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What Are The Side Effects Of Micronor 28 During Breastfeeding?
I have been on Micronor 28 for the last 15 months. I stopped breasfeeding in October and I belive I have just gotten a first period in over 2 years. My question is do I continue taling the pill daily? how will i be able to track if I will get my period next month, or will this be a sporadic thing?
Mon, 4 Jul 2016
Hello, and I hope I can help you today.
If you have stopped breastfeeding, you should choose an alternate pill formulation as Micronor, or any progesterone-only-pill, is only about 90 percent effective in preventing pregnancy when you are not breastfeeding.
Micronor does not give you regular periods, and you may skip again for months if you continue to take it. This does NOT mean that you cannot conceive- I have seen many women who stopped breastfeeding and got pregnant in the months that followed while taking Micronor.
So I recommend you contact your GYN doctor so you may be switched to Ortho Novum (the same brand of pill but with added estrogen) or another brand of combination pill (containing both estrogen and progesterone) as they are much more effective, and will give you a regular, predictable cycle every 28 days.
I hope I was able to adequately answer your question today and that my advice was helpful.
Best wishes,
Dr. Brown
If you have stopped breastfeeding, you should choose an alternate pill formulation as Micronor, or any progesterone-only-pill, is only about 90 percent effective in preventing pregnancy when you are not breastfeeding.
Micronor does not give you regular periods, and you may skip again for months if you continue to take it. This does NOT mean that you cannot conceive- I have seen many women who stopped breastfeeding and got pregnant in the months that followed while taking Micronor.
So I recommend you contact your GYN doctor so you may be switched to Ortho Novum (the same brand of pill but with added estrogen) or another brand of combination pill (containing both estrogen and progesterone) as they are much more effective, and will give you a regular, predictable cycle every 28 days.
I hope I was able to adequately answer your question today and that my advice was helpful.
Best wishes,
Dr. Brown
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