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Coil and breastfeeding
Hi all,
I've decided that at my 8 wk check up at the doctors (for DD and me) where contraception is discussed, I am going to ask to have the coil. I've tried Googling for more info, and I'm still a little in the dark about certain areas, I'm wondering if you can help... Will it affect breastfeeding? I'm paranoid about this as I've worked so hard to cut out the bottles, and I don't want to jeopardise my supply now. Also, I know I've asked similar questions before, but my brain seems to be leaking these days (perhaps it's going out of my boobs? ). I can't take the pill, as it makes me very sick very quickly, and I've never risked the mini-pill as I'm not reliable enough to take it the same time every day. My question is, am I ok to get a hormone coil, or is better to have the non-hormone one? Thanks Lucy |
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Coil and breastfeeding
Will it affect breastfeeding? I'm paranoid about this as I've worked so
hard to cut out the bottles, and I don't want to jeopardise my supply now. Also, I know I've asked similar questions before, but my brain seems to be leaking these days (perhaps it's going out of my boobs? ). I can't take the pill, as it makes me very sick very quickly, and I've never risked the mini-pill as I'm not reliable enough to take it the same time every day. My question is, am I ok to get a hormone coil, or is better to have the non-hormone one? Lucy, I'd suggest the hormonal one, you've mentioned bad period pain before and a non hormonal one can make this worse, whereas the hormonal one should have the opposite effect. There shouldn't be any concern to breastfeeding, mini pill is considered ok and you get a lot less in your blood stream from a coil. If you want to search more try Mirena as that is the name of the hormonal one. Anne |
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Coil and breastfeeding
Anne Rogers wrote: Will it affect breastfeeding? I'm paranoid about this as I've worked so hard to cut out the bottles, and I don't want to jeopardise my supply now. Also, I know I've asked similar questions before, but my brain seems to be leaking these days (perhaps it's going out of my boobs? ). I can't take the pill, as it makes me very sick very quickly, and I've never risked the mini-pill as I'm not reliable enough to take it the same time every day. My question is, am I ok to get a hormone coil, or is better to have the non-hormone one? Lucy, I'd suggest the hormonal one, you've mentioned bad period pain before and a non hormonal one can make this worse, whereas the hormonal one should have the opposite effect. There shouldn't be any concern to breastfeeding, mini pill is considered ok and you get a lot less in your blood stream from a coil. If you want to search more try Mirena as that is the name of the hormonal one. Everything Anne said. I have done the very same thing and am getting my tests done with my smear today (uggh). My GP gave me a very informative leaflet on the Mirena and also on the injections, so I could compare to two. I also found a leaflet that came with the hospital bumf that compares all the contraceptions. It looks the same as the coil one so I imagine your GP will have one too. The best info I have found is various recent threads on here, so perhaps Google a few. Ta Jeni |
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