Question:
morning after pill?

Has anyone heard anything about the morning after pill being successful or unsuccessful with this surgery? I know many docs say birth control pills won't work because they don't absorb right, so very curious if anyone has had any experience with this...    — wecangetright (posted on July 4, 2007)

July 4, 2007
Hmm-- I don't actually know. I was just put on the Nuvo Ring here in the past week. Perhaps you should talk to your surgeon or gyno about it :D
   — Zandra C.

July 4, 2007
That's a very good question! The Plan B pill is VERY powerful so I think you'd be just fine. My surgeon says that BC pills are just as effective post-surgery. I know they've been working for me b/c I stopped taking them awhile ago and I'm still not ovulating. :( (I'm trying to get pregnant) I would double check with your surgeon because chances are, the prescriber of the Plan B pill won't know the specifics of WLS. Blessings, Sarah in VA
   — platypus

July 4, 2007
I agree with the previous poster. At a little over 2 months out, I started back on the BC pill, and it's been working just fine for me. I have no idea about the morning after pill though.
   — crystalsno

July 4, 2007
I'm a gyno nurse, the morning after pill is the same as taking 4 regular birth control pills, just all together. The absorption is not going to be as before, but should still work.
   — rubyred

July 5, 2007
I had GBS in Nov. 2003 & have been on birth contol pills ever since, they work just the same as before GBS. I have 2 little ones now & that is enough for me! I had tried that nuovo ring & it did not work for me, it fell out a few times, in bed & in the bathroom, not something I wanted to deal with. I had also had a discussion with my doctor about the morning after pill & she said that would work just fine even with the GBS if needed. I take different med's daily for a few reasons & some of them make me horrible sick, meaning almost instant vomiting & pain so I now dissolve those in whatever I am drinking, normally diet mountain dew, thing is, I don't know what med's are going to upset my stomach until it happens, almost everything AFTER GBS is a learning experience. Good Luck!
   — heatherb

July 5, 2007
My doctor recommend depo shot, the patch or the ring for the first two years. I chose the depo shot. I heard alot of people did not do good with the depo shot, but Ive done fine. I am planning to get off of it in December and try the patch.
   — barfiep01