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Are you intrested in breastfeeding? The benefits? what Myths or stories have you heard to stop you from breastfeeding? males and females can answer fathers are worried about this also.. thanks
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Breastfeeding is a wonderful and very valuable experience for mothers and their babies. The benefits are endless and really the biggest reason why women choose not to breastfeed is because of selfishness at some degree or another. (Women who choose to breastfeed but cannot, please don't be offended - this is not directed towards you.)
Myths include the fact that breastmilk isn't good for a baby after a certain amount of time (not true.)
Another myth is that the daddy can't be involved - (not true) - there is plenty other things to do with a baby.
Some people believe the myth that the mother is tied down and has no freedom (not true) buy a pump. This also helps with the daddy myth.
Another myth is that breastfeeding hurts. (not true) It it hurts then your or the baby isn't doing something right... seek help!
Society in the US has decided that breastfeeding is gross, inappropriate, psychologically bad for the baby, old fashioned, etc... but its not. Women have been feeding their babies this way for thousands of years... I'd rather do what God intended for my body to do rather than give my baby an artificial version of the very thing my body is making.
Breastfeeding is a wonderful and very valuable experience for mothers and their babies. The benefits are endless and really the biggest reason why women choose not to breastfeed is because of selfishness at some degree or another. (Women who choose to breastfeed but cannot, please don't be offended - this is not directed towards you.)
Myths include the fact that breastmilk isn't good for a baby after a certain amount of time (not true.)
Another myth is that the daddy can't be involved - (not true) - there is plenty other things to do with a baby.
Some people believe the myth that the mother is tied down and has no freedom (not true) buy a pump. This also helps with the daddy myth.
Another myth is that breastfeeding hurts. (not true) It it hurts then your or the baby isn't doing something right... seek help!
Society in the US has decided that breastfeeding is gross, inappropriate, psychologically bad for the baby, old fashioned, etc... but its not. Women have been feeding their babies this way for thousands of years... I'd rather do what God intended for my body to do rather than give my baby an artificial version of the very thing my body is making.
Does breastfeeding help with birth control?
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While reading other questions I saw a few people mention that a benefit to beast feeding is birth control. However I've read that you can still get pregnant while breastfeeding even if your not menstruating. I don't really remember where I read that and I'm not sure of the validity of either side of the story. So I was wondering If anyone knew anything about weather or not breastfeeding does act as a form of birth control and if anyone had any experience with this. For instance if you did or didn't get pregnant while breastfeeding and using no other form of birth control.
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breastfeeding as a birth control... only works if it is exclusively breastfeeding... no bottles, no pacifiers.... food and comfort sucking come from the breast... this is only good for about 6 months... once solids are introduced and nursing decreases anything is open...
however, it is not a fool proof method.... if you bottle feed, pump, don't nurse at least every 2 hrs, don't night nurse, you can get pregnant... and if you are only exclusively breastfeeding... every 2 hrs then it is a preety good form of birth control but only til solds are introduced... once bottles or solids are introduced all bets are off
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BREASTFEEDING AND FERTILITY
(BREASTFEEDING AND CHILDSPACING)
"I've heard that breastfeeding can keep me from getting pregnant. Is this true?"
Yes, as long as you nurse according to the rules of natural child spacing. The same hormones that make milk suppress the release of reproductive hormones. While breastfeeding full-time most mothers do not ovulate and do not have menstrual periods. This means that you can't get pregnant, at least for a while. It's as if your body is telling you, "Nourishing one baby is all you can handle at the moment. It's too soon for a sibling."
"How reliable is breastfeeding as a natural contraceptive?"
You have to follow the rules of the game to get the full benefit of breastfeeding's effect on fertility. In the last ten years, lactation researchers have developed the lactational amenorrhea method of family planning, called LAM. Research shows that LAM's effectiveness in preventing pregnancy is better than 98 percent, a figure that compares well with artificial methods of birth control. According to LAM, a mother can rely on breastfeeding for protection from pregnancy if she can answer "no" to the following questions:
Have your menstral cycles returned?
Are you supplementing regularly or allowing long periods without breastfeeding, either during the day (more than three hours) or at night (more than six hours)?
Is your baby more than six months old?
Studies have shown that most mothers who are breastfeeding exclusively remain infertile for more than the six-month period covered by LAM. Ovulation and menstruation return only when the baby starts to nurse less often and prolactin levels fall.
4 TIPS FOR USING BREASTFEEDING TO DELAY OVULATION
Practice unrestricted breastfeeding without regard to schedules. Usually six to eight breastfeedings a day will suppress ovulation.
Don't train your baby to sleep through the night. (The milk-making hormones that suppress ovulation are highest between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.) Nighttime nursing is important to the suppression of fertility. Sleeping with your baby facilitates unrestricted feeding at night.
All of baby's sucking should be at the breast, for comfort as well as food. Avoid the use of supplemental bottles and pacifiers.
Delay the introduction of solid foods until age six months or later. Solids should provide additional nutrition, not substitute for breastfeedings.
The key to using breastfeeding to delay the return of fertility is frequency of breastfeedings. Because prolactin clears so rapidly from the blood, frequent feedings are necessary to keep it high enough to suppress ovulation. As baby nurses less frequently, prolactin levels fall, reproductive hormones rise, and fertility returns.
If you follow these rules, you may enjoy a period of lactation amenorrhea (no menstrual periods) that lasts thirteen to sixteen months. In fact, research has shown that women who practice natural mothering according to the above rules will average 14.5 months without a period following childbirth. Remember, this is only an average. A few mothers will experience a return of menstrual periods by six months, others not until two or three years.
When menstrual periods return, the first one is often anovulatory, meaning that it is not preceded by ovulation (the release of an egg), and thus you could not have gotten pregnant before this first period. However, about 5 percent of women do ovulate before having their first period, and the longer you have gone without having periods, the more likely this is to happen. Thus it's possible to become pregnant while breastfeeding, even if you are not menstruating. Once your periods resume, you should assume that it is possible for you to get pregnant, and you should take precautions if you don't want to add another child to your family in the near future. This might be a good time to learn about natural family planning methods, which enable you to determine exactly when you are ovulating and could become pregnant. Or you may decide to use another method of birth control as breastfeeding's effect on your fertility fades. See Couple to Couple League International at www.CCLI.org.
Sometimes women who are nursing older babies or toddlers want to get pregnant and find this difficult while they are brea
breastfeeding as a birth control... only works if it is exclusively breastfeeding... no bottles, no pacifiers.... food and comfort sucking come from the breast... this is only good for about 6 months... once solids are introduced and nursing decreases anything is open...
however, it is not a fool proof method.... if you bottle feed, pump, don't nurse at least every 2 hrs, don't night nurse, you can get pregnant... and if you are only exclusively breastfeeding... every 2 hrs then it is a preety good form of birth control but only til solds are introduced... once bottles or solids are introduced all bets are off
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BREASTFEEDING AND FERTILITY
(BREASTFEEDING AND CHILDSPACING)
"I've heard that breastfeeding can keep me from getting pregnant. Is this true?"
Yes, as long as you nurse according to the rules of natural child spacing. The same hormones that make milk suppress the release of reproductive hormones. While breastfeeding full-time most mothers do not ovulate and do not have menstrual periods. This means that you can't get pregnant, at least for a while. It's as if your body is telling you, "Nourishing one baby is all you can handle at the moment. It's too soon for a sibling."
"How reliable is breastfeeding as a natural contraceptive?"
You have to follow the rules of the game to get the full benefit of breastfeeding's effect on fertility. In the last ten years, lactation researchers have developed the lactational amenorrhea method of family planning, called LAM. Research shows that LAM's effectiveness in preventing pregnancy is better than 98 percent, a figure that compares well with artificial methods of birth control. According to LAM, a mother can rely on breastfeeding for protection from pregnancy if she can answer "no" to the following questions:
Have your menstral cycles returned?
Are you supplementing regularly or allowing long periods without breastfeeding, either during the day (more than three hours) or at night (more than six hours)?
Is your baby more than six months old?
Studies have shown that most mothers who are breastfeeding exclusively remain infertile for more than the six-month period covered by LAM. Ovulation and menstruation return only when the baby starts to nurse less often and prolactin levels fall.
4 TIPS FOR USING BREASTFEEDING TO DELAY OVULATION
Practice unrestricted breastfeeding without regard to schedules. Usually six to eight breastfeedings a day will suppress ovulation.
Don't train your baby to sleep through the night. (The milk-making hormones that suppress ovulation are highest between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.) Nighttime nursing is important to the suppression of fertility. Sleeping with your baby facilitates unrestricted feeding at night.
All of baby's sucking should be at the breast, for comfort as well as food. Avoid the use of supplemental bottles and pacifiers.
Delay the introduction of solid foods until age six months or later. Solids should provide additional nutrition, not substitute for breastfeedings.
The key to using breastfeeding to delay the return of fertility is frequency of breastfeedings. Because prolactin clears so rapidly from the blood, frequent feedings are necessary to keep it high enough to suppress ovulation. As baby nurses less frequently, prolactin levels fall, reproductive hormones rise, and fertility returns.
If you follow these rules, you may enjoy a period of lactation amenorrhea (no menstrual periods) that lasts thirteen to sixteen months. In fact, research has shown that women who practice natural mothering according to the above rules will average 14.5 months without a period following childbirth. Remember, this is only an average. A few mothers will experience a return of menstrual periods by six months, others not until two or three years.
When menstrual periods return, the first one is often anovulatory, meaning that it is not preceded by ovulation (the release of an egg), and thus you could not have gotten pregnant before this first period. However, about 5 percent of women do ovulate before having their first period, and the longer you have gone without having periods, the more likely this is to happen. Thus it's possible to become pregnant while breastfeeding, even if you are not menstruating. Once your periods resume, you should assume that it is possible for you to get pregnant, and you should take precautions if you don't want to add another child to your family in the near future. This might be a good time to learn about natural family planning methods, which enable you to determine exactly when you are ovulating and could become pregnant. Or you may decide to use another method of birth control as breastfeeding's effect on your fertility fades. See Couple to Couple League International at www.CCLI.org.
Sometimes women who are nursing older babies or toddlers want to get pregnant and find this difficult while they are brea
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