Breastfeeding does NOT prevent pregnancy!!!

Alright, I am not trying to put anyone down here if you really think that's what it does.

BUT it doesn't!  Breastfeeding just stops your period for, well for me it was the entire time I was nursing!  It's in no way a form or way to prevent from getting pregnant!

I suggest if you don't want to be pregnant again, RIGHT AWAY,  then use protection!

Like I said, i'm not trying to put anyone down if this is what you think, but a lot of people are asking.  I actually read yesterday that someone's doc/midwife told them that it was a form of birth control!  This is so wrong!  I have breastfeeding books that address these issues, and they say the same I am trying to say here.  You can google it as well!  

I just don't want people to be misinformed.  

It also just kind of drives me up the wall when young teenagers think that they should have unprotected sex and some how wont get pregnant!  

Sorry I'm just ranting really, but I needed to say it!

[LauraB78]

Haha..

That made me laugh out loud...

I get really annoyed with some of the posts too..

My pet peeve is the posts about the "pulling out method!!" And " How can I be pregnant, he pulled out!!??"   ( I wish there was an eye rolling smiley..) Uggh.

Umm.. Not a method at all.. That drives me crazy! =)

It's good to inform, and I am not trying to put anyone down as well! =)  Just thought I would share/add a vent! =)

[ashiepooh]

I don't get why people either don't have sex or just use protection!  

But honestly, it makes me want to strangle someone!!!

[Avanaar]

I read just yesterday that there were rumors flying around that Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant again because she thought breastfeeding was birth control!  lol ...however, another gossip site said she wasn't ...but it's funny how I read that, now here we are informing people on MedHelp!

As for why people don't use protection or stay abstinent after having a baby ...well ...most of them have probably gone without for so long that they're just *dying* to hop in the sack again!!  lol  ...And, truthfully, I don't care if the long-term relationship and married people are getting it on without protection.  But they still need to understand the "breastfeeding is not birth control" statement!  lol

[justice6920]

Ha ha ha you ladies are too funny! Or how about the posts "me and my boyfriend had UNPROTECTED sex...Could I really be pregnant??? LOL

its ok to rant everyonce in a while, and you are SOO right Breast feeding is NOT a form of birth control and neither is the "pull out Method"

[ashiepooh]

yeah.  I have no problem with people who are married with that.  it's mostly teenagers that believe they shouldn't use a condom because "it doesn't feel good"  

[Linzola1]

I agree and as for the pull out method. Mens precum has 5x as many sperm as when he actually cums. Sorry to be so graphic about that but thats what my doctor told me!

[ashiepooh]

I know more people who said he pulled out, and they still got pregnant then I do for people who got pregnant when they didn't pull out ahaha!

But some people are ignorant I guess...

It's true though.  There are under educated people in this world who would like to believe they can't get pregnant that way!  Ahaha

[BTS1022]

LMAO The good ol' Pull and Pray method. Or the breastfeeding protection lol. Sometimes I wonder where these things come from. Like hubby heard if you hold the base of the penis while ejaculating that it allows the semen to come out but traps the sperm in the base of the penis lmao....Yeah okay! I always complain about how teens are so uneducated about sex and birth control....but I see how some may not know because some adults aren't very educated on it aswell. I mean no offense to anyone, but I think that sex ed should be offered for ALL AGES! I also think that a sex ed class be made mandatory by hospitals or OB's when putting teens and adults on BC.

I also think it should be made mandatory for kids to take the sex ed courses in school. I would prefer talking to my kids myself about sex, but I think sex ed in school helps kids feel more open about talking to their parents about it. I never wanted to talk sex with my dad *single parent* until I went to the sex ed course in school, and it made both of us feel comfortable talking about it.

If kids learn that it is okay to talk openly about sex to friends and teachers, then maybe it will teach them it is okay to talk openly to their kids about it.

Like my oldest son being 4, asked me how im going to get Conner out... I didn't lie to him, I told him exactly where the baby comes out of, and how mommy has to push him out, I just put it in his terms that he could understand. I believe fully in being honest with children when they ask questions like this, even at 4, yeah he may forget tomorrow how I explained it, but it gets us in a better more comfortable situation to where he can talk to me 10 years from now about sex and where babies come from.

[BTS1022]

*If kids learn that it is okay to talk openly about sex to friends and teachers, then maybe it will teach them it is okay to talk openly to their kids about it. *

I meant parents...not kids sorry lol

[ashiepooh]

Where I went to school we have sex ed classes starting in 4th grade, and you have one every year until you graduate!  I think a lot of people are under educated on that!  I agree with you BTS on how I would tell my kids straight forward in a way they will understand!