To think she shouldn't of said this?

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My doctor told me today that I do not need contraception as I am breastfeeding and can't get pregnant
Im sure this isn't right and I don't think I will be taking the advice

I got pregnant with dd2 while bfing dd1. However we'd been trying for a few months and not getting anywhere. The month I cut down to one feed rather than 2 I fell pregnant.
For both dd1 and ds (not bfing at the time) I got pregnant first month.

When DC was a baby I got chatting to another mum. I asked if her DD was her first. No she said, I've got 3 more. This one wasn't planned, I was breastfeeding .......

Sonic the dummy thing is thought to be linked to suckling for comfort- if they don't have a dummy they suckle the breast more. This in turn stimulate all the various hormones (prolactin especially) that suppress ovulation and therefore prevent pregnancy. (I've no idea what you do with babies who suck their thumb. Do they count as if you were using a dummy or not?)

Not all women who exclusively breast feed will have their periods suppressed. Breast feeding only works in those who do have periods suppressed.

But bearing in mind that perfect use of condoms is 98% (and 82% effective with typical imperfect use), and the pill is 91% effective with typical use (99% with perfect use), 98% for a natural method isn't too bad (imo).

Still the implant is the most effective

I got pg with DD2 while still breastfeeding DD1 but she was a toddler then. I know someone who got pg while exclusively bf a baby, her periods hadn't come back yet so she had no idea when she conceived.

My periods came back at 3 months despite exclusively breastfeeding DD2. I'm really surprised to hear that it's as high as 98% effective. It doesn't seem right somehow.

madness ! and all my friends with children less than 16 months apart agree with me...

I got my period 11 months after both my DC’s while breastfeeding and didn’t get pregnant. HOWEVER I was advised you start to ovulate before your first post pregnancy period so you’re never going to know when that’s going to happen. That’s when women fall pregnant. So in essence it’s dangerous advice for your doc to give if not wanting to fall pregnant!

Friends thought this (both doctors). They now know (a little late) it’s not true 😂

I read research into this. Breastfeeding works as a contraceptive when women are underfed. Otherwise it doesn't. As soon as you are eating enough food to sustain a pregnancy, you can get pregnant.

Utter nonsense from a health professional!

DD1&2 were both conceived whilst breastfeeding.

I was also told that my 3 week old wouldn't catch chicken pox from the older 2 as I was breastfeeding. She did a few spots but we weren't sure if it was CP or not. We were a few years later when she got shingles

NotAgainYoda's grammar lesson was so subtle, you missed it, OP. That's why others stepped in.

Where are Drs getting this shit info from FFS?

Bfeeding women have been getting pregnant for years-why hasn't it filtered down to all GPs??

It’s very unlikely you’ll conceive whilst breastfeeding but personally I’d avoid taking any ‘medication’ when breastfeeding

I SIMPLY cannot believe that a G.P. said such a thing, as it is utter and profound rubbish! And has been very, very well known for very many years. Is he ninety years old? I can actually speak from genuine experience, (NOT) that I was using breast-feeding as a contraceptive, but husband and I barely touched each other during those first few months of our new baby. I was fully breast-feeding, and we were both utterly exhausted. I can count on half of ONE hand the possibilities" being THREE max... The Result, we have two daughters, 13 months apart. (although they are now 28 and 29!!) So this was "in the good old days" but SERIOUSLY? A g.p. telling you this utter rubbish? !! He needs to retire!!!!

My doctor told me the same when my DD1 was born. My twins born 8 mo/s later Tell a different story....

DD is breastfeeding DGD and is now pregnant with DGC2. OK, so not exclusively BF, but still....

I was told by my obstetrician that I could not have got pregnant the day I said I did as it is not possible to get pregnant the day your period ends. I know it is not the easiest time to get pregnant but I also know it is not possible to get pregnant when you don't actually have sex and that was the only time I have unprotected sex since I had had a miscarriage three months before and the only time I had sex at all between the period ending and me doing a positive pregnancy test!

Can't believe GP would spout this. I had my first child almost 30 years ago and even then was told by hospital, GP and HV that although there was some evidence that breast feeding offered some protection that you must also use another form of contraception (e.g. condoms). It was very clear - didn't think that advice had changed

Not true!

My brother wouldn't be here if it were true. I was exclusively breast Fed, my brother is only 11 months younger than me

It was actually a woman doctor who had kids herself, that's what made it worse

I got pregnant with dc2 whilst bfing dc1.

I did have a hospital birth, a nurse did come round not long after I had given birth and asked about contraception and I told her I was going on the pill. She definetly didn't mention breastfeeding when going through her list of contraception choices

Ask my SIL...she got pregnant whilst breastfeeding fully. It will help but it's not an effective method!

That’s crazy advice. I didn’t have a period until 11 months after DD’s birth, but she was only half BF and half FF, and I hadn’t done a night feed in months at that point. . Really daft advice as women and their cycles are so different.

I had been breastfeeding DD1 for 5 months when I got pregnant with DD2, so it's definitely not a reliable form of contraception as far as I'm concerned! My midwife had told me that breastfeeding was about 80% reliable as a contraceptive, but then doctors also told me I would never be able to have children, happy to prove them wrong!