This week’s Breastfeeding Blog Hop topic is Birth Control. I posted back in March about my lack of a sex life, and how that was partially due to the change of Jason and I becoming parents and our indecisiveness about birth control and whatnot.
So you might think that by now, I would have made a decision. But I haven’t.
I’m still scared of birth control. Levi is nearly 9 months old, and my milk supply is starting to slow down. Levi is eating more solid foods, so he’s taking less milk during the day. Breast milk is still his primary source of nutrition, but he just doesn’t need quite as much now that fruits and veggies are part of his diet. I’ve even started to cut out one of my evening pumping sessions. Instead of pumping twice after work, I’m trying to pump only once. The thought of taking a pill, even the mini pill, and having it affect my supply doesn’t sit well with me.
And Jason and I, well, let’s just say we haven’t actually needed birth control lately.
But eventually, we hope we will. And I hope that when that time comes, we’ll be ready. That’s why there are condoms somewhere in the house. I’m not totally sure where, but I’m sure we could find them if we needed to.
As far as the mini pill goes, or any pill for that matter, I’ve decided that I’m just not comfortable taking extra hormones while I’m still breastfeeding. Even though studies have said it’s safe, I don’t want to take the risk that I could be passing any of those artificial hormones on to Levi through my breast milk. When it comes to weighing the risk vs the benefit, I think condoms can provide adequate birth control protection.
Plus, if I get bored, I can make funny balloon animals out of them. Way more entertaining than birth control pills.
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