‘In all my birthday photos throughout primary school I’m holding a hankie and have a big red nose!’ Kat sighed. ‘I remember inhalers and cough mixtures. I was off school so much and Dad had to stay with me all the time. I couldn’t breathe.  Respiratory problems dogged me all through primary.  In the winter [...]

Some women take the Pill and sail through the experience with no obvious ill effects. Others, like Megan, really struggle with its unwanted effects and it throws them out in dramatic and unexpected ways. An artistic and dedicated young woman attending teacher training college, she had been prescribed the Pill for heavy periods two years [...]