Does Birth Control Cause Weight Gain?

• Overview
• Birth Control
• Weight Gain
• Takeaway

Overview

Are you cofused about wether hormone birth control methods cause weight gain or not?

The answer is not straight forward "yes"  or "no". 

Birth control methods were always linked to weight gain as a side effect. As the hormones medicines evolved and improved during the last 2-3 decades the impacts reduced but not completely eliminated.(1)

The weight gain that occurs from the use of these modern methods of birth controls is short lived. That is a good development.

One of the main reasons of this change is due to lower contents of estrogen hormone than in the last practices.

Many recent scientific researches during the last one decade also have indicated no weight gain as a result of practicing birth control.

However a recent 2020 steady once again indicate that certain genes can cause significant weight gain in certain women.

So, it still remains on you to figure out by hit and trial on what happens to your weight. 

Popular Birth Control Methods

Following hormonal birth control methods are used widely around the world.

You can decide what you want to use.

Everyone's body has a different response to medicines. The birth control method that works well for someone else may not suit you well.

So you need to experiment with different birth control methods and figure out what suites you the best in its overall perspective of which weight gain is one criteria.

1. Patch and Ring
2. Pills
3. Shots

Probabilities of Weight Gain in Different Birth Control Methods /h2>

Though majority of women will not get any weight gain in any of these modern methods, the probabilities for some women do vary from method to method.

1. Patch and Ring and Weight Gain

Out of the three methods, this is the method that is least likely to increase weight if any.

Both these methods used very low amounts of hormones to cause weight gain.

2. Pills and Weight Gain

Use of hormone pills was and still is one of the most popular method of birtlh control.

In the past, the pills contained very high amount of hormones which created a perception that pills give weight gain.

There is really no need to have any concerns now as the pills have significantly evolved and they don't add any weight to your body.

Vast majority of scientific studies done to figure out relationship between use of hormon birth control pills and weight gain have not shown any reasonable evidence.

3. Shot and Weight Gain

This is the highest risk weight gain method of birth control.

A 2009 scientific study has shown that women do get weight gain in this method and interestingly the weight gain happens in two stages.

If you begin to gain weight in the early stages then you can change the birth control method use home remedies to lose weight gained during this stage.

So if the other two methods suit you well then there is no need to try this method.

Takeaway

Bottom line is hormone birth control methods still have some risks of weight gain. some methods have lower risks in certain women. So you really have to figure it out by hit and trial to decide on the right birth control method for you.

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