"i just finished my first month on alesse and i am so pleased! i used to avoid hormonal birth control because of reccurent yeast infections and weight gain, but with alesse, i have no problems! i feel like myself again! it&#039;s hard for me to review the contraceptive effect on me since i was told to wait a whole month before having &quot;unprotected&quot; sex. but so far, so good. no weight gain, no infections, no nausea, but sometimes my breasts hurt a little. they didn&#039;t get any bigger though. i sometimes feel crampy in the last few days of the month, but nothing severe. i take it with no stop in between, because my pms and period were too intense. i&#039;m in love with alesse!"