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Getting Pregnant While Breastfeeding
So don't believe that you can't get pregnant while nursing or without getting your period back .... For many women breastfeeding is a natural birth control. ...
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- For many women breastfeeding is a natural birth control. God made our bodies this way for our own protection. I suggest you wait another 3 months. When your child i...
- The answer is a definite yes, you can get pregnant while breastfeeding. A long time ago, I got pregnant with #3 while breastfeeding #2 and had no period between. Morni...
- C G, I got pregnant while breastfeeding, at the time, my 7 month old and had not gotten my period back yet. He was still getting up in the night as well. When I found...
Birth Control Advice
I chose to get the Mirena (IUD) put in while nursing, rather than use a birth control pill. Although my doc said that particular pill was ok while nursing, ...
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- I didnt have any side effects to it, but It made me nervous since it isnt so effective (only 87%)so we used a condom with it.
- I used it and did not have a decrease in milk supply either. But after about a month I started to spot almost weekly, when I went off it I stopped spotting and didn't ...
- Oh, so micronor is safe for breastfeeding mother? My doctor said that no birth control pills is safe for breastfeeding mothers. I use condoms instead.
Anybody Taking Errin or Micronor Birth Control Pills?
I took the Micronor for six months while I was nursing and I didn't have any trouble. ... Next question: Breastfeeding & Birth Control ...
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- I took the Micronor for six months while I was nursing and I didn't have any trouble. My doctor told me to be sure and take it the same time every day.
- I don't know the brand name of the mini-pill I was taking, but I did get pregnant. You have to take the pill at exactly the same time every day, within minutes. If y...
- Hi, I took both Errin and Micronor for the first year while I was breastfeeding my now 18 month old daughter. I didn't become pregnant during that time. After I w...
Breastfeeding and Birth Control - Decrease in Milk Supply
I never did take birth control while I was breastfeeding but my milk supply did go way down after my ... Next question: Birth Control While Breast Feeding ...
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- Hi C. I'm not sure about the effects of the birth control that you're on and your milk supply. Getting your period back should not mean that your supply will diminis...
- My breastmilk didn't decrease when I went back on birthcontrol, but I didn't do that until I had breastfed for just over a year. Even then it didn't decrease much. How...
- You have questions that you need to be asking your OBGYN. My OBGYN did not let me take any birth control pills until I was no longer nursing my baby. We used condoms...
Birth Control
Breasetfeeding is not birth control. You can get pregnant even if you do not have your period. ... Birth Control While Nursing ...
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- hi J.,2 tumbs up for breast feeding your son.....most people don't get their period while breast feeding,however this dose not mean that you can't get pregnant.....so ...
- Breasetfeeding is not birth control. You can get pregnant even if you do not have your period. If do not want to have another baby yet then yes you need to go on the...
- Ah yes! You CAN get pregnant before you ever get your period back while breastfeeding!!! I can't believe your OB/GYN did not tell you! Also, there is no set time th...
Breastfeeding & Birth Control
Honestly I think the best birth control while breastfeeding is a condom . Barrier methods don't affect your breast milk the way a pill or a shot can. ...
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- I used mini pill while breastfeeding and it lowered my milk supply. I stopped using it, using condoms until my husband gets the vasectomy and an ok from the doctor. ...
- Hi M., I would urge you to strongly consider a hormonal IUD like Mirena. The hormones are released locally so they do not affect your milk supply and are totally sa...
- I took a pill specifically for breasfeeding mothers, referred to as the mini-pill. It acts as protection in conjunction with breasfeeding, and has 97% success. However...
Casually Trying to Get Knocked up While Breastfeeding 2Xday...
We want to have another baby soon, so we are not using birth control, and we..." ... I have 2 17 months apart (they're 20 and 21 now) while nursing, ...
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- I got pregnant when my daughter was 1 1/2 years old. My son was born a couple weeks after her 2nd birthday. It is SO hard for me. I am constantly tired and they both w...
- Keep having fun and having sex- it will come if you don't think too much about it. You are still ovulating and it is more difficult to find your ovulation time but if...
- Anytime you aren't nursing every 2 hours the possibility of pregnancy increases. Our babies are spaced between 2 and 3 years naturally, and we've used the ovulite to ...
Periods/Pregnancy While Breastfeeding
I was told that nursing was 92% effective to use as birth control for the ... Woman that have their periods or get pregnant while breast feeding usually ...
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- Hi J., I'm a post partum nurse. If your not trying to get pregnant consider yourself lucky, if 26 days have passed. A rule of thumb is as long as you are breastfeedin...
- i got pregnant with #2 while breastfeeding #1 (i had just barely begun to wean by spacing the nursing sessions farther apart). i didn't get a positive test until i wa...
- well if you are 100% breast feeding and your baby doesn't go longer than 4 hours during the night to eat than breast feeding is 98% effective form of birth control. W...
Breastfeeding and Birth Control
The Depo Provera shot is safe to use while breastfeeding, and it's great not .... Birth Control Options While Bfeeding ... Birth Control While Nursing ...
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- When my son was born my doctor gave me a prescription for progestrone birth control. I believe that is what it was. I think you want to stay away from birth control th...
- Hi I think it depends on if you are nursing or not. If you are not nursing you can use any kind of birth control. If you are still nursing I think the mini pill is ...
- Have you considered an IUD? You sound like a good candidate for one. Thinking that I could not become pregnant again after my first child was born (due to age and me...
Breastfeeding and Birth Control
there is a birth control pill that i was given while nursing, that was safe. However the downside, it made my hair fall out in CLUMPS.....not worth it, ...
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- I also took the mini-pill...and there are several brands. The key I think is less estrogen, if I remember correctly.
- Hi A., I would be very reluctant to take birth control if you are nursing. I started taking birth control after my first OB appointment after my son was born and m...
- I used the Minipill; I think it's called Joviet. It's for nusrsing mothers. You take it like the regular pill; it's really easy. Ask your doctor about it. In fact;...
