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Date: | Mon, 15 Jan 2001 08:18:47 EST |
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Robyn wrote:
<< I'll chime in here too and state that I have gone a full 24 months pp
with no menses with both children. Of course LAM is based on more than
just exclusive breastfeeding..it also has to do with the woman's body
fat, her amounts of night nursing (since prolactin levels are higher at
night) what her definition of 'exclusive breastfeeding' is.. >>
Good point, nursing every two hours for over three years with my son got me 4
MONTHS of lactational amenorrhea - my daughter slept one 5 hour stretch and
nursed every 2 or so, no pacifiers, no restrictions from me, but did like her
own thumb, with her I got 5 months. Regular periods by 9 months with both...
no fair... but it just goes to show you what the range of normal can be.
Judy LeVan Fram, Brooklyn, NY
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