Here is a re-sending of a post from my files.

Pat Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

ewman wrote:
>
> "Minipill" describes many products and may include birth control pills
> which contain estrogens.  Breastfeeding mothers should avoid estrogens
> as they may seriously diminish milk supply.
>
> Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC


I agree....be very careful what you are asking for and getting. I just
spent a month trying to help a mom recover her milk supply after she
assured me the OB had prescribed the progestin only pill. When I finally
sought her medical record to verify the product, it was, indeed, an ocp
with a similar sounding name, but it was a combined ocp. When contacted,
the OB casually said "Oh, I'm sorry, I can't keep those two straight".
They are very different products!

Bari Creager,CNM/IBCLC


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