Side Effects of the Mini Pill

If you think it's the pill, get off of it immediately! Why suffer through this when you have other options. Use condoms or the contraceptive gels/foams and use the "pull out method on top of that." We've dodged pregnancy for 5 years going this route and I'm fortunate in that I get pregnant pretty easily (do I love having to use them...no....but it's not that bad at all!). You will only have to do this for 3 or 4 months and then his vasectomy will have had time to solve this problem.

I have the same side effects and I have been on the mini pill for nearly one year now. The periods alone were enough to drive me nuts. Three weeks of bleeding, one week of a break and then starting up again with two or three more weeks of bleeding. My symptoms have steadily gotten worse. At first my libido was okay and I could explain it away as post partum adjustments. Now there is no excuse and I have taken myself off of it. Birth control treats every woman so differently. You should probably talk to your doctor about alternatives if you are having difficulties you can't live with. Good luck.

I'm so sorry! I was on the minipill when breastfeeding too and HATED it. It made me feel horrible all the time, my period was super erratic (weeks of bleeding at a time, then nothing when it was supposed to happen, etc.), headaches, sadness, nausea, just total misery. I gave it about 12 weeks and then just gave up. We just started doing natural family planning (charting, etc.) instead. So, definite sympathy from me! But no success story. Sorry!

I was on the mini-pill for a short time, and was having all sorts of issues with it. One of my friends mentioned to me that it is abortifacient. I didn't believe her, so I researched it myself. Turns out she was right. It is highly abortifacient. This can cause all sorts of problems with your body, especially if you got pregnant during that cycle. Your period would not be normal. These pills are a nightmare. I got off of them immediately, and my body regulated to normal again. That was actually a catalyst for us to research birth control in general, and just simply trust God with our family size. This made a huge impact on how we viewed our children and our family. This was almost 10 years ago for us. We have only had 2 children since then, amazingly. Of course, we'd love more, but we didn't always feel that way.

It could be because of the dieting and nursing you are tired all the time. Though then again I remember after having my kids when they was that little sex was the last thing on my mind. It could be still just after having the baby things every time you can have different effects to your body.Things will get better

I experienced bleeding, also. Not sure about the other things because those are all somewhat my norm.

My advice would be to talk to your OB, maybe there is another options while breastfeeding. I think some of what you are experiencing is normal after birth stuff. Like the fatigue and low sex drive. I also would recommend waiting on Weight Watchers. The weight will come off, right now you need extra calories to feed your baby so as long as you are watching your portions and eating health combinations, don't stress. If you are hungry eat!

I just came off the mini pill myself and I didn't experience the extremes that you are but I felt pretty icky for the first few months. I chalked it up to normal after birth stuff. After all I was up all hours of the night lol. Once we got a sleep schedule under control it go a lot better. Of course they are constantly changing their sleep pattern so it gets better, then not so good, then great, then blah...lol

I would definitely ask your OB about the bleeding, call the office and talk to the nurse. I know my OB's nurse is great for that kind of stuff.

Good luck and hang in there, after all it's not going to be for too much longer and you will be back to normal!

I was on the mini-pill for 18 months while nursing my first and I never had any symptoms you are describing. I've been on it again now for about 2.5 months and haven't noticed anything different. I don't even get my period while on it. I think you should call your doctor and maybe get a different dosage. It sounds like it's really reaking havoc on you.