In a message dated 1/11/2006 11:38:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

could  have sworn that back in anthropology 101 they taught us that 
extended  breastfeeding was used to make a woman less likely to get pregnant, 
not  that it stopped menstruation.




The two kind of go together, don't they?  However, when I was  researching 
various "behind closed doors" topics, I found that breast feeding  does delay 
onset of the cycle, and hence the possibility of  pregnancy.  Women were aware 
of this and sometimes used breast feeding  deliberately to delay pregnancy. 
However, my sources said that how  breast feeding delays onset of the cycle is 
not perfectly understood.
 
Ann Wass
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