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Lactational amenorrhea
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Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 17 Jul 1997 21:29:26 -0500
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>If women bf until their menses return (on average 14.2 months for ecologic
>nursing), then the process begins then and very intensely.

Is this the average duration of lactational amenorrhea for women around the
world, or does this term "ecologic nursing" refer only to western women who
are "sort of" nursing on demand?  True nursing on demand/cue typically leads
to nursing 3-4 times every hour.

Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition
Texas A&M University

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