Chapter 5

When i started reading chapter five something that immediately stuck out to me was the first few pages. They talk about male and female Barrier methods which is a method to prevent sperm from reaching the egg by the use of a physical or chemical barrier during intercourse. I remember learning about male condoms but i never knew that women ones were out there as well. Hormonal methods such as oral contraceptives are something as a girl you learn about and around the age 15/16 you have to choose which one you would like to use or not use. I decided to use the birth control pills, which little did i know had some physical affects on my health. Birth control was the main source of my weight gain and is the hardest to put off. The other options of birth control can have worse side affects so i am stick with the one i am on and need to work on my health better. This is how it ties into my health aspect, if it wasn’t for the medicine i still would of been at the healthy weight i was at

Choosing a method of contraception was something i have heard people say you make as a decision with your significant other but when i started i was young. It was interesting to me in the book how some people didn’t start using them until they had a partner and discussed it with them. So what i was going to put in my body was going to be what i wanted and my decision. Now being in a long term relationship of five years i am glad on the method i choose. When it comes to my health and being healthy, and unplanned pregnancy wouldn’t be healthy for my mind. I am still in school and with work i am under so much stress i barley get to exercise now. If a child was in the picture my health would go out the window because their’s would be all that mattered.

The process of pregnancy you hear about and i know friends who go through it but for everyone i feel it can be very different. Some people say it is super hard to lose the weight after, others say it happens instantly. In general pregnancy takes an immense toll on your body that i do not think i am ready for just yet. I am trying to focus on getting myself healthy and staying on top of my exercising, to have a child as well would be two health aspects i would have to worry about. Being the soul provider for those first 9 months.

I found this chapter a little hard to relate to my health aspect because pregnancy affects your body in many major ways but not being pregnant or going through it i really don’t understand in full how the process could affect me.