I am just wondering what everyone who was/is on birth control pills did. The first dr i went to said i had to stop taking them 4 wks prior up until 2 wks after surgery. I have since changed drs and they said i don't have to stop taking them at all before surgery. Now, i know there aren't any general guide lines so i am just wondering what everyone else was told.

I am on an IUD so I can't speak to Birth Control pills specifically but I can tell you that my doctor said I will need to use 2 forms of birth control from when I started my journey and that was prior to surgery up to 2 years after surgery. The reason for this was that weight loss makes you very fertile and you don't want to get pregnant right away after surgery.

Right now I have the IUD and we use condoms however I have convinced the hubby to get a vasectomy so that should cover the 2 forms for life

I am just wondering what everyone who was/is on birth control pills did. The first dr i went to said i had to stop taking them 4 wks prior up until 2 wks after surgery. I have since changed drs and they said i don't have to stop taking them at all before surgery. Now, i know there aren't any general guide lines so i am just wondering what everyone else was told.

I wasnt told i need to stop but im guessing that doc one may be wanting to minimise the risk of blood clots sine birth control increases the risk of blood clots, esp in thise who are overweight or obese

I was asked to stop 4 weeks before and not to start them again for 4 weeks weeks after bc birth control and surgery both increase the risk for blood clots, so they don't want to stack your risk factors.

I was told I could continue taking any pills that were smaller than a pencil eraser. My birth control is smaller than that so I never had to stop taking them.

I was only told not to take it the day of surgery

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I too had to stop 4 weeks before and was told I could resume 2 weeks after. Never knew why & personally REALLY hated having to stop them.

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Thank you everyone.

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I just found out today; BC can increase your chance of blood clots. BC increases blood thickness. That is why we are asked to go off it. I was told if I can't then I would have to do blood thinner shots before and after.

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I couldn't take mine 2 weeks prior to surgery and can't go back on them until I finish my blood thinners which is a 30 day supply. Sleeved 3/30.

I was told I'd need to get off of all medications that couldn't be crushed or came in liquid form. I just got an IUD instead. I had a rough start with it, but I really enjoy the convenience of it and extra peace of mind to know I'm not screwing up my pills.

This was about two weeks ago

Edited April 6, 201610 yr by Ruth1ess

I was told to not stop mine due to risk of post surgery pregnancy. I have been crushing them post op but will be getting an IUD for convenience.

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My doc told me i needed to stop my oral birth control at least 2 months prior to surgery. I am 1.5 weeks post op and plan to start again Sunday (i just got my period this week). I plan on calling my docs office, but what have you heard about this. Is it ok to take the pill (its so tiny!), should I crush it up? Obviously pending what the doc says, but just curious if anyone has brought this question up to theirs. Thanks!

I am just wondering what everyone who was/is on birth control pills did. The first dr i went to said i had to stop taking them 4 wks prior up until 2 wks after surgery. I have since changed drs and they said i don't have to stop taking them at all before surgery. Now, i know there aren't any general guide lines so i am just wondering what everyone else was told.

The only thing I was told about birth control by gynecologist was to not change it until after my surgery. I use the Nuvaring and wanted something different. I'm about a month away from surgery and my Dr's have not advised to stop anything.

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I was told to stop taking the pills two weeks before surgery and I could start back taking them two weeks after surgery but they had to be crushed. Now that I'm six weeks out, I'm able to take my birth control pill and vitamins whole.

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