Taking Control Of My Body: Why I Quit Birth Control After 12 Years

Taking Control Of My Body: Why I Quit Birth Control After 12 Years
By Lauren Fitch - Your Tango
October 12, 2021

“Since the age of twelve, I have been on countless pills, two different IUDs, and I had never been off of hormones.

The age of twelve is also when my depression began. I started struggling to get out of bed. I felt outside of my body. What’s more, I was diagnosed with a mood disorder too early.

When I got the Kyleena IUD for the first time, the depression came to a head, and I ended up dropping out of law school, getting into dysfunctional relationships, and losing most of my old motivation to thrive.

I finally snapped and got my last hormonal IUD removed.

Let me be clear: Birth control was a great invention. It allowed women with illnesses like PCOS and Endometriosis to thrive.

It allowed women to take control of family planning, and not have a child they were not emotionally, physically, or financially ready for. Also, it has helped countless women escape domestic violence situations, and lowered teen pregnancy rates.

But it can change your body.”

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