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Lactational amenorrhea is the temporary postnatal infertility that occurs when a woman is amenorrheic (not menstruating) and fully breastfeeding.

Breastfeeding infertility

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For women who meet the criteria (listed below), LAM is >98% effective during the first six months postpartum.[1]

  • Breastfeeding must be the infant’s only (or almost only) source of nutrition. Feeding formula, pumping instead of nursing,[2] and feeding solids all reduce the effectiveness of LAM.
  • The infant must breastfeed at least every four hours during the day and at least every six hours at night.
  • The infant must be less than six months old.
  • The mother must not have had a period after 56 days post-partum (when determining fertility, bleeding prior to 56 days post-partum can be ignored).

If not combined with barrier contraceptives, spermicides, hormonal contraceptives, or intrauterine devices, lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) may be considered natural family planning by the Roman Catholic Church.

Return of fertility

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Return of menstruation following childbirth varies widely among individuals. A strong relationship has been observed between the amount of suckling and the contraceptive effect, such that the combination of feeding on demand rather than on a schedule and feeding only breast milk rather than supplementing the diet with other foods will greatly extend the period of effective contraception.[3] The closer a woman's behavior is to the Seven Standards of ecological breastfeeding, the later (on average) her cycles will return. Average return of menses for women following all seven criteria is 14 months after childbirth, with some reports being as soon as 2 months while others are as late as 42 months.[փա՞ստ] Couples who desire spacing of 18 to 30 months between children can often achieve this through breastfeeding alone.

Although the first post-partum cycle is sometimes anovulatory (reducing the likelihood of becoming pregnant again before having a post-partum period), subsequent cycles are almost always ovulatory and therefore must be considered fertile. However, some women find that breastfeeding interferes with fertility even after ovulation has resumed. Luteal phases being too short to sustain pregnancy is a common example. [փա՞ստ]

  1. Trussell, James (May 2011). «Contraceptive failure in the United States». Contraception. 83 (5): 397–404. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2011.01.021. PMC 3638209. PMID 21477680.
    Trussell, James (November 2011). «Contraceptive efficacy». In Hatcher, Robert A.; Trussell, James; Nelson, Anita L.; Cates, Willard Jr.; Kowal, Deborah; Policar, Michael S. (eds.) (eds.). Contraceptive technology (20th revised ed.). New York: Ardent Media. էջեր 779–863. ISBN 978-1-59708-004-0. ISSN 0091-9721. OCLC 781956734. {{cite book}}: |editor6-first= has generic name (օգնություն)
  2. ReproLine The Reading Room. Lactational Amenorrhea Method, which cites:
    Zinaman M, Hughes V, Queenan J, Labbok M, Albertson B (1992). «Acute prolactin and oxytocin responses and milk yield to infant suckling and artificial methods of expression in lactating women». Pediatrics. 89 (3): 437–40. PMID 1741218.{{cite journal}}: CS1 սպաս․ բազմաթիվ անուններ: authors list (link)
  3. [1] Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, Volume 28, Issue 1, p. 1


Further reading

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Կաղապար:Birth control methods Կաղապար:Menstrual cycle

Category:Methods of birth control Category:Breastfeeding