Methods of birth spacing, maternal lactation and post partum abstinence in relation to traditional African culture

Van Balen, H.; Ntabomvura, V.

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics and Environmental Child Health 22(2): 50-52

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9920
PMID: 1049248
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/22.2.50
Document Number: 447547
After defining 'natural' lactation as that in a confident mother who breast feeds her infant in a relaxed way on demand and whose lactation may last 1-2 yr, some results are presented of surveys among different Indian and African tribes on the relationships between birth interval and natural lactation and postpartum amenorrhea and lactation, and the factors which may influence these relationships.

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