thread: How soon after giving birth can you concieve?

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Feb 2006
    NSW Central Coast
    5,301

    I would think as soon as your lochia finishes?? Don't know for sure though!

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Jan 2007
    Sydney
    908

    With or without breastfeeding?

  3. #3
    Registered User

    May 2009
    Sydney
    191

    ok, time for more info.
    am breastfeeding but for first three weeks supplemented with formula due to breast pain and have been expressing a few times a week at least to, to have extra on hand for when i need a break.
    lochia stopped quite early (don't exactly remember when) but was not very heavy at all after first week.
    i don't exactly remember when we DTD after this (have fuzz brain still)
    anyway the last day or so i have felt like i might be pregnant, no symtoms except nausea (which I used to get when breastfeeding DD1) just have 'that' feeling.

  4. #4
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Feb 2006
    South Eastern Suburbs, Vic
    6,054

    It's not impossible, though unlikely. Do you think it's late enough to do a test? Your body can feel pretty crazy after birth though, as your uterus and the rest of your body continue to go back into shape.

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Oct 2006
    Adelaide, SA
    3,962

    Hmm, I would suggest a pregnancy test to put your mind at ease.
    A friend of mine conceived 6 weeks after birth... so it can happen!

  6. #6
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    Jan 2007
    where cosmopolitans and margaritas flow all night
    2,794

    My nanna conceived 6 weeks after giving birth, as did my BIL's ex partner.

  7. #7
    Registered User

    May 2009
    Sydney
    191

    Think I will get a test to be sure...was just curious to hear others experiences.
    Am a bit scared DH says he doesn't want any more babies.

  8. #8
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    May 2005
    in the national capital
    1,682

    I have a friend who is only 10 months younger than her brother. So yeah - it can happen.

    I woudl say do a test and put your mind at ease either way.

  9. #9
    Registered User

    Feb 2006
    Newcastle, NSW
    4,219

    My BF conceived her 2nd baby 4 weeks after birthing her first child. They're so close in age that it gets confusing for them as they're the same age for a whole month and they look like twins rather than regular siblings. My friend also didn't realise she was pregnant until she was 4 months as she was breast feeding and she has PCOS so she put her lack of AF down to those.

    All the best organicem