> I noticed in an earlier post about pacifiers that someone mentioned that
> the use of pacifiers would prevent the mother from using LAM as a
> contraceptive.
> I haven't seen this opinion reflected in the literature - have I missed
> something? The WABA site mentions baby not feeding at least 4 hrly during
>
Ruth Lawrence says in her new edition, on page 660 "It has also been
shown that if the infant uses a pacifier rather than receiving
non-nutritive sucking at the breast, the suppression of ovulation is
diminished." Lawrence says this is taken from a study by Lewis, renfree
and Brown (1991) Fertility and Sterility 55:529.

I have always understood that with LAM no other kind of sucking or
nutrition should be introduced to the infant.

Susan

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