I've been teached that being away from baby for extensional periods of time and partially pumping decreases prolactin enough for LAM to be not 100% safe anymore. So it's both the separation as the pumping that accounts for the decrease in prolactine. I don't have any published references for that.
   
  Warmly,
  Gonneke, IBCLC, LLLL, MOM, in southern Netherlands where spring finally has come

Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  Dear Friends:
LAM is a wonderful method of family planning for women exclusively 
breastfeeding. I teach it often.
Today I had the question, as I have had before, about pumping. What if a 
mom is back to work at 6 weeks, exclusively bf when she is with her baby, 
and pumping enough for the baby when she has to be at her employment.
Is there any research about this? In the past, I have suggested using 
condoms if she will be pumping, but that isn't evidence-based either.
Does anyone know?
warmly,

             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html