Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses

2006-01-11 Thread Robin Netherton
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Marc Carlson wrote: > I could have sworn that back in anthropology 101 they taught us that > extended breastfeeding was used to make a woman less likely to get > pregnant, not that it stopped menstruation. It does both. Breastfeeding temporarily stops ovulation, which in tu

Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses

2006-01-11 Thread Susan B. Farmer
Quoting Robin Netherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Marc Carlson wrote: I could have sworn that back in anthropology 101 they taught us that extended breastfeeding was used to make a woman less likely to get pregnant, not that it stopped menstruation. It does both. Breastfeed

Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses

2006-01-11 Thread Wendy
006 14:38:20 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Marc Carlson wrote:> I could have sworn that back in anthropology 101 they taught us that> extended breastfeeding was used to make a woman less likely to get> pregnant, not that it stopped menst

Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses

2006-01-11 Thread Red Bear
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:38:20 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Marc Carlson wrote:> I could have sworn that back in anthropology 101 they taught us that> extended breastfeeding was used to make a woman less likely to get> pregna

Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses

2006-01-11 Thread AnnBWass
In a message dated 1/11/2006 11:38:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: could have sworn that back in anthropology 101 they taught us that extended breastfeeding was used to make a woman less likely to get pregnant, not that it stopped menstruation. The two kind of

Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses

2006-01-11 Thread Elizabeth Lear
According to advice from La Leche League (breastfeeding support and promotion group), for breastfeeding to be really effective in holding off your cycles, you need to be nursing during the night. I considered night-weaning my toddler because we wanted to start trying for another, but I managed to

RE: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses

2006-01-11 Thread Sharon at Collierfam.com
Wendy Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses 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 < [EM

Re: [h-cost] OT: Nursing and menses

2006-01-14 Thread Joannah Hansen
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