Concern About Breastfeeding and Birth Control

Hello M., I am not a health wiz or anything, but I dont recommend taking any form of birth contol while you are breatfeeding. If I were you I would look at as if your still pregnant. When you were pregnant your baby ate what you ate and now that your breastfeeding everything you eat still gets passed along to the baby. Thats just some advice that someone once gave me.

Sincerely,

B.

I would talk to my pediatrician, I know that when I was breastfeeding I wasnt even offered a combo pill

I would be very concerned as well..... I am sure you wouldnt administer estrogen to him orally, right? Well that is what is happening.... I would urge you to stop immediately and pump out all the milk you can for the next few days and discard it. I was given bad advice by my OB years ago and wished I had followed my gut instinct and common sense.... there has to be an alternative for birth control - what about condoms instead of chemicals?

Sorry, but I thought that as long as you nurse, you won't get pregnant. That is what I remember from 5 and almost 7 years ago anyway. If that was truly the case, then I would go off the pill. Ask your ob/gyn about this...see what he/she says. If you are taking the pill for the post partum issues, then I would look at some other options and try to minimize the estrogen at this time.

Hi M. - I would strongly suggest using Ortho Microner, the ONLY oral contraceptive for lactating moms, according to my OBGYN. I am currently on it and also used it when I nursed my two older children a few years ago when I lived in NYC (and my OBGYN also prescribed). The good news is that it is now available in generic form. I have always been extremely sensitive to the amount of estrogen in birth control pills and over the years had to take the one that had the lowest levels. Having said that, Ortho Microner has never given me any ill-effects, nor made me nauseous, moody, etc. like other regular contraceptives have. As a matter of fact, when I stop nursing I'm almost tempted to continue using it (even though my doctor suggests otherwise)! Good luck!

Personally I didn't take anything including aspirin while nursing. And if I had it to do over I still would not take anything. Doctors can not be sure of how medicine will effect the baby. There are other ways to get over this depression. My girlfriend started a daily journal for her son after his birth. It not only helped her it was great for him to get on his wedding day this past year. Make friends. Don't watch the news. Decorate your home. Take bubble baths. Read a good book. Play on the computer. Do anything to get over your depression but don't take drugs.

I would call the doctor back and also your son's pediatrician. Definitely sounds like something is getting through to your son. Do you definitely need to take the BC now? Could you use other methods of BC until you decide to stop BF? Just some other ideas for you. I know you're concerned about your son. Good luck!