It's basically anything without estrogen that's OK. So combined pill and Nuvaring are out, but injections, implants and Mirena are OK because it's only progesterone like the minipill, as are all the non hormone methods: copper IUD, barriers.
I used Mirena after my first and plan to have another inserted after my second. I breastfed from 8mo to 3yo with a Mirena in. The only problem is that they want to be really sure they're not inserting while you're pregnant and prefer to insert during a period. If she's not regular yet it could be hard to time. (However with me they agreed to do a blood pregnancy test instead because I was having 50+ day cycles.)
If she really doesn't like hormones at all, then the copper IUD is more reliable than barriers. (ETA: I guess the minipill means she's OK with hormones!)
Last edited by Liminal; August 20th, 2013 at 08:53 PM.
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