Naomi writes:

I am  participating in a one day conference on June 7 on women's health   
and Jewish law. I am the women's health part for the session on   
"Fourth Trimester: Childbirth, nursing and contraception.'"
If anyone  has some basic info on post partum depression and  
contraception and  breastfeeding (both bf as contraceptives and effects  
of other  contraceptives on bf and milk supply) Any sources for public  
domain  handouts and some basic info for me and my co-presenter would  
be  most appreciated.



~~ Sounds like a good event, Naomi. One thing this reminded me of: when I  
used to do LLL meeting in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood here in Brooklyn, 
we  would talk about how normal tenure nursing is the  way to help families  
space their children according to Design. With some mothers feeling a 
pressure  to have a lot of children, they felt they should wean or not nurse so 
they could  have more. We talked about how this is a form of manipulating 
fertility just as  artificial and  inapproriate ( for these moms and their 
values) as taking  contraception to artificially interfere with conception. One 
mom used to say "I  had my 8 children, I just had them in 20 years instead 
of 10 and it's much  better." This modeling was great. In this community the 
word  "contraception" was not used, unless it referred to a situation where 
for  medical/other reasons there was a reason and acceptance of not having  
another child. The focus was on health child spacing. LAM may be  something 
mothers want to learn about since it is not at all the same as "the  rhythm 
method." Here are some links.: _LLLI | The lactational amenorrhea  method_ 
(http://www.llli.org/ba/Aug93.html)  
_http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/LAM/pdfs/lam_factsheet.pdf_ 
(http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/LAM/pdfs/lam_factsheet.pdf)  Both  of these 
are written by Dr. Miriam Labbok, who is a great lady and the LAM  expert.
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA

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