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PIP: Contraceptive steroids taken during the lactation period will, in small measure, be transferred to the milk. The side effects from estrogens administered during lactation are enough to contraindicate their use at this time. Low-dose gestagens are sufficient to achieve contraceptive effect. A study of 6-7-year-old children whose mothers took OCs (oral contraceptives) during lactation is being conducted currently to ascertain longterm side effects or possible effects outside the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. However, at this time the minipill of 30 mcg d-norgestrel daily is considered safe for a nursing mother and her baby.
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