It offers benefits to both the mother and her child. It provides an extremely effective way of birth regulation.
Contraceptive medication passes to the baby through breast milk.
The Billings Ovulation Method does not interfere with breastfeeding, is free from drugs and devices and alerts a couple to their returning fertility after childbirth. Returning fertility Milk production is stimulated when the baby sucks on the breast. If there is no sucking, the milk will dry up. Prolaction also has the effect of suppressing ovulation for a time. This time of infertility is variable and depends on several factors.