BLIS - Breastfeeding Levonorgestrel IUD Study

Summary

We are studying the effect of placing the levonorgestrel IUD (Mirena) immediately after birth on breastfeeding. Women who wish to have a levonorgestrel IUD placed after their birth, wish to breastfeed, and are willing to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to either get the IUD placed immediately after delivery of the baby and placenta or 4-6 weeks later. We do not believe there will be a difference in breastfeeding 8 weeks after delivery between those who get the IUD placed early or later.

Timeline

Start

2014-01

Primary completion

2016-11

Completion

2017-01

Publications

• Hopelian NG, Simmons RG, Sanders JN, Ward K, Jenkins SM, Espey E, Turok DK. Comparison of levonorgestrel level and creamatocrit in milk following immediate versus delayed postpartum placement of the levonorgestrel IUD. BMC Womens Health. 2021 Jan 21;21(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s12905-021-01179-7.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.