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Question
I have a question about using breastfeeding as a natural spacing of children. I heard that the hormones in our food may interfere with the effect that breastfeeding has on ovulation. Is it true?
Maria
Answer
Dear Maria,
We don't know of a link between hormones in food and an early return to fertility during breastfeeding. The frequency of a baby's suckling is the greatest determing factor in the length of breastfeeding amenorrhea. We would recommend Sheila Kippley's Breastfeeding and Natural Spacing as an excellent guide, with special attention given to her Seven Standards of Ecological Breastfeeding.
Andrea and Ron Gronsky
This question was answered by Ron and Andrea Gronsky, a certified teaching couple for the Couple to Couple League, and members of CANFP.
They have been teaching the Sympto-Thermal Method of natural family planning in the San Francisco Bay Area for 16 years.
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