conception question

[golden_dawn_athena]

MM all. I recently had a baby and all which is absolutely great! But now, me and my guy, are scared of the chances involving how soon I will be able to get pregnant again. I read somewhere (just don't remember where) that you can get pregnant again before you start your period again. Is that true? I'm not saying that we want another child that soon, that just seemed very odd to the both of us. I just wondered what the chances are of that really being true.

[Yvonne Belisle]

Yes it is true there are plenty of kids born 9 months apart. If you don't want another one quite so soon you will need to use some means of preventing it.

[Faery-Wings]

Yes, you can get pg that soon. Seems biologically unfair too, doesn't it? Breastfeeding can inhibit the releasing of an egg but it is definitely not foolproof either. And getting pg that soon after really puts a large strain on the mother's body. And I do know of a few ladies this has happened too. Quite a shock to go to your 6 week postpartum visit and find out you are pg again. I'd faint dead away.:o

Like Yvonne said, make sure you use something. And more power to you to even be in a position where you have to think of it. I wasn't "ready" for anything before that point! :T

[Dextra]

Yep, it's VERY possible to get pregnant post-partum. I'm what my mom calls a "Fertile Myrtle", so the day after my twins were born, I was put on the Depo-Provera shot. Actually, I was supposed to have had a tubal ligation done before I was stitched up (C-section), but the docs FORGOT to do it! There is however, a very good excuse for this:

My twins were in the same embriotic sac (sp?), so I was told early on that there was a risk of the umbilical cords becoming tangled, and they tried to keep an eye on that, since it could ave restricted the growth of, or even killed, one of the babies. However, when they were born, the docs were shocked when they delivered the cords and found that they were in a big ball of twists and knots! One doc told me that there shouldn't have been any chance of them making it, that I would have normally miscarried before 5 months into the pregnancy. He just said, "Those babies must have angels watching over them!" I just smiled and fiddled with my goddess pendant and said, "Yeah, something like that..." :D

I was told that I could have the tubal done before I left the hospital, but it would have involved another incision. I was in so much pain, I decided against it. It's bad enough that my stomach smiles back up at me every morning, I didn't need anything else! :rotfl:

[golden_dawn_athena]

Thanks you guys. Me and my finance` were so scared... not that we didn't use protection or anything... we just sort of got started with nothing and then he was like "Wait!" So I hope that decreases my odds since nothing happened without protection provided. I guess it happens to us all once in a blue moon, we get so caught up with our lover that at first we forget about everything....

[Yvonne Belisle]

Remember that sperm isn't only released during climax but that some is in the fluids before that point so while it decreases the odds it doesn't eliminate them since it just takes one to make you pregnant. There have been cases where girls who were only heavy petting getting pregnant with hymens intact! I bet they were surprised. It is best to use some means of prevention.

You may want to keep something hidden and handy in any likely areas for you to be playing about in. :) Good luck.

[Willow_Raindancer]

You should do everything you can NOT to get pregnant again. It takes your body well over a year to recover from birth. If you want any future babies to be healthy, it's best to start with a healthy mommy! Most early second pregnancies end up just fine, by why risk it when neither of you really want it anyway!
JMHO;)

[Tiana_Ecarias]

It is possible, so be careful, talk to your doctor about birthcontrol, (which I did)

Or other options that you can use. I was told you weren't suppose to have sex for 4-6 weeks after the kid was born anyways, but there was a reason for it, but I can't remember the term.

Tiana_Ecarias