How long does the menstrual cycle arrest to a nursing woman.

Hello attention the menstrual cycle is not stopped. The cycle continues, but the rules are absent, all the time breastfeeding until the baby does not consume any milk other than breast milk. This can last for months. Beware of unwanted pregnancies!!

You should know that during pregnancy the secretion of prolactin increases, but its action on the mammary gland is blocked by high concentrations of progesterone and estrogen, but their rapid decrease after the expulsion of the placenta triggers a rise in milk occurs after birth. maintenance of lactation is provided by sustained secretion of prolactin induced by reflex during breastfeeding. A certain proportion of women who breastfeed their babies have their ovarian cycle until interrupted weaned and this phenomenon is commonly used as a contraceptive method in certain groups. Blockage of ovarian cycle through breastfeeding is not constant.

Beware, if there are more than 6 hours between feedings ovulation is possible. There contraceptives compatible with breastfeeding.

its normally not exceed 12 weeks