Breastfeeding and sex?

Hi I have a three month old daughter that I am exculisively breastfeeding. My question is I started birth control 6 weeks post partum but I have too many mood swings with it so I have decided to stop taking it. my question is with my breastfeeding what are my chances of getting pregnant. I want to wait until she is at least a year before I even get pregnant agian. Yes this is my first baby. ALso did breastfeeding help you lose weight? I haven't seen it hekp me yet. what do you think? Thanks!

[jenstam]

Yes-you can and many women do get pregnant while breastfeeding. If you aren't on birth control, I would advise you to use a condom. I plan to get my non hormonal IUD again. I loved it. I can't do hormones.

[amberd5191]

I also got terrible with moodiness while breastfeeding and on pop (progesterone only) pill. But you can get pregnant so be careful if your not ready for another baby!

[nalla]

The others are right.  You can get pregnant while breastfeeding even if you havn't gotten your period back.  You ovulate before you get your period, so pregnancy is possible.  I also had a IUD in. (the non-hormonal one).  You should talk with your Dr. about different forms of birthcontrol if the pill is giving your problems.  I couldn't be on the pill either.  The side effects were bad.
Good luck!

[Me2mommy2b]

If you want to wait until your DD's one year b-day before trying again, I would say use some kind of bc method.  b/feeding is not safe AT ALL (I'm the living proof of that, my mom got preggo with me while b/feeding my sister).  The only side effect of bcp I got was gaining weight (seems very rare b/c no one else gets that).  

[pixijal]

I exclusively breast fed my daughter, and got pg when she was 7 and a half months old.  I, then, exclusively breast fed my son, and did NOT get pregnant the entire year that I nursed him.  

I did NOT use any other form of birth control during breastfeeding.  

I did notice that the more you nurse, the less fertile you seem to be.  My daughter did not eat nearly as much as my son, therefore;  I did not nurse as much....and ended up pg.  

Good luck!

[anxiousmomtobe?]

We just used condoms pp while I was nursing.  Yup their a pain, but I didn't want to take drugs.

And I am very skiiny when I nurse.  I lose my pregnancy weight before my 6 week check up.  I nursed my last one to 17 months as soon as I stopped I gained 15 pounds:(

I'm nursing this one as long as I can.