BC cause Diabetes?
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| Sun, 07-11-2004 - 9:54pm |
I just had a quick question and I know I need to talk to my doctor about it also.. but I was curious if anyone had heard the same, or the oppisite.. Here is some background info.
I'm 21 years old and on Sept. 7th, 03 I gave birth to my little girl. She was my first, and while I was pregnant, I had Gestiational (???) Diabetes. I was talking to a relative here recently that also had it while she was pregnant with her son. She had explained sense she wanted to wait to have her second child, she had gone on the pill. Well, sense she had had GD with her pregnancy, and the pill makes your body think your pregnant.. she ended up with a permant full blown diabetes. I haven't got on the pill yet, because yeah right.. Like I'm having sex, but thats a WHOLE different story. I was just wondering if anyone else has heard the same? Or is the pill different from say the patch, or shot? Any insight would be wonderful! Thanks =)
Jessica

I've never heard of any kind of correlation between any kind of hormonal birth control and diabetes. I may be totally wrong here, but my gut feeling is that the two are completely unrelated. You never know though; excellent question for your Dr.
J
The body doesn't actually really think it's pregnant, if it did there would be all kinds of things going on that are more like pregnancy. The only similarity between the two is that the pill tells the pituitary gland in your brain not to send the hormones that start the ovulation process, just as the progesterone produced in the uterus by the embryo and all its support tissues does.
You should definitely talk to your doctor about this to see if there are any particulars to your situation. It wouldn't make any difference what hormonal birth control you used, they all have pretty much the same action in the body. If your doctor doesn't know, an endocrinologist might have a better feel for whether you're already at risk for diabetes.
Good luck! I hope that helps...
Co-cl for Birth Control
Josie