tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488052677647528167.post7176644844610279380..comments2024-02-02T19:57:37.779-05:00Comments on A Rolling Crone: The Pill and the Crone Generationby Joan Gagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504224017690336384noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488052677647528167.post-22328015865310769132010-05-20T09:42:40.435-04:002010-05-20T09:42:40.435-04:00I took the pill for menstrual pain, not married an...I took the pill for menstrual pain, not married and given to me in the 60's by my physician dad in NY. Strange about the ban on unmarried women, I had not heard of it.<br /><br />The big deal I remember was going to a nice old doc in the Village who would fit us for a diaphragm (having stopped the pill).<br /><br />Notice with the mammo they may ask you how long you were on the pill but they do not ask how long you breastfed?? Doodah Doodahlactmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529502596316009768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488052677647528167.post-80609957768031935522010-05-08T20:50:11.287-04:002010-05-08T20:50:11.287-04:00I have two strong memories of being an early birth...I have two strong memories of being an early birth control pill user. <br /><br />My husband and I were being married two weeks after college graduation in 1963. I went to a doctor in our college town for my premarital exam a few months before the wedding. I got a prescription for the pill and believe it or not, sent it to my father-in-law-to-be, a pharmacist! He had told us to send any prescriptions to him and he would give us a discount. In those days especially it had to be awkward all around to be getting that particular prescription from him! <br /><br />My mother always worried about the effects of the pill and sent me endless articles she read that talked about the risks involved. She probably had reason to worry, as the dosages were so much higher than today's pills. And I admit to emailing my kids articles that I want to be sure they read!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06797931497744770561noreply@blogger.com