title: Breast-feeding and return to fertility:  clinical evidence from Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand.
abstract: The author reports on studies of the relationship between breast-feeding and fertility in Pakistan, the Philippines, and Thailand.  "The accumulated evidence suggests that during the first six months of unsupplemented breast-feeding, if the mother remains amenorrheic, then the breast-feeding stimulus is usually sufficient to postpone the recovery of fertility.  Breast-feeding frequency alone is not a useful measure of the breast-feeding stimulus in terms of its ability to predict the return of menses or ovulation."
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000568:Amenorrhea; D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001695:Biology; D001942:Breast Feeding; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003267:Contraception; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D003933:Diagnosis; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005298:Fertility; D006262:Health; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007774:Lactation; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008598:Menstruation; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010060:Ovulation; D010061:Ovulation Detection; D010154:Pakistan; D010679:Philippines; D010827:Physiology; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012098:Reproduction; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D013785:Thailand; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Asia; Biology; Breast Feeding; Clinical Research; Comparative Studies; Contraception; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Examinations And Diagnoses; Family Planning; Fecundity--determinants; Fertility; Fertility--determinants; Health; Infant Nutrition; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Laboratory Procedures; Lactation; Longitudinal Studies; Maternal Physiology; Menstruation; Nutrition; Ovulation; Ovulation Detection; Pakistan; Philippines; Physiology; Population; Population Dynamics; Postpartum Amenorrhea; Postpartum Women; Prospective Studies; Puerperium; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Research Proposal; Southeastern Asia; Southern Asia; Studies; Thailand; Time Factors