Breastfeeding with amenorrhea is one of the natural methods of contraception. However, this measure requires many conditions when it comes to implementation and the actual effectiveness is not high. The mother below has “broken the plan” just because she believes in contraception through breastfeeding amenorrhea.
Tieu Yen (living in Shandong, China) got married early last year. Not long after laughing, she discovered there was “good news”. Although the couple initially planned for a while to settle down before having children, when things didn’t go according to plan, both still happily accepted. In times pregnant First, Tieu Yen was pregnant with a baby boy, suffered from severe morning sickness and struggled a lot. She had to quit her job to stay at home to take care of her pregnancy. Fortunately, everything went well in the end, Tieu Yen gave birth successfully in January this year.
Tieu Yen gave birth to her first child more than 4 months ago.
As if to compensate for the difficult 9 months of pregnancy, after giving birth, Tieu Yen was quite relaxed because the good child had grandparents to help. She herself also recovered her health and physique very quickly. Because of that, just over a month after giving birth, the husband raised the issue of “closeness” again. Loving her husband had to “hold” during 9 months of pregnancy, after giving birth, she “solicited” every night, so Tieu Yen agreed.
However, when she returned to the “sex”, one problem that caused Tieu Yen’s headache was finding a method of contraception. In the past, she used to use birth control pills every day, but when she was breastfeeding, she was afraid of being affected, so she did not dare to take it. My husband is allergic to condoms, so he can’t use them. Tieu Yen confided this secret story to her best friend and received the answer: “You’re breastfeeding, if you haven’t had your period, what are you afraid of getting pregnant?”. This person also confirmed that she had comfortable sex after giving birth for 1 year without becoming pregnant. Tieu Yen heard it reasonable, got rid of worries, so the couple did not apply any method when “in love”.
Who expected when the child was 4 months old, Tieu Yen began to show signs of fatigue, or vomiting. Not only that, she also complained of feeling something strange in her stomach, sometimes with a slight pain. Afraid of any sequelae after birth, Tieu Ly immediately asked her husband to take her to the hospital for examination.
When the first child was 4 months old, Tieu Yen was 6 weeks pregnant.
The examination results made both husband and wife freeze, Tieu Yen’s face was distorted and speechless. That’s because the doctor said she was pregnant for another 6 weeks. Holding the ultrasound results in her hand, Tieu Yen still couldn’t believe she was pregnant. She wondered to the doctor why she was breastfeeding, had not had her period yet, but could be pregnant. The doctor explained that breastfeeding with amenorrhea is a true contraceptive after giving birth, but it can only be effective when done thoroughly and properly.
How effective is contraception by breastfeeding?
Breastfeeding with amenorrhea is a method of contraception that takes advantage of the natural contraceptive effect of milk (breast milk). Breastfeeding increases prolactin levels. When prolactin rises in the blood, it stops ovulation and in doing so prevents pregnancy. Women who breastfeed exclusively usually do not ovulate for at least 6 months after childbirth and continue to breastfeed for 12 months after childbirth, not returning to ovulation (thus protecting from pregnancy) during this time. this time.
The effectiveness of this method according to Kennedy (1998) reached 98% within the first 6 months of breastfeeding. Postpartum mothers should be encouraged to breastfeed immediately and to continue exclusive breastfeeding, day and night, for the first 12 months of their baby’s life. However, the natural method of breastfeeding amenorrhea does not apply to the following cases: HIV-infected mother, HBsAg-positive but the baby has not been vaccinated, breast infection; the mother is using drugs that are harmful to the baby; The mother is pregnant again but has not seen her period.
This method needs to be combined with another method of contraception when: the mother is not exclusively breastfeeding, meaning the day the mother is sick; the baby is breastfed only at night and at night, or breastfed infrequently; Mom got her period again.
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