
Rachelle - posted on 07/13/2010 ( 92 moms have responded )
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I have a 15 month old daughter that I started out breast feeding...I was first on the Depo shot then switched to the pills, after doing that my breast milk stopped producing, plus I was trying to pump breast milk so it could have been the combination. We are expecting our second child in December and I was wondering if your form of birth control has affected the way you breastfeed?
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April - posted on 07/20/2010
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My doc told me I could use Mirena and it wouldn't affect my milk supply. That was wrong - Mirena caused my supply to crash. Honestly? If you take anything with hormones in it at all you're taking a risk. The best way to go while you're breastfeeding is with the tried and true - condoms, diaphragm, spermicide, etc.
Dora - posted on 07/16/2010
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My doctor did not recommend the birth control pill. The only form of birth control he recommended were condoms while breast feeding. His concern was what can pass through your breast milk and get to the baby.
Kelley - posted on 07/20/2010
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I'm EBF with my almost 6 mo old, have been on the Depo shot most of that time and it hasn't affected my milk supply
Racheal - posted on 07/20/2010
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caution with the hormones, no matter how deemed safe they are they can still screw up your milk supply...the pop almost dried me out completly!! so i stopped taking it and my milk increased 3fold!!
Lizelle - posted on 07/18/2010
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We're using condoms. Worked wonderful after my first. Only got pregnant once we started trying for another at 16 months, My second is now 15 months and it still works. I tandem breastfed and I'm still breastfeeding my daughter.