The Controversial Birth Control (TMI Warning) Part II

After about two weeks of bleeding and a few days pass, I wake up or try to wake up! I am barely waking up. As I try to wake up, I feel like someone has dropped an elephant on me. I am totally exhausted and my body aches all over. None of my simple at home work outs should make me feel this way, yet here I am! 

Throughout the day I have no energy and no explanation as to why. I start breaking out, having crazy migraines, and just feel blah. One morning I woke up thinking, "I feel depressed, but I know I am not. I'm good. Life is not perfect, but I am joyfully fulfilling purpose and see God working in my life. Am I going crazy?" Each day I remember waking up praying that God would give me the strength just to get out of my bed. I am searching for answers and the only thing I came up with is anemia.

After about two weeks of this, I am like, "God, I really need some answers on this! I have no clue as to what is going on with my body." I hear the Holy Spirit tell me to look up the symptoms for after removing the Mirena, and that I was not crazy. I look up the symptoms, and there it is! I see article after article of the 'Mirena Crash' ruining the regular lives of many women in America. It comes out of no where and can stay for days or even months. The symptoms could be depression, anemia, hair loss, aches and soreness, mood swings, fatigue, etc.

All this new information started to make me think about a lot of different things over the past three years of me having it. Ya'll I went through some major postpartum depression that seemingly came out of nowhere. I was warned about postpartum and felt pretty ready. I was watchful of any small hints of depression. I remembered having tears or feeling inadequatue caring for my two week old, because I couldn't take the tummy aching gas away from her. Or the need for a new home, becuase the living arrangements were not as joyous as I would have liked. That was pretty much the sum of  the postpartum before the Mirena. After I had the procedure done, I was telling my husband how I felt like I was drowning and losing my mind. I was also in the shower trying the silence the voices that would tell me my family would be better off without me. WHAT IN THE WORLD!? I know their are so many women dealing with depression and mental illness, and I am sure at least half of the cases have to do a lot with what we put in our bodies. Ya'll one of the reasons I was not in a hurry to take out my IUD or have more children was because I was scared of the depression that came with postpartum. Little did I know, I was keeping in the very thing that increased the depression.

When I come to the realization I have been pumping my body with depressants that are making me physically and mentally unhealthy, I conclude that BC's are from the devil. When I researched the reasons as to why BC's were invented, I found out it is because women wanted to be free to have sexual intercourse without consequences of having babies. They wanted to be 'FREE' sexually, because IT'S THEIR BODIES and THEY should be able to do so. I probably would agree, but, as a believer, I believe we have been bought with a hefty price by the blood of Jesus. I guess that means I am not my own, and I am sure the creator knows more about my body and my spirit than I ever can. Purity works ya'll. With sex also comes spiritual consequences that no BC can stop, but I won't get on that soap box right now. Plus the definition of  birth control contradicts scripture. Genesis 9:7, "As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it." These are my convictions, but this is also TRUTH. Take it or leave it. The Holy Spirit had to tell me what was going on with my body, and I will choose to listen to Spirit over any doctor or human.

Okay, back to the health talk! I posted the story on my Instagram Stories about the girl who's IUD was stuck in her stomach, causing multiple physical issues. I asked around and multiple people talked about the negative side effects to their various BC's. One friend knew of someone that had an Implanon arm implant, and it broke in her arm! Another's cousin died of cancer after years of her being on the BC pill. Also, every time I was on BC, whether it was the pill or the IUD, I had issues with ovarian cyst. My body only formed  the cyst when I was using BC. The side effects like most medicines are lethal. I will choose a baby over death any day. Now, I understand there are some that have to use BC for health reasons. I just ask that you would consider a natural BC method, because these contraceptives are not safe for your body or your mind!

My last issue with BC is how it was used to basically stop minorities from multiplying in the 1960's. I still have an issue with this, because the Caucasian doctor kept trying to get me to keep my IUD in. It was also a Caucasian doctor that convinced me to get it in the first place. However, the African doctor asked me if I wanted to use any other form of BC, then left it alone. That really put a bad taste in my mouth. Are their doctors still trying to keep the minority population down? Crazy to think that there just may be! 

At the end of the day, I am OVER IT! Women get pregnant while on BC, so I'm not going to try to control it any more. I will just let God be in control and steward the babies He allows to grow in my womb. The Perry's will have a house full of Godly sons and daughters that will fulfill their God ordained purpose and trust God to provide for every seed He multiplies!

Come on ladies lets really talk about it! Comment below.