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Tell me about your GOOD Minipill experiences...

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I keep hearing "horror" stories - please reassure me!  I have set my alarm on my phone so that I take it around the same time each day (give or take 30 minutes).  I missed it once in the past month - and waited 48 hours before sexy time as the instructions stated.

Also, I was charting pre-pregnancy and really watching my cervical mucus.  I see nothing even close to watery or EWCM now, so I don't think I'm ovulating.  Would my body have the same signs of ovulating if I'm BFing?

 

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Re: Tell me about your GOOD Minipill experiences...

  • Holly88Holly88 member

    From what my MW told me, if you are EBFing, and feeding at least every 4 hours, you won't ovulate. In case BFing isn't enough to keep you from ovulating, the pill will keep that from happening. You don't want to ovulate while BFing, because then you will get your period, and that causes your supply to drop.

    But, if you do ovulate, you should see the same signs as a normal ovulation even if you are BFing. 

    This is the reader's digest version from what my MW told me. I wondered the same thing. I'm also on the minipill. At least, I should be. I keep forgetting to get my prescription filled. Embarrassed

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    imageHolly88:

    From what my MW told me, if you are EBFing, and feeding at least every 4 hours, you won't ovulate. In case BFing isn't enough to keep you from ovulating, the pill will keep that from happening. You don't want to ovulate while BFing, because then you will get your period, and that causes your supply to drop.

    What if you get your period before going on the pill? I think my period started today and my 6 week appointment isn't until Friday.

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  • Holly88Holly88 member
    imagePubStar09:
    imageHolly88:

    From what my MW told me, if you are EBFing, and feeding at least every 4 hours, you won't ovulate. In case BFing isn't enough to keep you from ovulating, the pill will keep that from happening. You don't want to ovulate while BFing, because then you will get your period, and that causes your supply to drop.

    What if you get your period before going on the pill? I think my period started today and my 6 week appointment isn't until Friday.

    You will only take 'active' pills, so you shouldn't get your period again after starting it. It's just like a regular birth control, except there are no placebo pills, so you won't get your period. It only has one hormone (can't remember what it's called) and that is what keeps you from ovulating.

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    imageHolly88:
    imagePubStar09:
    imageHolly88:

    From what my MW told me, if you are EBFing, and feeding at least every 4 hours, you won't ovulate. In case BFing isn't enough to keep you from ovulating, the pill will keep that from happening. You don't want to ovulate while BFing, because then you will get your period, and that causes your supply to drop.

    What if you get your period before going on the pill? I think my period started today and my 6 week appointment isn't until Friday.

    You will only take 'active' pills, so you shouldn't get your period again after starting it. It's just like a regular birth control, except there are no placebo pills, so you won't get your period. It only has one hormone (can't remember what it's called) and that is what keeps you from ovulating.

    well hot damn. I think you just talked me into it.

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