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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1991 37(6):286-292; doi:10.1093/tropej/37.6.286
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Post-partum Anovulation in Nursing Mothers

H. William Taylor*, Robert E. Smith** and Steven J. Samuels***

*School of Science and Technology, New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas, NM 87701, USA
**Department of Human Physiology, University of California Davis, CA 95616, USA
***Division of Reproductive Biology and Medicine, Suber House, University of California Davis, CA 95616, USA

An analysis of breastfeeding and ovulation data from 72 nursing mothers is presented. A proportional hazards model of the data strengthens the hypothesis that a pattern of short, frequent bouts of nursing defines a risk-set of women less susceptible to post-partum ovulation than those who choose to nurse on a schedule of relatively lengthy and infrequent bouts. In contrast, no effect of maternal weight-for-height on the month-specific rate of post-partum ovulation could be detected in the study population comprised of American mothers trained in self-observation of fertility signs.


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