Hi Tina,

Good question!!!!!
My DS was born almost 9yrs ago now (to my first DH), and because we had such a problem having him (I was told when they discovered endo when I was 9yrs old that I would prob never have children) we had planned to start TTC no 2 after I got myself together from giving birth (!!!) - We were thinking when DS was about 3 months old.
I had an emergency ceasar and caught a major infection from this surgery... and then had multiple complications afterwards for up to about a year (the surgeon didn't sew me back up correctly, etc etc) and even now I still need surgery to fix my scar....
We realistically couldn't look at trying for the next one until my body was ok again - and then shortly after that I had a lap to find out both of my tubes had been damaged from the infection - almost irrepairable - and we would need IVF for any more children.
After going through all of this, my marriage fell apart shortly after, and I ended up getting a divorce.

SO! Now that you have my life story (and you are prob thinking why did she tell me all of this???!!!) - I wanted to say that I was told, too that my body might very well correct itself and TTC no 2 may not be a problem.... Don't think I would take that risk, though!!!

If it was me, I would start ttc as soon as I felt like my body had recovered from birth (especially if you have to have a ceasar because its just that little bit slower to heal!), but everyone is different and its good to know different opinions and reasons why!!!

I am probably a little more bias about it too, because my current DH & I have been TTC our first baby together for almost 6 yrs and just haven't been lucky enough yet.

My circumstances are the extreme, though (how many doctors do you know that sew people up the wrong way), but before everything went wrong, ex DH and I were keen to try again as soon as we could.

Sorry for all of my (possibly unnecessary and self indulged) rambling, but thats my thinking!!!

Good Luck with TTC no 2 - I hope it happens without even needing to think about it

Love Holly
xxx