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Is It Safe To Take Pills On Missing Depo Shots?

I m 19 years old and i recently had a baby who s now 4months old i took the family planning injection the DEPO and had missed my date last week they gave me the pill to take for the mean while because they were out of DEPO is that safe to just leave off the injection and go on the pills
Mon, 1 Dec 2014
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hi,it is safe to take progestrone only pill when you are breast feeding.it works the same way as the DEPO shot but only disadv that you have to pop a pill everyday but otherwise it is absolutely safe.take care.
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Is It Safe To Take Pills On Missing Depo Shots?

hi,it is safe to take progestrone only pill when you are breast feeding.it works the same way as the DEPO shot but only disadv that you have to pop a pill everyday but otherwise it is absolutely safe.take care.