Be Warned: This Post (might be) TMI.

I haven't written. Things got pretty crazy around here with my mom's health, and I wasn't really in the mood to write.  I was going to apologize for it, but that's the way life is.  And if I'm worried about blogging about my life instead of living my life, then I have bigger problems.

I really wanted to talk about the article I posted before.  Because I really think taking birth control pills ruined sex for me for a while.  This quote helps explain why:

The synthetic estrogen increases levels of a protein called sex-hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), which adheres to testosterone and makes it less available to the body. The result can be a crash in desire, muted orgasms, or pain during sex, according to Irwin Goldstein, M.D., director of sexual medicine at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego.

I can definitely attest to that one!  I actually wondered for a while what all the hype about sex was, because it just wasn't that fun for me.  It hurt.  If given the choice between sex and something else, I would always choose something else.

About a year or so after we were married, I had a great get-together with some friends.  The topic of sex came up, and I mentioned how un-fun it was for me.  They were very concerned for me (understandably).  After reading this article, I think maybe I wasn't so crazy.  I mean, "muted orgasms"?  Um, yeah.

As soon as I went off of the pill, sex became a lot less painful and a lot more fun.  And I realized that maybe I had been missing out for a long time!