I have a chronic illness and have had 3 babies. I don't do pregnancy well, however my medical condition does improve during pregnancy, particularly when I am sick with morning sickness (you win some, you lose some!) None of my pregnancies were planned, and I don't know if I would consciously plan one, but I am happy they happened.

Post birth, my illness flared majorly and this lasted for about a month. I was fortunate to have a partner who could take time off, because I couldn't have coped with toddler and baby for the first few weeks.

My youngest recently weaned, and I had had over 6 years of pregnancy and breastfeeding. My illness flared again spectacularly and this lasted a couple of months. This was scary because I didn't know how long it would go for. Although we are not planning any more kids I would be pretty scared to do it again because I don't know if my body would cope with another cycle of hormonal ups and downs.