What's everyone doing for birth control after the baby? - Page 2

[Coconut Chronicles]

We're doing a combo of NFP, pull out and very occasionally condoms.... it's worked fine since we got married (4 years ago).

[Koalamom]

Originally Posted by Coconut Chronicles

We're doing a combo of NFP, pull out and very occasionally condoms.... it's worked fine since we got married (4 years ago).

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(except I think the occasional condom is like once a year for us.)

[Coconut Chronicles]

Originally Posted by bluebirdmama1

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(except I think the occasional condom is like once a year for us.)

For us it's usually on the rare occasion when I am sick and have had to take meds (just in case they mess up my cycle etc)

[mamadelbosque]

IDK, I might very well go with an IUD of some sort (mirena maybe?), but probably will just do condoms/pulling out, tbh at least for the first few months till my period comes back (came back ~9 or so months with DS), then we'll see. DH talks about getting a vasectomy, but IDK, we'll see. I'm not totally convinced that I don't want any more kiddos but DH is (of course, then again, he didn't want a second, and we all know how well that worked out for him - it only took me a couple months of planning )... I'm pretty sure he told somebody recently something like 'really, i've learned how this works! I swear!' which just made me and everyone else laugh, like 'oh, you didn't know how this worked before??'

ETA: Oh and I know none of the pills would work for me... I'm just absolutely awful about taking pills of any sort on a consistant basis... (I remember to take my prenatals, oh, maybe 4 days a week?). And I have zero desire to go back on the shot (what I was on in college - it worked OK, but I stayed up around 150-160#s and after going off it dropped down to 130-135 within just a few months...)...

[AmberLynn]

ignore this. accident.

[AmberLynn]

Originally Posted by bluebirdmama1

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(except I think the occasional condom is like once a year for us.)

yeah, to date, patrick and I have never once used a condom. 2 years. not one. hahaha, So I doubt that'll start anytime soon. Knowing how adamantly he insists we will not be having any more children, I know he'll want some sort of insurance (even though I want one more!!!) until I can talk him into another baby somewhere in the future... So until then, IUD!

[Scarlet_Redhead]

This thought has never crossed my mind! We had been tying to get pregnant for 5 and a half years. Wow, I guess it is something that we will need to discuss and figure out. I haven't thought about birth control in soooo long.

[mouso]

DH is getting a V.
I am looking forward to it!

[BlueMonday]

copper iud, hoping it doesn't cause too much bleeding. i'm scared of artificial hormones and we don't use rubbers...pull 'n pray always worked for me, i've only ever gotten pg on purpose. knock wood, 'cause this is so my last baby.

[Talula Fairie]

Paraguard IUD. It's what I went with after #2 was born before we removed it to TTC (which we gave up on becuase of my health and then I promptly got pregnant anyway).

We're discussing The Big V, might do that in the future.

[wombatclay]

After dd1 we used LAM, NFP, and condoms. We wanted more kiddos and were ok with the "ooops pregnancy".

After dd2 the birth trauma meant there was nothing happening that could have resulted in a pregnancy for almost 9 months. When we resumed pregnancy related activities we used NFP and condoms. I had planned on getting the Mirena IUD but with the prolapse it jsut didn't seem comfortable. We were planning on DH having a V but were open to the "maybe someday third child" scenario and kept putting it off.

So now we have that "maybe someday" babe a year or two sooner than expected! DH is getting the V as soon as I'm comfortably mobile post partum (though if I have another c/s I'll go for a tubal at the same time) and until that comes up all clear we'll go with LAM and condoms.

I have a friend who had really good results with one of the mini-pills... I forget which one but she said it isn't actually the "mini" but something similar? She had really bad bleeding with the IUD and isn't fond of hormones but this method was working for her.

[maddymama]

Hi Mamas,
I know I'm in the minority, but it's the mini-pill for me. I used it for a 18 months after DD, then switched to the high dose pill. The pill actually evens me out hormone-wise, so I'm really comfortable with that. The only side-effect I had was an ovarian cyst at 18 months, but it went away as soon as I switched to the high dose pill.
I'm not regular enough for NFP, and the IUD scares me. I've had three close friends/family members have their IUD puncture/perforate their uterus and move into the abdominal cavity. Now they aren't sure if they can ever have more kids due to the wounds. I know the statistics say that is very rare, but three close friends/family members is too many for me.
~maddymama

[LilWin]

We used NFP and condoms after DS and now this time I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure I want no more children, but I also feels DH is too young for a V. An IUD scares me and I don't like the hormones the pill has. I would be open to using the Nuva ring, but it doesn't match with BF I read somewhere. Perhaps I should get my own tubes tied (also scary and haven't researched it yet) or use NFP and condoms again until baby weans and then use the Nuva.

[chi_mama]

dh had a vasectomy last month so we're done.
With ds I relied on LAM for 14 months (I know your not supposed to rely on it after baby starts solids but I felt safe about it.... sure enough I knew 1 month before ovulation resumed it was coming)... then NFP for the year after that.

I've had an copper IUD in the past (for 6 years in school) and I thought it was great. No complaints there.

as far as the mini-pill... it's not shown to be more effective than LAM in the first 6 months... and after that (once your ovulating) you have to take it like clockwork... it is really short acting so even missing your dose by a few hours can make it ineffective. I know some women start to cycle pretty quickly and I can see using it then but otherwise IMO it's something unnecessary that OB's like to push.:

[jojojojojo]

I'm going to be more diligent about tracking ovulation, and then we'll probably also use condoms.

Quite honestly, with an infant and a toddler, I'm thinking that might be birth control enough.

[Mamabeakley]

NFP & pullout for us. It's worked 'perfectly' for us for . . . hmm . . . 13 years? Well, we did use condoms for a while at first. But all my kids are planned. I know it doesn't work perfectly for everybody all of the time, but it's worked out for us, I think because my cycles are so darned OBVIOUS.

I'll feel safe for the first 6 mo assuming no period, no bf substitutes, and nothing out of the ordinary happening, and then we'll use withdrawal until my cycle is clear.

When I think I'm done having babies I'd like to try an IUD for convenience sake - but I'm scared of them until I know for sure I'm done. And since I wouldn't be willing to take permanent surgical steps, I won't ask DH to - and I know he's not going to volunteer!

[NaturalMindedMomma]

I'm doing the paraguard IUD or possibly the nuvaring. Still haven't decided.

[Care Lee]

Well, we got pregnant this time when my son (thinking he was our last) was 10 weeks old. I never got my period back, I was breastfeeding all the time, and co-sleeping. It was actually the first time we had sex postpartum. DP is going in for a V soon. There is no way I will have sex until there are no more little swimmers in there. I get pregnant way too easily.

[Talula Fairie]

Originally Posted by maddymama

Hi Mamas,
I know I'm in the minority, but it's the mini-pill for me. I used it for a 18 months after DD, then switched to the high dose pill. The pill actually evens me out hormone-wise, so I'm really comfortable with that. The only side-effect I had was an ovarian cyst at 18 months, but it went away as soon as I switched to the high dose pill.
I'm not regular enough for NFP, and the IUD scares me. I've had three close friends/family members have their IUD puncture/perforate their uterus and move into the abdominal cavity. Now they aren't sure if they can ever have more kids due to the wounds. I know the statistics say that is very rare, but three close friends/family members is too many for me.
~maddymama

Do you know what IUD this happened with? Was it with today's IUD or the one that was used in the 70s which has been pulled from the market?

[Koalamom]

Originally Posted by jojojojojo

Quite honestly, with an infant and a toddler, I'm thinking that might be birth control enough.

So true!