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Research Article: Effectiveness of Lactational Amenorrhea Method in Ethiopia: A Multi-Center Prospective Cohort Study

Date Published: 2023-09-04

Abstract:
The lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) is a contraceptive method where the mother is informed and supported about how to use breastfeeding for contraception. Although breast feeding has been used as a natural family planning method for centuries, its scientific support came in , when a group of global interdisciplinary lactational infertility experts met in Bellagio, Italy, and introduced the Bellagio Consensus on lactational infertility. Although not based on a systematic review, the second conference at Bellagio in confirmed the first Bellagio lactational infertility consensus that women choosing and using LAM had a six-month life table pregnancy rate of less than % and named it the “Bellagio consensus”, which was bolstered by the promotion of appropriate breastfeeding practices. According to this consensus, the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) can be effective up to % in the first months if the women remain amenorrhoeic and exclusively breastfeed, after reviewing thirteen prospective studies in both developed and developing countries supporting the consensus., Several studies on the effectiveness of LAM have been published since this international consensus statement, known as the Bellagio Consensus.,,–

Introduction:
The lactational amenorrhea method (LAM) is a contraceptive method where the mother is informed and supported about how to use breastfeeding for contraception. Although breast feeding has been used as a natural family planning method for centuries, its scientific support came in , when a group of global interdisciplinary lactational infertility experts met in Bellagio, Italy, and introduced the Bellagio Consensus on lactational infertility. Although not based on a systematic review, the second conference at…

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