Post-natal birth control

Contraception is normally reintroduced between 4-6 weeks following your baby’s delivery. Breast feeding alone is not a highly effective form of contraception and it is advisable, if you do not want to fall pregnant, that you use another form as well.

Your options depend on your health, age and smoking status as well as your plans regarding future pregnancies.

Options for breast feeding mothers
Progesterone only contraceptive pill
Progesterone only depo provera injection
Progesterone only Implanon device
Coil     – IUD or copper coil
             – IUS or Mirena coil

Further options for mothers who are not breast feeding
Combined contraceptive pill (progesterone and oestrogen)

FAQ
Why can I not take my normal combined pill if I am breast feeding?

The combined pill contains oestrogen and progesterone. The oestrogen in the pill suppresses lactation and will stop the production of milk causing problems with breast feeding.

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