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Joyce King
J Midwifery Womens Health. 2007;52(6):614-620.

Abstract

The benefits of breastfeeding for both the infant and the mother are undisputed. Longer intervals between births decrease fetal/infant and maternal complications. Lactation is an effective contraceptive for the first 6 months postpartum only if women breastfeed exclusively and at regular intervals, including nighttime. Because a high percentage of women in the United States supplement breastfeeding, it is important for these women to choose a method of contraception to prevent unintended pregnancies.

THE ACADEMY OF BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE PROTOCOL COMMITTEE

Breastfeeding Medicine Mar 2006, Vol. 1, No. 1: 43-51.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROTOCOL is to outline the contraceptive methods available for use during breastfeeding (Table 1), and provide additional background on the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) and its use.

A teljes dokumentum az Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine oldaláról letölthető.

The natural contraceptive effect of breast feeding has been known for hundreds of years. In 1988, experts in lactational infertility achieved a consensus that breast feeding should be at least 98% effective in preventing pregnancy for the first six months post partum as long as the woman remains amenorrhoeic and is fully or nearly fully breast feeding. Guidelines for using lactational amenorrhoea for contraception are known as the lactational amenorrhoea method - the proactive, informed use of lactational amenorrhoea as a contraceptive method under the conditions stated above.
The main purpose of this analysis was to determine the contraceptive efficacy of the lactational amenorrhoea method while controlling for sexual activity. Efficacy was estimated during both correct and incorrect use of the method to determine the tolerance of the method for incorrect use.
BMJ 1996;313:909-912

A teljes cikk a British Medical Journal oldalán olvasható.