When to start taking birth control after giving birth
What Is The Best Birth Control After Giving Birth? | Ask The Doctor
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we're talking about birth control to use
birth control or not to use birth
control but after having a child because
I know it's a lot of mums obviously need
to you know hold up before you have you
next not like me though so the thing
when it comes to birth control is that
different different things will be right
for different families so some couples
and some families want to go straight
into having number two and some people
want what one two three year cup some
people want a five-year gap some people
don't know if they even want to have
another child or not family planning and
so planning your next child or being in
control of that is a really important
thing to do yeah so there's a few things
that we need to we can talk about in
this setting so it certainly after
you've had your first after you've had
your baby and if you are able to
breastfeed then if while you're
breastfeeding and you haven't had your
period come back then that in and of
itself is a reasonably effective form of
contraception
alone so breastfeeding is actually a
contraceptive absolutely the
breastfeeding hormones that are produced
by your body block you from ovulating
but it's not a hundred percent no it
definitely is not it definitely is not
as the mum who had for three and then
one so you know and so if you want to
increase the the effectiveness of that
particular on that particular method
then you can add in a product called the
progesterone only appeal or something
some women call it the mini pill right
now this is something that you can take
that is perfectly safe while you're
breastfeeding so no concerns in terms of
affecting breast milk supply or anything
like that it's a little bit finicky and
I always think it's a bit unfair that at
the time that you're at your most
sleep-deprived and you you don't want to
be watching the clock you have to take
the mini pill at around about the same
time every day in order for it to be
effective okay but the good part about
that is that you get to control when you
start and stop it so that's very much
something that is controlled by you if
you want to look at a slightly longer
gap in between children then you can
look at things like an implant in your
arm cord
an order an IUD device called a marina
yes which they they can last between
three years for the Implanon or five
years for the marina is it safe I've
heard different so III you stories I
have a lot of experience utilizing the
marina device and it's a very effective
method of contraception right if it's in
if it's used by experienced people it's
perfectly safe the other benefit with
that is that most women don't get their
periods while they're utilizing it so
that's okay an extra bit of a bonus from
there but just be cover of a good
discussion with your doctor about the
best method of contraception that'll
work for you because every family is as
unique as the people who make it up I
love that you said that and that's
exactly so true every family is unique
so do what works for your family and get
the help that you need if you're looking
to plan and space out your children
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