In a message dated 95-08-29 20:27:47 EDT, you write:
In your message you said

>I have a client who's menstrual period has not returned.  Baby is 12 months
>old now (as of 8/21/95).  Baby is nursed upon demand but gets her share of
>other fluids from a cup or bottle.  Her appetite seems normal toward solids
>for a 12 month old.  (finger foods and the like)  Client states that her pap
>smear came back "negative".  Should my client have cause to be concerned or
>is this in the realm of "normal" for totally breastfeeding women for their
>menses not to return for a year?  Even I was "period-free" for 6
>months.....but a year?  No such luck

With 3 kids my period returned at 18months with # 1 heavy nurser day and
night
at 16 months with # 2 often slept 5-6 hours at night and 6 m with # 3 light
nurser and thumb sucker. I realize that anicdotal evidence may not meet
scientific guidelines but I like to think of my self as "normal".