CLINICAL-STUDY OF THE LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA METHOD FOR FAMILY-PLANNING

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dc.contributor.authorPEREZ, A
dc.contributor.authorLABBOK, MH
dc.contributor.authorQUEENAN, JT
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:22:12Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:22:12Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.description.abstractThe effect of breastfeeding on fertility is well known; however, its use as a method of family planning was, until recently, untested. In 1988, the Bellagio Consensus Conference proposed guidelines that became the basis for a method of family planning called the lactational amenorrhoea method (LAM). The principle of LAM is that a woman who continues to fully or nearly fully breastfeed her infant and who remains amenorrhoeic during the first 6 months postpartum is protected from pregnancy during that time. We have assessed this method in the context of a breastfeeding support intervention study of 422 middle-class women in urban Santiago, Chile. The cumulative 6-month life-table pregnancy rate was 0.45% among women who relied on LAM as their only family planning method (1 woman pregnant in month 6). The findings indicate that LAM, with its high acceptance and efficacy, is a viable method of family planning and can safely serve as an introductory method for breastfeeding women.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.issn0140-6736
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/98988
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:A1992HP03600011
dc.issue.numero8799
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final970
dc.pagina.inicio968
dc.revistaLancet
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods05 Gender Equality
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa05 Igualdad de género
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleCLINICAL-STUDY OF THE LACTATIONAL AMENORRHEA METHOD FOR FAMILY-PLANNING
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen339
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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