Breastfeeding Patterns and Menses Return: Findings from Research on LAM
Labbok, M.; Valdes, V.; Aravena, R.
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology: 285-287
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0065-2598 Document Number: 232084
Much has been learned in the past 30 years concerning the physiological relationship of lactation and lactational infertility. Studies of maternal seemed to indicate that maternal nutritional status, parity and age were key.1 More recent work has indicated that characteristics of the infant feeding that may explain more of the difference.2,3,4 A recent study of the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) allowed study of the return of menses in two similar populations in urban Santiago Chile. Data from this prospective research were re-analyzed to assess patterns of breastfeeding and menses return.