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Expert: Bob Kambic - 6/15/2007


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hi, I delivered on March 21 and i have not got my periods yet i would like to ask are there any chances of getting pregnant now as i am breast feeding

Answer
This depends on how you are breastfeeding. For women who fully breastfeed on demand and don't supplement, the chance of pregnancy is small for six months post partum. If you are not feeding on demand or are supplementing, fertility can return and pregnancy is then possible. Breastfeeding on demand suppresses the return of fertility.

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Bob Kambic

Expertise

Natural Family Planning, Periodic Abstinence, Rhythm, Catholic Church Method of Family Planning, Withdrawal, Condoms, Abstinence, Breast Feeding.

Experience

On the faculty of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health for 22 years.

Publications
AJOBGYN, AJPH, Fertility and Sterility, Advances in Contraception, International Family Planning Perspectives, America, etc.

Education/Credentials
Duquesne University BA, University of Pittsburgh MSH, Johns Hopkins all but dissertation for PhD (ABD). Over 50 peer review articles on these topics, advisor to Planned Parenthood and to Vatican.

Past/Present Clients
Planned Parenthood, Family Planning Clinics, Womens' Reproductive Health Clinics, The Vatican, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, WHO, USAID, programs in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, and the USA.

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