Infant feeding and lactational amenorrhea in Sagamu, Nigeria.
Afr J Reprod Health
; 6(2): 39-50, 2002 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-12484341
ABSTRACT
Five hundred and twenty educated, breastfeeding women in Sagamu, Nigeria, were observed prospectively in order to describe their infant feeding practices and to determine whether any predictors of the return of menses could be identified. The women remained amenorrheic for seven months. Compared with similarly selected women in other countries, they regularly fed their infants with supplements from a very early age, yet breastfeeding frequency and duration did not decline dramatically. Semi-solid food was introduced at about four months and such supplementation, as well as earlier supplementation with milk/milk-based feedings, was associated with the return of menses. The median duration of abstinence was about four months but the mean may have been much longer. No woman became pregnant until her infant was weaned.
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Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Abstinência Sexual
/
Aleitamento Materno
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Lactação
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Amenorreia
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Ciclo Menstrual
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Afr J Reprod Health
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA REPRODUTIVA
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Nigéria