At 08:09 AM 1/14/01 -0800, you 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....
>The book "Breastfeeding and Biocultural Perspectives has a wonderful
>section all about  breastfeeding and its effect on the menstrual cycle.
>--
>
>Robyn Paull
>LLLL San Diego

And let's not forget that one can get pregnant *without* any warning bleeding.

Cheri, who had a "light period" that would have worried me if I had known I
was 6 weeks along!
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