I'm not versed on LAM that well and have a mother with a 13 month old son
who recently had chicken pox. He decreased his nursing during that time.
Mother feels that the decrease in nursing caused her menses to return. Her
son, once recovered from the pox, returned to his usual pattern of nursing.
She  is now overdue to have another menses and it has not appeared. She does
not believe she is pregnant.


She is wondering if it is possible to return to a LAM pattern once the
menses has returned.


These are the questions I asked her:


> how many times a day are you nursing?:
>
> Every day is different. If I were to hazard a number, I'd say about 10
times
> a day. Somedays more, few days less. Some feeds are brief, some are long
and
> leisurly. He doesn't sleep through the night and nurses about 3-5 times a
> night. We usually nurse one side at a session. Then we change sides for
the
> next session, whenever that may be.
>
>
> what kind of solids is Matthew getting/how much solids?:
>
> He may eat a handful of puffed wheat in milk for breakfast. Some snacks
> throughout the morning like a peach or banana, and a cracker. A veggie
> burger or piece of bread for lunch. A snack or two in the afternoon (half
a
> Rebar or another cracker). A small bowl of whatever we're having for
dinner.
> Maybe a snack that evening (fruit or yogurt).
>
>
> any other drinks?:
>
> He has sips of water throughout the day amounting to about 1 c full.
Rarely
> has juice, sometimes a sip or two of chocolate soy milk.
>
>
> how long was the menses
> what did your milk supply do?
>
> Unsure what CP stands for. If it has something to do with my menses, it
> lasted about 5 days. I didn't notice any change in my milk supply while I
> bled.
>
>
> are you having any breast tenderness?:
>
> No, which is usually my first tip-off that 'something' is up. (pregnancy)
>
>
> anything else you can think of......we'll start there.
>
> My cycles are usually longer than 30 days. I can remember after birthing
my
> 2nd baby, when my cycles finally returned (around 1 year after birth), the
> time lapse between those first two cycles I had were about 40 days. Then I
> got preggo again so the history stops! My first period after baby #3 was
on
> July 23, approx. 1 year after birth, again. It was a normal period in
length
> and flow.
>
>


Any help or links to find out more about LAM would be greatly appreciated.

Patricia

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