Why do we only talk about contraception when we’re complaining? I <3 my pills, actually.
DON’T GET ME WRONG, I love kids. In fact, I just became an aunt, and there’s something special about being connected to an adorable nugget who shares your DNA but for whom you bear no responsibility (#CoolAunt). But I wouldn’t love having my own kid right now. Sure, I have a killer job and am in a committed relationship, but I’m still paying off credit-card debt from my early 20s. Adding an expensive infant wouldn’t be ideal, especially since research shows couples who have an unplanned pregnancy are twice as likely to split up.
Which is why I’ve been happily tossing back oral contraception—the combo pill Mononessa, to be specific— daily for the past decade-plus (often yelling “no babies” to my boyfriend as I do so). Having control over my reproductive system is clutch. It has lightened and shortened my period and reduced my risk for some cancers—particularly ovarian and uterine. And my no-dependents status on my tax return has enabled me to complete my education and lean in to my career.
This story is from the November 2016 edition of Cosmopolitan.
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