I know a girl who had her son 2 weeks before mine. She then had her next baby around 11 months later, so i guess she got pregnant 2 months after her first

She spoke about bf until her first was 7 months, so i'm assuming from that she was bf exclusively

The contraception protection of bf is only under specific circumstances - baby is exclusively bf, baby is less than 6 months, you've never had a period, and THE BABY DOES NOT GO LONGER THAN 4-6 HRS BETWEEN FEEDS. I have no idea if her baby was sleeping longer than this and thats how she got pregnant.

I would also suggest that you are quite sore and still healing at 6-8 weeks post birth, and it would be a lot of strain on your body. Everybody does what they are comfortable with, but i just wouldn't rush anything until you are 100% sure that is what you want, b/c once pregnant, its not something you can change.

I bf my son until 15 months, and he was sleeping longer than 6 hrs around the 6 month mark. It took until 10-11 months before my period returned anyway.

Hope that helped?