Taking emergency contraceptive pills during breastfeeding

Many breastfeeding mothers become careless and accidentally eat certain forbidden foods or medicines, such as birth control pills. Normally, the chance of pregnancy during breastfeeding is not high, but some people are still worried, so they take emergency contraceptive pills during breastfeeding. Emergency contraceptive pills generally affect the health of the baby, so it is necessary to use equipment to drain milk and then breastfeed after three days.

Can I take emergency contraceptive pills during breastfeeding?

It is not recommended to take birth control pills during breastfeeding. It is recommended to use condoms for contraception. Emergency contraceptive pills contain high levels of hormones, and after taking them, breast milk will contain the ingredients of the pills, which is harmful to the baby's health. If a breastfeeding mother does need to take emergency contraceptive pills, it is recommended to stop breastfeeding for three days, but during this period it is recommended to use a breast pump or hand expression to empty the breasts to ensure normal milk secretion.

When choosing emergency contraceptive pills during breastfeeding, you should choose levonorgestrel. This type of drug is a single progestin, does not contain estrogen, does not affect the secretion of milk, will not enter the breast milk and be absorbed by the child, and you can breastfeed as usual after taking it. Never choose mifepristone, as it will affect breastfeeding.

If you have been taking mifepristone, based on the normal human body fluid metabolism cycle, it is best not to breastfeed for three to five days, and it is best to express some milk before breastfeeding.

How to prevent pregnancy during breastfeeding

During the normal lactation period, the anterior pituitary gland secretes prolactin, which not only causes the breasts to secrete milk, but also acts on the pituitary gland to inhibit the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone, preventing the development of follicles. Therefore, most women's ovaries do not ovulate and they do not menstruate within six months to one year of lactation. However, it is not 100% correct to think that you cannot get pregnant without menstruation, because the ovarian function of a few people recovers very quickly, and they even start ovulating just after the postpartum period. If you do not use contraception during this time, once ovulation occurs, it will be easy to get pregnant, and menstruation will not occur. Some people call this kind of pregnancy a hidden pregnancy. Therefore, it is best to take contraceptive measures as usual during breastfeeding.

Generally speaking, women can have appropriate sexual life 2 months after natural delivery or 3 months after cesarean section. If you have sex, you must take completely reliable contraceptive measures.

At present, the more appropriate contraceptive method during lactation is tool contraception. Commonly used contraceptive tools include condoms, vaginal diaphragms, intrauterine devices, etc.