For those considering teaching LAM, I have a caution.  There are some
lactation consultants who describe LAM as being wonderful, excellent and
always possible.  It is not always possible.  Many women on this list have
described their own 'early' onset of menses after birth, even while fully
nursing.  Perhaps one of the most frustrating things I have experienced is
being told it was my fault that I menstruated at 6 weeks after the birth of
my children.  But with no artificial nipple, pacifier or other object
touching their lips for 8 months, and nothing but breast milk from the breast
which they sucked for hours each day (carried in a carrier that I designed
for continual nursing), I do not see how the return of menses was my fault.
 I could not have used LAM, and I know a number of women who could not have
done so.  It is not for all women.  What makes this issue difficult is when
people become crusaders for the method.

Sharon Terry