Friday, May 27, 2022

WHAT NO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT COMING OFF THE CONTRACEPTIVE INJECTION | DEPO PROVERA

 

Contraception and hormones are something 50% of the population will have to deal with. We all have an opinion on it, we’ve all agonised over which method will be the best for us. We’ve all worried about a potential negative experience or reaction. We’ve all lamented that there are no male-pills! Now, I will preface this whole blog post by saying that I’m not an expert. But I most certainly am a girl who has experienced what so many of us dread; a terrible response to a new method of contraception, and a real sense of withdrawal after coming off a method that I’d been so happy with for years.

For context; I was 13 years old when I got my first period. I remember being shocked by the amount of blood. I remember trying for over an hour to insert a tampon but finding it too painful and overwhelming. I remember crying from the bathroom that I couldn’t come out, and my mum trying to speak to me through the door. I think I tolerated about three periods before I decided that it wasn’t for me. I wasn’t able to function properly whatsoever. Between the searing cramps, the (what seemed like) fifteen litres of blood leaving my body daily, the money spent on sanitary products and pain relief, I had absolutely had it with periods after THREE. I swore to myself that I wouldn’t – and shouldn’t have to - put up with it. The contraceptive injection, for some people, stops periods entirely. So I was in the doctor’s office like a shot, and thankfully it worked in stopping my period almost immediately, and I carried on for years as – what felt like to me – as normal.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

BIRTHDAY OUTFITS TRY-ON HAUL


As I’m typing this I can barely believe it’s my 27th birthday next week. I’m thinking about officially entering my ‘late’ twenties and all the amazing experiences I’ve had within my twenties so far. I genuinely sit here with the mental age of a 25 year old (maximum), especially given the two years lost to the pandemonium. But the clock is ticking and I’m growing older, and it’s time to get on with it!

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

EXPLORING | BRITAIN'S BEST BEER GARDEN


Whatever the opposite of ‘getting out a lot’ is, that is what I have spent the vast majority of the last two years doing. I am sure I almost became fused to my sofa at one point. There were hundreds of weekends lost to Judge Judy marathons, long Aldi trips and (my new favourite) mould time-lapses on YouTube. Yup, they’re a thing… 


I have a real bone to pick with the pandemonium-that-shall-not-be-named because it took up two years of my twenties. Those were years that I feel should have been filled with travel, adventure and new experiences. So now the world has finally started to open up again, I’m grabbing life by the balls and am determined to make up for lost time.  I’ve already been on holiday to Dubrovnik, Croatia and spent a fabulous weekend in London. But today’s blog post is all about my day-trip to explore the beautiful village of Pensford and visit Britain’s Best Beer Garden at The Rising Sun. 

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