Mirena + Breastfeeding

Lolita0626

I got the mirena inserted last week and now I'm freaking out about hormones passing to LO through my breastmilk. I guess my doctor isn't too familiar with it because when I asked her about mirena she said it didn't have hormones. I didn't become aware of this until after I got it inserted. I'm kind of annoyed. Do the hormones pass into breastmilk? Wouldn't that be a bad thing?

Poplin2007

You have lots of hormones naturally occurring in your body.  The hormone in Mirena is a synthetic form of progesterone.  Mirena does not affect your milk/ability to breastfeed.

eacabraham@gmail.com

Poplin2007:

You have lots of hormones naturally occurring in your body.  The hormone in Mirena is a synthetic form of progesterone.  Mirena does not affect your milk/ability to breastfeed.

 Yes this.

I had a Mirena inserted when DS was about 6 weeks, and breastfed until he was 20 months.  Milk supply was totally unaffected, and my doctor assured me that the hormones from the IUD would not affect breast milk.  It's a very low-level of hormones, intended to be delivered pretty directly to the area they're supposed to affect - that's one of the reasons I chose the IUD over the pill.

emathis2

My MW said that the amount of hormones in Mirena are the equivalent to 1-2 birth control pills for the entire month.  Thats practically nothing.

sweetpea18

My ob told me that the amount of hormones in mirena is so low, that you could actually take bcp with it.  I've had mine since june and have had no problems.