On the non-physical side, having a small child forever attatched to you makes it difficult to get the chance to get pregnant.
Wendy --- On Wed 01/11, Robin Netherton < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Robin Netherton [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:38:20 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses <br>On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Marc Carlson wrote:<br><br>> I could have sworn that back in anthropology 101 they taught us that<br>> extended breastfeeding was used to make a woman less likely to get<br>> pregnant, not that it stopped menstruation.<br><br>It does both.<br><br>Breastfeeding temporarily stops ovulation, which in turn stops<br>menstruation -- menstrual periods are a direct result of ovulation. You<br>don't have periods without ovulating.<br><br>(It is possible to bleed without ovulation; this is considered "abnormal<br>uterine bleeding" and not menstruation, and sometimes looks similar but<br>typically does not follow the regular pattern of monthly periods.)<br><br>(The monthly bleeds that occur during cyclical hormone therapy or the use<br>of oral contraception look like periods, but they're not. They're enforced<br>bleeds created by the adjustment of hormone dosage. They don't enter into <br>this discussion, in any case.)<br><br>Breastfeeding doesn't always stop pregnancy, since when you start<br>ovulating and having periods again, you ovulate first (before you've had<br>your first period return). So you can get pregnant before your periods<br>come back, and I know people who have done so (oops). It's generally<br>advised not to rely on the lack of periods as absolute birth control; you<br>can be assured of a delay, often a long one, but eventually you might hit<br>it just as your ovaries get back in action.<br><br>--Robin<br>medical editor<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>h-costume mailing list<br>h-costume@mail.indra.com<br>http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume<br> _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
