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Actual use of the lactational amenorrhoea method
G Romero-Gutiérrez1, N Vaca-Ortiz, A L Ponce-Ponce de León
1Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Leon, Guanajuato, México. gustavo.romerog@imss.gob.mx
Objective:
The lactational amenorrhoea method (LAM) is an effective contraceptive option in developing countries. Post-partum, of the women who accept to apply LAM, many never do. Our aim was to determine the actual use of LAM.
Methods:
A group of 326 post-partum women who accepted LAM use were recruited. After 6 months, they were asked if they actually had applied the method or not. In a logistic regression analysis, nine socio-demographic and clinical variables were studied as predictors of actual LAM use. An alpha level was set at 0.05.
Results:
Overall, of the 326 women, only 61 (18.7%) actually applied LAM. The mean duration of LAM use was 4.3 +/- 0.2 months. The main reason for not applying LAM was that women thought the method was ineffective (66.0%). The variable time of menses resumption emerged as a predictor of LAM use (p = 0.001).
Conclusions:
Despite post-partum acceptance, most women did not actually apply LAM. In our setting as well as in other developing countries, regular contacts with a health care provider could improve LAM use.
