Re: Birth control options question-- OT

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In a message dated 99-11-22 13:15:32 EST, you write:

<< T LEAST

10 times daily, ongoing, not intermittently. In my case and anyone I have

asked, this just doesn't happen. >>

Hmm. It does in my home. My ds is 18 months old and nurses 20 or more times

in a 24 hour period.

>>

hmmm yep in my home too...my eight month old nurses constantly...and so did

my 18 year old...for quite some time (*grin* not eighteen years though!).

Anjin

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> << YES!!! I have two nieces.... ten months apart...ask their mother...she

was

> exclusively breastfeeding...her first was just an infant.

> Anjin >>

>

> This is almost impossible if a women is exclusively breastfeeding. There

> must have been some separation going on. The odds of conception in the

first

> three months post-partum in an exclusively woman are almost nil. From

three

> to six months the odds are less than 1 %. This also assumes a lack of a

> menstrual period. In an exclusively breastfeeding woman menstruation

never

> occurs prior to 56 days and this is the exception for it to happen this

> early. Kimme

I think the point is that it DOES happen. I have three friends who all have

children that are 12 or less months apart. NO separation on breastfeeding.

There simply must be other factors to consider as this just does not hold

water to say otherwise. Statistics might say this is not the norm but you

would never convince these women of that. Don't get me wrong, I know many

women who have not had a period return until after 12 months. But I also

know of many who have had a return of menses 3-4 months post partum and have

gotten pregnant during that time. It is definitely not " almost impossible " .

Maybe more rare for you to hear of it than someone else but that does not

mean that it doesn't happen to a lot of people.

Toni, mom to home birthed, cloth diapered, breastfed and attachment parented

Hannah

http://home.clarksville.com/~dth

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> >

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> < AT LEAST

> 10 times daily, ongoing, not intermittently. In my case and anyone I

have

> asked, this just doesn't happen. >>

> Hmm. It does in my home. My ds is 18 months old and nurses 20 or more

times

> in a 24 hour period.

The only time my daughter ever comes close to nursing that many times in a

day is if she is teething. Otherwise, she is just to busy with life and I

couldn't get her to nurse that often no matter how much I might try. She is

14 months old and eats solid food now so 20 times in a day would just be

ridiculous for her. Although, I would let her if she wished. Every baby is

different. Some nurse a bunch, some less frequently. This is why I do not

think it is wise for everyone to rely on breastfeeding alone as their sole

method of birth control.

Toni, mom to home birthed, cloth diapered, breastfed and attachment parented

Hannah

http://home.clarksville.com/~dth

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In a message dated 11/22/99 12:11:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Squeaksoup@... writes:

> In a message dated 11/22/99 06:30:48 AM, Anjin327@... writes:

>

> << YES!!! I have two nieces.... ten months apart...ask their mother...she

> was

> exclusively breastfeeding...her first was just an infant.

> Anjin >>

>

> This is almost impossible if a women is exclusively breastfeeding. There

> must have been some separation going on. The odds of conception in the

> first

> three months post-partum in an exclusively woman are almost nil. From

three

>

> to six months the odds are less than 1 %. This also assumes a lack of a

> menstrual period. In an exclusively breastfeeding woman menstruation

never

> occurs prior to 56 days and this is the exception for it to happen this

> early. Kimme

>

What about the fact that you not even supposed to have sex for at least 6

weeks after giving birth?

Cory

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In a message dated 12/1/1999 9:24:59 PM Central Standard Time,

Cmermer@... writes:

<< What about the fact that you not even supposed to have sex for at least 6

weeks after giving birth? >>

Huh? I think (if I remember correctly) this is related to the episiodomy...

the stitches usually come out, or it is at least checked at your 6-week

check-up. Other than that, those of us who were not exhausted and didn't

have epis. didn't have any *time* limit put on us --

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In a message dated 99-12-01 22:24:56 EST, you write:

<<

What about the fact that you not even supposed to have sex for at least 6

weeks after giving birth?

Cory >>

Well.....some people do not follow these recocmendations! I didn't for one!

My husband left for Japan for three months when my baby was less than 6 weeks

old. I had a very easy birth and my bleeding had stopped...my midwife had

checked me and gave me the ok...so I was doing the " wild thing " long before

six weeks was done. ..otherwise I was going to have a loooong wait

*grin*...if I had gotten pregnant I would have children 10 months apart. Just

like vaccinations... " reccomendations " don't always fit with " real life " ...I

am forty years old...lost weight in my pregnancy(I never lost the fifty

pounds my 18 year old gave me) and ate TONS of good food but still had a 8 lb

4 oz healthy baby. I had a four hour labor with NO damage...I worked the day

before I gave birth and three days after the birth (with my baby right beside

me)...I could have worked the DAY I gave birth...I felt that good.

Reccomendations say vaccinate your baby...I don't ...my husband nearly died

from vaccines and my oldest had reactions...I don't follow the

reccomendations...I follow what my " gut " and research and common sense tell

me to do.

Anjin

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In a message dated 12/1/99 11:17:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,

C8743@... writes:

> < What about the fact that you not even supposed to have sex for at least 6

> weeks after giving birth? >>

>

> Huh? I think (if I remember correctly) this is related to the

episiodomy...

>

> the stitches usually come out, or it is at least checked at your 6-week

> check-up. Other than that, those of us who were not exhausted and didn't

> have epis. didn't have any *time* limit put on us --

I had a c-section and had the 6 week time limit set by my doctor.

Chelly