{"id":1943,"date":"2019-12-13T05:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T05:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/?p=1943"},"modified":"2019-11-30T05:53:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T05:53:32","slug":"just-because-you-are-obese-you-cannot-skip-contraception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/?p=1943","title":{"rendered":"Just Because You are Obese, You Cannot Skip Contraception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/smile-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/smile-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/smile-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/smile-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/smile.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some medical facts get twisted into very poor medical advice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obese women have pretty much the same amount of sex, as those of normal weight, and therefore have the same basic need for contraception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact that weight loss can make some obese women more fertile doesn&#8217;t mean that you cannot conceive if you are obese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> If you are obese you have a large blood volume that distributes the levels of your medications, and that would include any hormonal contraception. Thus, your contraceptive pills might be a bit less effective, especially in the beginning. So you might need extra protection, such as back up condoms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And have a frank discussion with your gyno about your ability to take medications consistently. If you are obese, skipped pills may make you a bit more likely to have an escape ovulation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hormonal methods of contraception can slightly increase your personal risk of having a deep vein clot. If you are obese you may also be at increased risk. So you may want to consider other methods, but it doesn&#8217;t mean you cannot take birth control pills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most contraceptive methods will not significantly change the weight of an individual. DMPA in some studies has been associated with more weight gain than other methods. But again, this doesn&#8217;t mean you cannot use an particular method if you are obese. Your gyno can help you navigate these competing concerns and successfully plan whether or not you want a child now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some medical facts get twisted into very poor medical advice. Obese women have pretty much the same amount of sex,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,14],"tags":[23,82,98],"class_list":["post-1943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contraception","category-our-gyno-health","tag-birth-control","tag-iud","tag-oral-contraceptives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1943"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1947,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1943\/revisions\/1947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}