2006-12-08 01:20:03 · 23 answers · asked by You may be right 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Breastfeeding gives you limited protection from pregnancy because it releases a hormone that keeps you from ovulating.Ovulation is required to become pregnant. However, the amount of the hormone produced depends largely on how much you nurse and for how long, as well as genetics and personal health history. Although it can offer some protection for some women, it is not a reliable form of birth control and a back up should always be used (condom, spermicide).
2006-12-08 01:30:18 · answer #1 · answered by ilovejolie86 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!
The ONLY way you can use it as birth control is if ALL the following applies:
1. Menstration has NOT returned since delivery
2. Breastfeeding on demand - night and day - no other solids or liquids
3. Baby is NOT older than six months
Even with these conditions being met there is still a 1 - 2 percent chance of pregnancy.
This is only a short term solution!! Please note, that I used this method as birth control and sure enough...when my son nearly eight months old we found out that we were pregnant again.
If you aren't ready for another one, begin using birth control before the six months are up!
http://www.breastfeeding.com/reading_room/lam.html
2006-12-08 02:13:48 · answer #2 · answered by Baby #3 due 10/13/09 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YIKES! Where did you pull that from.
One very old method is for the male to remain buttoned, or zipped up, and/or for the female to take an aspirin. In doing so she places it between her knees and squeezes tightly.
Ammeding this due to a couple of answers that say YES. I'll assume that NURSING might offer a form of control in that a female may not want to double up on that experience, in any short time frame. No offense Moms.
2006-12-08 01:28:51 · answer #3 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not fool-proof, but it does act as birth control due to the hormones a nursing mother's body is producing. I would still use some other form of birth control though to be on the safe side...
2006-12-08 01:22:49 · answer #4 · answered by angelwings 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No! Nursing a baby has absolutely nothing to do with "birth control." You need to use some type of contraceptive.
2006-12-08 01:21:43 · answer #5 · answered by Sarah 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It certainly worked for me. I nursed solid for 6 months and then continued to nurse heavily (with some solid food being introduced) for another two months. When my daughter was 8 months, we started introducing table food and just nursing at night and in the mornings and around 10 months my period came back. Up until then, I hadn't had one at all. My doc said that breast feed supressing your cycle. I also read somewhere that in the olden days, mothers nursed their children until somewhere around 10 months-12 months and when they weaned they got pg again....which is why so many children were born right at 18-24 months apart.
2006-12-08 01:26:08 · answer #6 · answered by babe 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No this is a Myth. You can and will get pregnant again without a real birth control.
2006-12-08 01:25:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. I have known many women who got pregnant again while nursing. Including myself. Two of my children are 10 months apart!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-12-08 01:29:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
For some women who exclusively breastfeed this does work, but its highly unreliable. She can start ovulating again at anytime, whether or not the child is still breastfeeding.
2006-12-08 01:28:52 · answer #9 · answered by gypsy g 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If a woman breastfeeds then yeh it can be a natuaral birth control but not always reliable. Nothing is! If your having sex you can get pregnant no matter what!.
2006-12-08 01:24:05 · answer #10 · answered by MizK♥ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋