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TTC #2/BC - Seeking Advice **pregnancy/baby mentioned** (kind of long!)

arichlifearichlife member
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Hi ladies! 

I hope this is an appropriate place to post this. If not, please let me know and I will remove it.

My H and I just had our first baby a few weeks ago. As I have my 6 week pp check up coming up I'm sure I will be talking to my doctor about birth control at the appointment so my question(s) are about resuming BC after a successful pregnancy following IF knowing you will be facing IF again when you want to TTC #2.

I was on the NuvaRing for 2 years, then stopped it to TTC #1 and discovered I had PCOS and it took 2 years to conceive #1. I only ovulated about 3 or 4 times in the 2 years but 3 of the 4 times were my first 3 cycles off BC because it was keeping my body/hormones regular(ish), then the 4th time was a stroke of luck (gift from God) and we got pregnant. I had been on Metformin for about 10 months when we conceived.
I definitely noticed changes in my cycles/periods between pre-BC and during/post-BC so part of me doesn't want to go back to BC because I felt it messed with my hormones, and made things even more irregular, but another part of me thinks that maybe I should go back to it so that when we decide we are ready to TTC #2 we can go off BC and hopefully it will be keeping my body regular like the last time and I will ovulate the first few cycles again and give us a better chance at conceiving quickly. 

Anyone here have thoughts or experience on a situation like this?
I will be talking to my RE about it as well but thought I would try to get some personal experience input too.

TIA!
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Re: TTC #2/BC - Seeking Advice **pregnancy/baby mentioned** (kind of long!)

  • liz4pawsliz4paws member

    I don't have personal experience because we haven't had our baby yet, but my IF diagnosis is so severe that I will personally not be going on any form of BC. :) One of the perks of being one of the most infertile-myrtles in town lol.

    As far as BC goes, yes it can definitely mess with your hormones, but I think for the most part, it's just temporary. Metformin can do wonders for straightening out PCOS and the hormones involved so that might have been what ended up sorting out your hormones in the end. You may want to ask on SAIF because many of the ladies there might be thinking of BC. Most of the women here are still waiting to deliver and haven't got that far yet. GL!

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  • lcloffredolcloffredo member
    I have PCOS as we'll and I don't do well on birth control. If the metformin controls your PCOS (I had a lot of discomfort from my cycles) then maybe try a non hormonal birth control? My doctor suggested a copper IUD. We didn't do it because I was exclusively breast feeding which gives you some protection for the first six months.
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