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To want to stop taking the pill?

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Nicknamegoeshere · 19/11/2020 21:43

So fiancé and I have just had a baby together - well, she will be six months soon. I have two other children from my previous marriage and we are 99.9% sure we don't want any more.

I'm currently on the progesterone-only pill which I have used for contraception since I was 17. I'm bf'ing and it's fine to take. I think it does make me a little depressed but in the main it's been OK. I have to take it within a three-hour window but not a problem. No periods as bf'ing frequently.

Thing is, since the baby my OH and I have sex so rarely that I just don't think it's worth me pumping myself full of synthetic hormones via the pill. Fiancé is like "Just take it" but I think it's a bit OTT iyswim?

I'm not for one second saying when we do have sex once every few months or so we shouldn't use contraception - I fell pregnant first month of trying despite being 39 - but think there are other better options out there?

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LolaSmiles · 19/11/2020 21:45

Your body, your choice. If you don't want to take the pill then you don't have to.

You then have to decide as a couple what your contraception method will be.

ViciousJackdaw · 20/11/2020 01:19

@LolaSmiles

Your body, your choice. If you don't want to take the pill then you don't have to.

You then have to decide as a couple what your contraception method will be.

Do this the other way round though - decide what your new contraception will be THEN stop taking the pill.
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