Post-Marketing Study of the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM): Impact of Putting LAM in Women’s Hands

The Lactational Amenorrhea Method for family planning, based on the physiology of lactational infertility, has undergone extensive clinical study. Concern remains, among clinicians and demographers alike, that this is a behavior-based method and is therefore unreliable. This study was undertaken to observe method use under conditions that would more approximate use outside of a research setting.