Breast feeding and contraception .... What are you using?

[BBaby]

Hi, hope you don't mind me asking, but what methods of contraception are you using while breast feeding?

I had my little girl just over 2 weeks ago and am conscious I need to sort out birth control.

Like everything it looks like a minefield. If I have understood correctly you cannot use the combined pill so options are mini pill, iud, implant in arm and then barrier methods.

I thought I'd go either mini pill or implant in arm but then read about hormones going into breadt milk?

Also how soon did you sort contraception out? Ta

 

[ChloeSmith]

We are going with condoms only as we're hoping to conceive number 2 in about a year (must be mad! Lol!) and so don't want to mess up hormones too much. Having said that I'm EBF and haven't had a period anyway xx

 

[SarahLouB]

I had the copper coil fitted, it has no hormones and it was a really quick procedure. If I want another baby I just have it taken out and I am fertile straight away. I had heard that it can make you're periods heavy but I had my first period since birth this week and it was exactly the same as beforem

 

[Samantha55]

I have mini pill and no problems with that. LO is 11 weeks and no period yet but am ebf x

 

[Dotty_woman]

I spoke to the nurse about this at my six week check and she told me I could have the Mirena as it is progesterone only like the mini pill. I tried the copper coil before but unfortunately my periods were so heavy I became anaemic. I'm going to arrange for one when I've spoken to the doctor. xxx

 

[BevG]

ive used the pill (cerazette) with no issues and ive now got the mirena coil

 

[BBaby]

Thanks everyone. I opted for implant in arm ... And was painless. I was thinking pill but at the minute there is so much to remember I could see myself forgetting to take it! Xx