LAM

LAM (Lactational Amenorrhoea Method): A post-partum method of preventing pregnancy in the short term.

LAM (Lactational Amenorrhea Method) suppresses ovulation due to breast feeding your infant. It changes the body's hormones, to trick the reproductive system into thinking you are still pregnant, so you do not release an egg.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: In all, 2952 patients (1165 laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy [LAVH], 1086 adnexal surgery, 417 laparoscopic-assisted myomectomy [LAM], 222 ectopic pregnancy surgery, and 62 other) were treated by laparoscopic ...

Some new mothers wonder if they can get pregnant while breastfeeding. Most women who breastfeed full time don't get their periods. Under LAM guidelines, you are less than 2% likely to get pregnant. (00:50)
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If you don't use birth control you can get pregnant. Breastfeeding, while it may delay ovulation in some women, is not an effective method of birth control unless you are following the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM).

cycle; noting the changes in your cervical mucus; and using the rhythm method or it's newest incarnation, the standard days method. Breastfeeding is also a very effective type of natural birth control known as the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM).

as the basal body temperature method, the cervical mucus method, and the symptothermal method. In addition, mothers of newborns can delay the return of their menstrual cycle (and thus, their fertility) by using the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM).

See also: Pregnancy, Pregnant, Education, Abortion, Sperm