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hi ladies,
Call me crazy for asking this, but is it true that your extra fertile after giving birth? and how long does it last before getting into your regular ovulation cycle again? |
| Posted by Andrea on 07/22/2007 09:02 AM
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| I was told that I am sooo not fertile after birth. That as long as your breastfeeding, it acts as a natural contraceptive. It also stops your periods from happening. My son is 5 months old and I still haven't had one since the exodus from labor. |
| posted by Jaxon on 07/22/2007 10:03 AM
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| Most breastfeeding women don't ovulate, but do not rely on that as birth control. If you don't want to get pregnant again you have to use another form of contraception because it is very common for breastfeeding women to conceive. |
| posted by Marcia on 07/22/2007 10:13 AM
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The trick is knowing when your fertility is coming back. You're not fertile after you have the baby until you ovulate. You certainly can get pregnant the first time you ovulate, if you're not charting your temperature/mucous patterns or taking/using contraceptives. If you are exclusively breastfeeding and your baby is 6 months old or younger and if your baby is feeding 4 hours apart or more often, then it's likely that you're still not fertile. If you're planning on taking oral contraceptives, you should start after the baby starts on foods, because that's when your milk supply goes down and fertility is on its way.
I'm doing the rhythm method, where I take my temp every day and chart it and my mucous patterns on a nice chart. I've been reading the book I got it from, called The Natural Art of Family Planning. So far, I know more about my cycle than most of my doctors have! It goes into really great detail about everything, but it's still not a guarantee. "Miracle" pregnancies have been known to happen, with whatever types of contraception you use. I knew a lady who was on the pill and using condoms and she still got pregnant.
Go figure. |
| posted by Amanda on 07/22/2007 04:03 PM
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| So in other words, once your kid gets past 6 months, then it's possible to get pregnant even if you're still breastfeeding....great. Can you take contraceptives while you're breastfeeding? My goal is to breastfeed as long as possible and I don't want to take anything that will affect my milk. |
| posted by Jaxon on 07/22/2007 04:23 PM
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| honestly i quit breastfeeding when my daughter was 3months old and was put on b/c for 3months and my daughter turns one on the 24th and i still haven't gotten pregnant, my hubby and i have been wanting to start try'n by the time she was a year or a little older but nothings happened, i dunno why i haven't gotten pregnant yet but its a working progress.. |
| posted by candice on 07/22/2007 05:01 PM
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| The problem with using breast feeding as birth control is that it doesn't always work. A lot of that has to do with the fact that we have much more access to fatty and highly nutritious foods. Historically you wouldn't have gotten pregnant because there wasn't enough nutrition to support breastfeeding and a possible pregnancy. Now however, things are different. And each woman is different too. Not really something you're going to want to find out about yourself the hard way! |
| posted by Jen on 07/22/2007 06:07 PM
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| It is possible to get pregnant at any time when breastfeeding, even before 6 months, though it's not as likely. |
| posted by Marcia on 07/22/2007 08:29 PM
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| You can definitly get pregnant even though you are breast feeding. I breast fed until my daughter was 3 1/2 months and in those months of breast feeding my doctor put me on a birth control specifically for breast feeding mothers. As soon as I stopped breast feeding I had to switch to a different birth control. |
| posted by Michelle on 07/22/2007 08:48 PM
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| what about if your not breast feeding? |
| posted by Andrea on 07/23/2007 07:18 AM
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| I think that 4-6 weeks after you give birth is probably a good bet. I got my period around 7 weeks after I gave birth and I breastfed/pumped for the first 2 weeks. It depends on the person, but I would say that your best bet is to assume if you are having sex you could get pregnant again. |
| posted by Jen on 07/23/2007 08:08 AM
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| My mom got pregnant with me when my brother was four months old because her doc told her that you can't get pregnant while breastfeeding....I got on the Mirena IUD as soon as I could. It is designed for women who have just given birth and doesn't affect nursing. I haven't had any spotting or bad side effects except my skin breaks out a little more. I have heard that you are indeed very sensitive to getting pregnant again after giving birth. |
| posted by Sally on 07/23/2007 09:14 AM
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| I am a ultrasound tech and have scanned many women who were breast-feeding and were pregnant AGAIN soon after giving birth because they were told that breast-feeding was birth control, I would not trust that and would use a back-up method of some sort. |
| posted by cheri on 07/25/2007 01:44 AM
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