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You can help to improve the health of women and prevent their babies from having low birthweights by encouraging family planning.Exclusive breastfeeding (see Topic 6) is one contraceptive method (although not a totally secure one).A woman is unlikely to become pregnant if:

she has not restarted her menstrual periods and;
the baby is less than six months old and;
the baby breastfeeds exclusively (has nothing else to eat or drink or suck).

You can help to improve the health of women and prevent their babies from having low birthweights by encouraging family planning. Advise parents to:

wait at least two to three years between pregnancies;
not have a baby when the woman is too young (e.g. under 18 years) or too

old;
wait at least six months between ending breastfeeding and becoming preg-

nant again. This gives time for women to ‘fill up’ their body stores of fat, iron

and other nutrients and become strong again.

Exclusive breastfeeding (see Topic 6) is one contraceptive method (although not a totally secure one). A woman is unlikely to become pregnant if:

she has not restarted her menstrual periods and;
the baby is less than six months old and;
the baby breastfeeds exclusively (has nothing else to eat or drink or suck).