Are
you exclusively breastfeeding on demand, both day and night?
When these three components are present — baby under six months old,
exclusively breastfed on demand, and no return to menses — then LAM is over 98 % effective as a birth control method.
In all these categorizations, however, the bias still leads us away from finding the benefits of breastfeeding / risks of formula because the only «pure» group would be those who followed WHO guidelines and
exclusively breastfed on demand for 6 months then continued to nurse for approximately 2 years or more (some children wean before that and they would be biologically normal).
Not exact matches
Both births were c - sections (1 placenta previa, 2 footling breech), both daughters nursed
exclusively and
on demand to 6 months, neither with any oral issues... I don't think I'll ever know exactly what happened, but if I'd listened to my first daughters pediatrician I wouldn't have been successful in
breastfeeding my eldest to 30 months, and may have been discouraged with my second (who is 8 months and still nursing strong).
If you're
exclusively breastfeeding — no bottles (even with pumped milk) or pacifiers — and you're feeding
on demand, chances are you won't have your period, Shelton said.
If you're relying
on breastfeeding as contraceptive, your baby should be under 6 months of age,
exclusively breastfeeding, and
breastfeeding on demand.
It is simply not possible to over-feed an
exclusively breastfed baby who is
breastfeeding on demand.
Your baby is
exclusively breastfed (no solid foods or supplementing of any type) and
breastfeeding on demand.
Also, we
exclusively breastfeed,
on demand, and my 2 - month - old is growing and not having any issues besides this common cold.
Because we were co-sleeping and I was
exclusively breastfeeding (
on demand) I hit a point where I literally didn't want anyone to touch me.
So it's really important for moms to get the food, rest, and other self - care we need when we're
exclusively breastfeeding our babies
on demand.
In the end, I did
exclusively breastfeed her for six months, and, 14 months after her birth, I still nurse her before her bedtime and when she rises at about 6 AM (as well as
on -
demand during the day).
He was
exclusively breastfed (no bottles, formula, or pacifiers)
on demand until 6 months.
Exclusively breastfed newborns should be put to the breast
on demand, at least every two to three hours throughout the day and night.
I also fully
breastfed my first child — the initial seven months
exclusively,
on demand — and my menses returned after a year.
CRISTI LEWIS: So, for women who are
exclusively breastfeeding and when I say
exclusively breastfeeding, I mean that you are feeding
on demand and that you are also feeding your baby during the night, so that come typically to about 4 hours during the day and 6 hours during the night.
GRAEME SEABROOK: Well, so far with the second one, nothing and I'm very excited about that but I am
exclusively breastfeeding and I'm
breastfeeding on demand so that's probably why.