11 Surprising Contraception Mistakes You Are Making

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

It’s important to note that when you stop your hormonal birth controlling method and keep it on hold for a little while, expect that your own hormonal state will need some time to wake back up and go back to normal.

#2 – Not taking your pills on time

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It’s the same story that keeps repeating itself every single day. A lot of women know well that when the pills are the chosen method to prevent pregnancy, they must be taken regularly and on time.

What happens is that most women miss their birth control pills on certain days or even take them at different times of the day. What is even worse is that they don’t even know how to use back up protection after that.

Dr. Sunny Jun who is a co-medical director at CCRM San Francisco said that many women think that it won’t matter if something alike happens but the truth is it matters more than you might think.

Condoms or any other emergency contraception should be used after missing your pill. You should always have a plan B, otherwise, be ready to welcome a new baby soon.

#3 – Using breastfeeding as a birth control method

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White said that breastfeeding is not a 100 percent reliable method of birth control. This means it shouldn’t be your own and only method to prevent possible pregnancies. It’s true that it’s popular, true and even possible but there are stipulations that need to be followed and unfortunately, many moms ignore them and therefore find themselves trapped again.

White explains that to take advantage of your nursing and use it as a birth control, you must be exclusively breastfeeding. What does this mean? Well, many moms do what we call intermittent breastfeeding, where a bottle is used in order to pump the milk out of the breast and then feed it to the baby using the baby bottle. This method is not effective and doesn’t provide birth control.

After childbirth, a woman can easily and very quickly get pregnant again, said White. So, if interested in this method, you should be exclusively breastfeeding your baby born without the use of any bottles, teats, or pacifiers. Still, it’s better to stay safe and use another contraception method, unless you’re prepared to potentially bring another little cutie to life!