Is it possible to pregnant so soon after having a baby

[Milo]

Hi girls
I am just really curious to know something.
I had a baby boy in June of this year - It was pretty much a text book birth , i only got a small graze. We have been DTD since we had him & we are wanting to have our babies fairly close together in age. I have had my post natal check & everything is fine "down there" so to speak.
We havent exactly been careful & if we did fall pregnant again we'd be pretty happy.

My question is , is it posisble to fall pregnant so soon after having your baby

Has anyone fallen pregnant so soon after their birth ?

Thanks girls

[Liz]

It is possible to fall pregnant straight away, but usually if you're breastfeeding you wouldn't be ovulating yet.. but there's always exceptions!

[Kitt3n]

Sure is Milo.

A friend of mine had her second baby and only 3 months later, (after DTD ONCE in that time!!) found out she was 6 weeks pregnant with number 3.

They are all healthy and happy.

HTH!

[*Efjay*]

Yep, I know someone with 4 girls under 4. She was BFing & on the pill with all of them. Mother nature obviously had other plans.

[Liz]

Holy cow FJ! LOL. Did she keep breastfeeding them? That's the only thing that worried me about falling pg too early, it could interfere with the breastfeeding.

[Mummatotwo!]

what and eager beaver lol! good for you!!!

My cousin fell pregnant 6 weeks YES 6 weeks after giving birth

[*Efjay*]

I don't think she did, but not because of being pregnant I think it she would have weaned fairly earlier anyway.

Pregnancy can interfer with BFing but you can feed through it. I have/am

[Liz]

Yep. I fed through my pg too But he was over 12 months, so i didn't worry that my milk was changing with the pregnancy.

[youngmumof3]

yes it is my mum had my sister then went back for her 6 week check and was 4 weeks pregnant already

[Salsa]

For sure!!!!
The amount of people I know who have only 10mths or so between them and their sibling means its very possible.

I have heard that although breastfeeding is a natural contraception, it really only works really efficiently if you feed 100% and have a regular pattern for feeds. As soon as baby misses a feed (could for some people even be just the one bottle - i think even if it was from expressed milk) can interupt the way your body is reading the signals and it can start to prepare itself for thinking you should be fertile again!!!

...i think this is where many of those mums in the 60s and 70s slipped up - not knowing that. They were simply told if they BF they couldnt get preg!!


Also my midwife told me that after your first baby often people find they their body has increased fertility - like it knows what to do now. But not sure how true that is - took us yrs to get preg again.

[visitor1]

Sure can...DD2 was a very much planned baby...i fell pregnant 5 weeks after giving birth to DD1.

So there is less then 11 months between #1 and #2

[mbear]

My mum conceived 6 weeks after having me. There is 10 months b/w me and my sister.....she wasnt breastfeeding, i think that has a lot to do with it too....

[Milo]

Thanks to all of you who responded.
Looks like the chances could be a slight yes that we could be pregnant again - I wouldnt mind at all. I had a great birth , but thats not to say that I will have an easy 2nd pregnancy when it happens
Id be happy if we were , so would my husband
If not , we will be trying for Number 2 by the end of the year
When it happens , It happens I guess

Thanks again