Can a woman get pregnant while breast-feeding?
In the first six months after giving birth to a child, a
breast-feeding woman is protected from getting
pregnant to a large extent. However, that requires that
the woman breast-feeds the child intensively (the child
suckles frequently and receives breast ilk only) and
that her menstrual cycle has not yet started again.
If a woman starts to menstruate again or if the child
receives any food other than breast milk, the woman
can get pregnant again.
She is therefore advised to use
family planing in order to avoid having another
too soon.
