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Goodafternoon,
As far as i know about these pills and birth controls, I didn't think mini pills were supposed to control ovulation. I was told they are a sperm blocker. They don't mess with your cycles, that's why you still get periods on them. Which exactly why you need to take them everyday at the same time like you mentioned. So it's possible they would still be effective for you. I personally know two people that got pregnant while having an IUD still perfectly in place and quite a few others that had issues with them being improperly placed/causing bleeding/ and/or falling out. Just too many risks in my opinion. I'm either gonna get on the pill or just keep doing what we are doing since it worked for us before. I gotta say though that the non-hormonal one sounds inviting lol! If I could get past my fear of the "what ifs" I'd probably go with that. I've read about a lot of different things that are supposed to help and you sure can research about the same.

I totally get that. My girl is a hunger monster and I didn't want to be only one feeding her. So I only breast feed at night and about 25% of day feedings. As far ectopic goes, that is what I've heard too. It's about the same with any hormonal birth control :(

My LO is mostly formula fed. She was dehydrated after she was born for some reason and my milk didn't come in til day 5. So I was already supplementing while we were in the hospital then by the time my milk came in we were feeding her mostly formula. I still try to breastfeed her but I still can't keep up with her appetite. I've read about a lot of different things that are supposed to help and I'm really debating on trying to get my supply up so we can breastfeed more. Sorry got off on a bit of a tangent there lol. Anyway, yeah if I decide to go back to taking pills again I'll definitely go the mini-pill route. Only thing that worries me is that I read there's an increased chance of ectopic pregnancy if you happen to get pregnant while taking it...

:) glad to help. It also doesn't hurt milk supply if you are breastfeeding. I think just about every insurance will cover it, it's pretty cheap

I just read some more stuff and the mini pill sounds awesome! Wonder if my insurance covers it.

Lol wow I just read somewhere that the mini-pill has been around for decades, how is it that none of my docs ever talked about this with me when I needed actual birth control lol?

This was back in 2007... wasn't called a mini pill, never heard anyone call it that. What I was on was Ortho Tri-cyclen Lo. Which, what my doc said, was a lower dose of the regular birth control pill. Supposed to stop ovulation.

I didn't think mini pills were supposed to control ovulation. I was told they are a sperm blocker. They don't mess with your cycles, that's why you still get periods on them. Which exactly why you need to take them everyday at the same time like you mentioned. So it's possible they would still be effective for you.

I personally know two people that got pregnant while having an IUD still perfectly in place and quite a few others that had issues with them being improperly placed/causing bleeding/ and/or falling out. Just too many risks in my opinion. I'm either gonna get on the pill or just keep doing what we are doing since it worked for us before. I gotta say though that the non-hormonal one sounds inviting lol! If I could get past my fear of the "what ifs" I'd probably go with that. I honestly would be super excited if I got pregnant again right away but my fiance doesn't share my excitement of having kids that close together

Can I ask why you don't like IUDs? They make a non-hormonal version. Unless it's something personal, if you've never tried one I highly recommend it. You don't feel it and neither does your partner(if either of you do, it is somehow dislodged or misplaced, a rare occurrence...). They have a near 100% success rate, they last for years, and you don't have to remember to take a pill every day and there are no hormones involved so it doesn't make you crazy(an absolute must for me because Depo used to MESS me up). Just some food for thought:)