Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding can serve as natural birth control during the postpartum time, but it doesn’t always work like clockwork. In the articles below, you can find more information on breastfeeding as it relates to women’s health, the risks of using hormonal birth control while breastfeeding, and how breastfeeding can pair with fertility awareness methods (FAM) or methods of Natural Family Planning (NFP) as a form of natural birth control for effective family planning.

This page was last updated on March 13, 2024.

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    Teens and sex: The kids aren’t alright—the connection between decreased teen sex and mental health 

    By Madison Ayers • October 27, 2023
    Part 1 of a Natural Womanhood series on teen sex.  “Fewer American High Schoolers Having Sex Than Ever…
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    “Why doesn’t he care?”: Talking with friends to figure out men’s role in birth control decisions

    By Alex Rico • August 31, 2023
    Why some men think they don’t have a part to play in birth control decisions
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    How to become a fertility awareness method instructor

    By Kristen Curran • April 14, 2023
    So, you’ve been charting your cycles for a while now, you’ve read every article here at Natural Womanhood,…
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    By Kristen Curran • September 30, 2022
    Finding a doctor you like can sometimes feel like entering the dating scene. You might find them online…
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    By Christina Valenzuela • July 29, 2022
    The final month of summer is upon us! And with it comes heat, travel, and disturbed schedules: how…
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    By Mary Fagan • March 31, 2022
    When Aysha, a mom from the greater Los Angeles area, gave birth to her third child last year,…
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    FAM Basics: What is the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle?

    By Taryn DeLong • March 25, 2022
    In a recent installment of our “FAM Basics” series, we discussed the hormone progesterone, the “yin” to estrogen’s…
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    By Gerard Migeon • February 17, 2022
    As reported in MEL Magazine, when William from Kentucky got a vasectomy at the age of 34, he…
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    Simple Ways to Protect Your Health and Fertility from Endocrine Disruptors

    By Hanna Cox • July 30, 2021
    One day, three years ago when I was pregnant, my eyelids started to itch. It got worse each…
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    Video: Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: a restorative approach to recovery

    By Natural Womanhood • July 25, 2020
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