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Breastfeeding As A Contraceptive
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By:
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warmhugs
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Mood:
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in love
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Date:
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07/19/2007 16:15:26
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None
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I was having a discussion with a younger mother I had met recently, and we were joking about women who got pregnant so soon after their last baby. When I was in my teens, I remember hearing the old tale that a woman who was breastfeeding could not get pregnant. It is interesting to wonder how much of this tale is true? I know you are probably rolling your eyes, however there is a tiny bit of truth to this “old tale”. According to a study completed by Family Health International, women who are breastfeeding due have less chance of getting pregnant. They have released the conditions in which this is true, based on the results found. The most deciding factor for women who are breastfeeding will be if they have started to menstruate again. If this has happened, then breastfeeding should not be used as a contraceptive. The study also showed that the baby had to be less than 6 months old, and the woman must be fully breastfeeding, and not with a baby who can have other forms of nutrition. However, based on these conditions, the study found that using breastfeeding as a mean of contraception was only twenty-five percent effective. Therefore, it is not an effective means of contraception after recently having a baby.
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