I had a call today from a LLL leader who had been contacted by a mom in her group. The mother is nursing a 14 month old and is still amenorrheic. Her doctor wants her to take progesterone to induce a period. He has told her that if she goes longer than 3 months without a period, that she is increasing her risk of uterine cancer. I have lots of information on how normal prolonged lactational amenorrhea is and the mother is really comfortable with this and has no intention of going on drugs while nursing her baby just to induce menstruation. However, the threat of increased risk of cancer has her worried and she fears other less well-informed mothers may be getting the same scare tactic. I guessed that the doctor is generalizing the increased risk of uterine cancer one sees in postmenopausal women who are receiving estrogen only replacement therapy as opposed to a combination estrogen/progesterone therapy to the postpartum amenorrheic woman, but I have nothing in print to share with him that this situation is different. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle this situation? Thanks Kris Rogers [log in to unmask]