Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

weelass24

This cannot be for real. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactational_amenorrhea_method

 

See, this is what happens when I wander over to 1st tri.

weelass24

Also  https://www.breastfeeding.com/

From the bump? 

joanithegreat

It's a real method... obviously not 100% effective though.

weelass24

Clearly.  But I cannot understand how not using a stroller or a pacifer and requiring the mother to nap everyday with the child is birth control.

joanithegreat

weelass24:

Clearly.  But I cannot understand how not using a stroller or a pacifer and requiring the mother to nap everyday with the child is birth control.

OHHHH you were looking for logic, I can't help you then.

WaitingOnTwoPinkLines

weelass24:

Clearly.  But I cannot understand how not using a stroller or a pacifer and requiring the mother to nap everyday with the child is birth control.

It's not.

As we all know, unless you are temping you don't know if you ovulate. So these women follow these "rules" and then end up pregnant because they didn't think they could get pregnant while breastfeeding.

I mean, really? Have they never heard of Michelle Duggar? 

angiegail78

weelass24:

Clearly.  But I cannot understand how not using a stroller or a pacifer and requiring the mother to nap everyday with the child is birth control.

Hormone levels maybe?  I know sometimes my milk will let down if I hear the baby crying.  Maybe proximity to the child and the baby using the breast for soothing rather than a pacifier helps hormones at a level that staves off ovulation?

CinnamonBun

angiegail78:

weelass24:

Clearly.  But I cannot understand how not using a stroller or a pacifer and requiring the mother to nap everyday with the child is birth control.

Hormone levels maybe?  I know sometimes my milk will let down if I hear the baby crying.  Maybe proximity to the child and the baby using the breast for soothing rather than a pacifier helps hormones at a level that staves off ovulation?

You are actually very close. It's along the same lines as kangaroo care, skin to skin, or touching helps release certain hormones (prolactin) that keep your cycle from returning.

It is not 100% at all, but if done very strictly can be very efficient for some women. There are those women that no matter what they do are just super fertile, and therefore are the outliers.

You can actually see this other countries that practice extended breastfeeding and borth control options are limited. They tend to not be industrialized countries. I find it fascinating what the body can do - however, I do not plan on relying on BF to keep me from getting KU again.