Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Plan B

I went to Planned Parenthood today to pick up Plan B and I can't even tell you how grateful I am that it is so readily available. I am in absolute favor of it being OTC. I think if it were kept behind the counter with a required consult with the pharmacist, that would make sense.

It is not a primary form of birth control, but it is so nice to not have to worry needlessly about an untimely pregnancy occurring when your primary form of contraceptive fails. To me it's a miracle.

This is the second time that I have had occasion to use this. The first was about 5 or so years ago and I was going through Arizona on business the night after my hubby and I had a condom break. I called the ER as it was late and spoke to a nurse who snidely told me that they don't kill babies there. No, I'm not kidding. I went anyways and the doctor, in fact, did prescribe Plan B for me and was shocked to hear what the nurse had said. What if I had been 16? I would have been devastated by the nurses comment and probably would have done nothing. I might have then become pregnant, etc.

This time was smooth... and I am thankful.

Camille

2 comments:

Stacia said...

Just about everyone I know has used it at least once. I think the reason it's not OTC is because on college campuses where they stock it, they have too many girls come in for it too many times. Two times in five years is nothing. Three times in one semester is a problem. Glad it went smoothly though.

Meghan said...

I think your post clearly demonstrates how important ready access to birth control is, regardless of age, race, social class, etc. Who are we to judge college kids OR married moms who need emergency birth control? Thanks for sharing.