Ramblings from a 20-something male sex educator.
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For the past two years I have consulted with an organization in the development of online healthcare learning modules for medical staff working with the LGBTQI community. We have just reached the module on “Disorders of Sex Development” and I found an invaluable guide for…
Elizabeth Banks: I Thank Birth Control Pills for My Son
Just over a year ago, my son Felix was born via gestational surrogacy. He came out of me nine months early and because of my broken belly, his babycake was baked in a wonderful angel’s oven and now — I can’t believe it — he’s a year old and walking. He has expanded my capacity for joy a thousand-fold.
His life would have been much harder to come by if not for the birth control pill. How’s that, you ask? Well, it’s a simple fact: The pill is used for many situations that have nothing to do with the prevention of pregnancy. The pill was prescribed to me when hormonally induced migraines kept me locked up in dark rooms for days at a time. It was prescribed to me to regulate insanely painful cramps every month — cramps so painful that I often vomited.
And here’s a little secret I am happy to blow the lid off of: The pill is often prescribed during the IVF (in vitro fertilization) process to help MAKE BABIES! That’s right, women dealing with infertility are often put on the pill to help regulate a cycle so that they might have a more successful IVF. The pill is used to manage ovarian cysts, endometriosis and other conditions too. Not to mention, it helps couples plan for wanted children.
Obviously, I’m not a doctor. I’m just a woman grateful for my necessary and very helpful medication. And I’m sure glad I don’t have to discuss any of these conditions, including infertility, with my employer.
A girlfriend and I recently wondered what would be more mortifying: having to tell her male employer she needed birth control to mitigate a heavy flow or just bleeding all over herself in the office?
So with that image in mind, I encourage all women — and the men in their lives — to protect access to birth control, and encourage our politicians to take women’s health issues out of the political process.
For more information, please visit the most comprehensive and willing advocates for women’s health in America: www.plannedparenthood.org.
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We all come in different shapes and sizes. Health looks different on every body.
Down 13 pounds mother fucker.
I don’t really have a goal weight… The lowest I weighed was 160 and I’m at 187 now. So 160 would be great. I wasn’t super happy at that weight but I don’t think I need to loose more than that. I think when I get back to around 160, maybe a bit lower… I just really need to continue to eat healthy and really focus on fitness.
We’ll just see what happens. The goal is healthy. Not skinny. If skinny happens… Great. But I can’t allow that to be my motivation.
I do feel much better.
Maddie and I have been talking about even though we can’t SEE a lot of difference, we both feel skinnier. And it’s probably totally psychological. But I think that is a much better place for us to be at mental health wise, don’t you.
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Yeah! Over the Top!
perfectly describes how i feel about everything going on the last few days on the internet haha
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