Providing the Lactational Amenorrhea Method

When to Start

Woman's situation	When to start
Within 6 months after childbirth	Start breastfeeding immediately (within one hour) or as soon as possible after the baby is born. In the first few days after childbirth, the yellowish fluid produced by the mother's breasts (colostrum) contains substances very important to the baby's health. Any time if she has been fully or nearly breastfeeding her baby since birth and her monthly bleeding has not returned.

Woman breastfeeding child after giving birth