Diaphragms and Cervical Caps after baby

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Diaphragms and Cervical Caps after baby
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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 6:54pm
im curently 10weeks pregnant so im starting to look around once again for BC methods. i tried horonal BC for 3 years and it was horable i felt so icky and was depressed most ofthe time and had horable migraines on a couple of them. It took me 2 years after stoping BC to finally get pregnant. Im scared to go back on hormonal BC because i fet so horable before. This time im thinking of tryng a diaphragm or cervical cap for after the babie comes. i was courious though as to how affective they are for women who have had a baby? I know how to chart and im thinking of starting to chart again ater the babie comes so that i will know when my fertal time is so we can use condom along with thediaphragm or cap just to be safe. DH hates condoms so it will be hard to get him to use them just for that small window. anyone have any recomendations iknow i have some time yet to decide what i want to try. also how long to i need to wate after the babie comes to get fitted for one. im just trying to get some more info its been so long since iv done BC reasearch i though id stop buy hear for some advice thanks again
julie
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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 11:12pm

Hi Julie, It's been a while, welcome back!


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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 11:40am

thanks for the web sites i always like to be well informed when i walk into a place to get something like this. Im shure ill have a thousand questions for you lol. right now im prity certain that i dont want to go back to hormonal BC the ore i think back and reember how crumy i felt i really dont want to go through that again expecially with having a nw babie to care for. Iv gotten to know my cycle prity well with charting its what helped me to get pregnant and i plan to use it again after the babie comes as a back up to the diaphram (which if i understand right is the more effective choice for women who have had kids.) i think between the two and posibily using condoms on top of my fertal phase that we should be fairl safe. we do plan on having more kids just not right away id like to wate a couple years inbetween. im hoping this would be a way for DH not to have to use condoms all the time.(only during my fertal time) Im asuming you can still use condoms with a diaphram? are spermicides used with the Lea's Shield i know its used with the regular diaphram and the FemCap but the Lea's Shield site doesent say im asuming so? what works better the spermcide cream or jelley, iv heard of the films but when i think about it it doesent seem like that would be as effective. any thing else you can think of that might be of importance. I know the Dr is going to try and talk me into hormonal birth control and im going to tell him inless he can give me a 99% guarentee that its not going to make me depressed or give me migraines, or make my acne worse, or take away all my intrest in sex, or make me extremely dry than i dont want it. lol im not even going to be able to take hormonal BC for at least the first year because i plan on brestfeeding.

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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 2:00pm

>>Im asuming you can still use condoms with a diaphram? <<


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Wed, 01-24-2007 - 2:44pm
thanks again for the info ill probably be back with more questions after the babie comes and i get ready to go in to get one.
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