Breast Feeding and Birth Control
For those who believe in natural cures, breast feeding and birth control provides good news. There is a proven correlation between these two factors. For at least the first six months, breastfeeding can ensure that there is no pregnancy for at least the first six months.
Breast Feeding and Birth Control – There Are Other Benefits as Well
Breastfeeding is one of the best gifts you can give your baby. There is nothing more nutritious than milk for an infant. The first milk produced, known as colostrums, boosts the immune system of the baby against most common diseases. Babies who have been deprived of colostrums were found in many cases to be weaker and slower to develop.
Nature provides respite to the woman who breastfeeds by ensuring that the next baby does not come before the present baby is grown up enough. However, in order to have the Nature help you, you should accept and follow her rules, i.e. the baby should be breastfed. While breast feeding, the body gets the message that this is not the time to ovulate and hence, you do not become pregnant.
Breast feeding and birth control is most efficient when the baby is properly and regularly breastfed. This means that the baby will be fed every three to four hours and for its full capacity. In this way, you would signal your body that you are ‘occupied’ with the present infant and this is not the right time for another one.
Breast feeding and birth control will reduce in effectiveness significantly, as soon as the baby is weaned with other foods and starts depending on breastfeeding less. The body takes this as a signal to move on and restarts the ovulation circle. Hence, making it possible for the woman to become pregnant again. You should be very careful, once you start weaning your baby – which more or less will coincide with the completion of the baby’s sixth month.
Breast feeding and birth control is Nature’s way to ensure that babies have a chance to survive and the mother has the strength to feed them while recovering her own health. You should be careful though, after the baby starts feeding on other foods and reduces milk intake, the mother should take a breastfeeding-safe contraceptive to prevent unwanted pregnancy.
To be safe, as soon as the baby turns four months, you should consult your doctor so he/she can advice you on the best course of action.