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For a minute there, it seemed like another Spears sister would be singing, "Oops, I did it again." Yesterday, the National Enquirer was reporting that Jamie Lynn Spears was pregnant again, just four months after the 17-year-old gave birth to daughter Maddie Briann.Considering the source, it's no surprise that Jamie Lynn's camp quickly came out with a denial. "She is not pregnant," said her publicist. Jamie and fiance Casey Aldridge have also been fighting rumors of a split.
What's interesting about this story, though, is that the original story quoted the "source" as saying that Jamie thought breastfeeding would protect her from pregnancy. Breastfeeding can provide protection if done exclusively, but as my midwife told me after my firstborn was delivered, "Breastfeeding is effective birth control if you live in a country without access to birth control. You don't, so don't get any ideas." But I know a lot of women who have depended on nursing to space out their children, with varying degrees of success.
As a teen mom, hopefully Jamie is being more careful than that. What about you? Did breastfeeding play a role in your birth control plan?
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10-09-2008 @ 6:55PM
Secret Mommy said...I am using nursing as my sole family planning tool, but my husband and I are also hoping to get pregnant again pretty soon. Our son is almost 6 months old now, so we wouldn't be upset to find out we are expecting again. If that wasn't our situation, I would certainly be using other means, as there are a few sets of "Irish twins" in my immediate family. :)
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10-09-2008 @ 8:38PM
Jan Bay said...One person I know got pregnant while breastfeeding. The next time around (brave soul that she was) she relied on breastfeeding AND practiced the rhythm method and did not get pregnant. I can see where the combination of the two might offer better protection but If you want a guarantee you may want to employ a backup in addition to the two. Nature has a way of learning to jump hurdles or shall we say swimming upstream against all obstacles if you know what I mean.
Jan from http://www.unique-baby-gear-ideas.com/
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10-09-2008 @ 10:24PM
ame s said...Being so exhausted for the first 3 months I breastfed my older daughter was my method of birth control ;)
I didn't have a period for 8 months after the birth of my first, but my doc made sure to tell me I could still get pregnant regardless.
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10-10-2008 @ 3:04AM
c_rousseau05 said...I didn't use it as birth control intentionally but it took 8 months for me to get my period back. Pair that with using the withdraw meathod, yeah , i'd say it was a pretty darn good birth control. I'm still nursing once a day. I think it really does work as a natural child spacer but if you really don't want more kids within a couple of years then I think you should use other meathods of birth control because it's not reliable.
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10-10-2008 @ 6:43AM
Lori said...I am an exclusively breastfeeding mother. When I went in for my 6 week postpartum check-up, the doctor performed an ultrasound. She immediately said, "You've ovulated! You need birth control immediately." I was sold on the IUD that day. The next day, I got my first period. Breastfeeding would NOT be a reliable type of birth control for me.
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10-10-2008 @ 7:29AM
Tina said...I actually thing it might be true this time! Lets hope so anyway.
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10-10-2008 @ 9:09AM
MommyDeDos said...I never thought breastfeeding would impact my ability to get pregnant, but it just so happens that I didn't get pregnant for the 15 months that I breastfed my oldest son, but 2 weeks after he went to whole milk, I found out I was again pregnant. Now with baby number 2, he's 9 months old and exclusively breastfeeding, and I haven't gotten pregnant yet. I don't think this method will work for everyone, and it might just be luck that it's worked for me. If i was dead set against having another child I would have been on birth control all along just to be sure.
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