait after quiting the pill…also for some people you are your most fertile right after getting off the pill because your cycle is regulated. I wouldn’t wait and would go for it right away. Good luck to you and your husband.

my girlfriend has been on it for awhile, and im just curious to know if Ortho Tri-Cyclen is a good bithcontrol pill. Just to make me a little bit more comfortable in knowing we’re well protected

she’s well protected about 99% but to be 100% you should still wear a condom

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mms://sm1.cbn.org/vod/ZP46_h.wmv
(better quality – don’t want to redo the video, so you have the link now if you want to use it).

Heather, a rape victim learns she is pregnant and has a choice to make.
If you or someone you know has been raped or is pregnant and needs help, please go to these websites:

http://Abortion-Alternatives.adoption.com/

www.Walking-Wounded.net/html/christians_rape__sexual_abuse__ abortion.html

www.PregnancyCenters.org/abortion.html

www.PriestsForLife.org/crisis.html

MORNING AFTER PILL:
www.ProLife.com/MorningAfterPill.html

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I’ve been off the pill for a little over a month now, & I’m supposed to be ovulating from the 14th of January to the 19th of January. I’m only going to be able to see my boyfriend the 12th & 13th of January, & then the 17th & 18th of January…What are my chances of getting pregnant while having sex those days & then only being off the pill for a month & a bit? Please need help & advice!
Thanks so much, ?

I got pregnant after being off the pill for a month and a half. This was after being on the pill for at least 5 years. It is possible, especially since when you are first off the pill you can ovulate even more than normal.