Thursday, July 2, 2009

Getting Pregnant While Breastfeeding

Author: Abhishek Agarwal

Most of the people are aware of the gap they want between their children. Some people prefer to have some distance and space in developmental stages while others want to complete their family quickly and do not have that much time. Although there is no wrong or right way of planning a family but you should consider some facts about your pregnancy if you are on breastfeeding.

Women should be aware of all the challenges that she would have to face to deal with pregnancy when she is lactating. You would be happy to know that once your baby is of six months old you can easily get pregnant while breastfeeding. When the baby is very young most of the breastfeeding moms do not have periods or ovulate for quite some time. It is improbable to get pregnant while breastfeeding while all these functions are inactive.

Different breastfeeding woman have different consequences, in some cases woman resume their periods withing three months of pregnancy while others wait for an year.

It would be wise to work on some numbers to understand the difficulties that woman would have to face if she gets pregnant while breastfeeding. High level of hormone prolactin is produced when a woman does breastfeeding. Suppressed ovulation is the resulf of this hormone prolactin which reduces the chances of pregnancy to 2 or 3 percent. Although it is an obvious challenge but a non-lactating woman has around 20 percent chances to begin. The fertility of a woman has 6% pregnancy chance once the baby grows to the age of six months.

You can try some of the methods to aid these difficulties of pregnancy while breastfeeding. But this method is based upon the toddlers and babies. The basis of this method is that very young infants depends upon the breastfeed for their nutrition and therefore it should not be limited. But for a baby of an appropriate age, several other solid foods can be introduced in his or her diet to supplement less breastfeed. This way, you would produce less level of prolactin in your body resulting in decreasing the problems of pregnancy. The best way is to stretch the time gap between feedings both during day and night. This would help you to overcome this problem but timing is the key to this method.

You can get pregnant while breastfeeding once your menstruation begins as it would chart your menstruation begins regularly. You can refer to various calendars, kits or charts available to assist you in understanding days for conception. For a breastfeeding woman, it is very important to undestand that the ovulation is unpredictable.

It is very important to create your family the way you and your partner desires. However, it is advised to be patient if you get pregnant while breastfeeding.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/pregnancy-articles/getting-pregnant-while-breastfeeding-tips-to-deal-with-its--challenges--753527.html

About the Author:
Abhishek has got some great Pregnancy And Childbirth Secrets up his sleeves! Download his FREE 77 Pages Ebook, "Understanding Pregnancy!" from his website http://www.Childbirth-Guru.com/774/index.htm . Only limited Free Copies available.

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