Best birth control after RNY

3 weeks out from RNY, and read too many stories of women getting pregnant while taking the pill. What is / has / was. The best form of B.C after. We do want another child, just not right now, Ty

Truthfully, WLS happens to be one thing to make a lot of women more fertile! IUD, and condom and the pill, may work really good! You have to really double or triple up on them. I had RNY and that causes malabsorption so to take the pill alone is not enough. Talk to your surgeon and OBGYN to see what is the best option for you.

I did nuvaring and condoms for 6 months, then just nuvaring since it doesn't have absorption issues like the pill.

I did depo for years after, but I had also started it prior to surgery so the weight gain side effect had already occurred.  After my first child I used Mierna and it worked well for me.  Pills I didn't even try and it wasn't recommended by my dr.    Just highly recommend you do something , fertility is a big plus from weight loss for most women.

 

Good luck!

Thank you for getting back to me. I will have to call and make an appt to get something new. Took over 3 years to have my son and don't want to have a baby just yet. Thanks again

I got pregnant on the Nuva ring 14 months post rny. She was still born and because I was so terrified of 1 getting pregnant again but 2 going thru the loss of another child I had the mirena put in after I lost Reese. I have spotted since having it put in 1 year ago but nothing major. I had thougt about the iud before but being over weight my entire life I never felt in control over anything and I didn't like the fact that with the iud or Norplant I had no control over it. I could not just stop taking it (pill) or remove it (ring) and I felt like I wanted to control what ever I could. In the end I am happy with the mirena and it allows for freedom and spontaneity. I'm suprised this wasnt required pre-op, my surgeon required a plan for birth control if you had a uterus!!

Im on my 2nd month of the nuva ring after getting preggo 6m post op and losing it . Prior to this I wasnt on ANY form of bc ..after playing with fire and losing i chose the nuva ring ( i had mirena a few years back and since i dont have kids it was painful and they had to emergency remove it due to infection it caused)

so far nuva ring is working like a charm..lol

 

The one time i did use the pill pre-wls i got preggers then switched to nuva ring and only got pregnant once i removed it in hope of conceiving.  after i stopped BFing i went back to nuva ring had WLS and only got preggers after stopping it again.  For me it is the go to form of BC and once i stop BFing i will go back to it again.  It does deplete milk supply so it is not good to use while BFing.

Tiff