Breast growth/weight gain/loss/brand

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Registered: 01-04-2005
Breast growth/weight gain/loss/brand
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Thu, 05-10-2007 - 11:59am

Hello there!

I'd like to hear people's experiences:
what type of pill
and what weight you gained or lost on it,
including breast growth.

Years ago Ortho Tri Cyclen made me lose weight and increase in cup size. And I had been skinny to begin with!
The 2nd time I went on it I gained a ton of weight, but I think that would have happened anyway at the time (I was in college and pigging out), and my breasts grew again. (of course when I stopped they returned to their normal size).

I just started Femcon FE and am on a major diet. Despite losing my apetite form the pill (It's upsetting my stomach like ortho tri cyclen did as well) I've gained 1/2 lb/day!! I'm not going to keep up with it if this continues.

Thanks for your help!

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Registered: 04-18-2003
Thu, 05-10-2007 - 12:18pm


I've used lots of birth control and I don't have much trouble with most of it.

Ortho Evra patch: I gained about 3 lbs and had breast growth

Depo: I haven't gained but I haven't lost my baby weight either. It seems harder to lose weight on this and it's the only hormonal bc proven to cause weight gain

No effect on weight/breasts:
Mircette pill
Necon 1/35 pill
Triphasil pill
Norplant, progestin only implant in arm
Nuvaring

Holly
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Registered: 04-20-2003
Thu, 05-10-2007 - 1:41pm
My first pill was OTC (in March 2002): I lost about 10lbs on it. I'm not sure if my breasts grew; I've always had a C cup. After about a year and a half (September 2004), I switched to OTC Lo because I began to break out during certain weeks. On OTC Lo I gained about 10lbs... after about 6 months on that I switched to Yasmin (March 2005), where I then lost around 15lbs and was at my thinnest. After about a year and a half, I began to spot, so I was switched to Loestrin 24 FE (November 2006) where I have gained about 10-15lbs in 6 months. This is the worst pill for me because I constantly bloated, moody, my breasts are enormous, I'm constipated, and despite all valient effort (counting calories, keeping a food journal, and increased exercise) I cannot drop a pound; I just keep expanding. Over all, I wouldn't recommend this pill. The other three were fine, and I am considering switching back to Yasmin after I see my obgyn today. I'm hoping that after being away from it for 6 months I won't spot. Anyway, I'd rather deal with spotting than all this. Hope this helps!
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Registered: 01-04-2005
Tue, 05-15-2007 - 7:48pm
any other experiences?
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Fri, 05-18-2007 - 10:10pm

It takes 3500 calories to gain a pound, so unless you're eating an extra 1750 calories a day, it's pretty likely that the 1/2 pound on the scale is water weight.

Judie Cl for Birth Control