DS was born 6 1/2 weeks ago, c section because i stopped dilating.
So my question is that DH and I want one more baby and we wanted them back to back. But the doctor said its best to wait 6 to 8 months before trying because your body needs more time to heal than with a vaginal delivery.
Did anyone else hear this same thing? Did you listen to the doc and wait? Or did you get pregnant right away? If you got pregnant right away, did everything go smoothly?
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This doesn't mean it was a good idea. The risks are still there she just got pregnant again quickly. I'm sure her dr didn't tell her it was ok to have her lo's that coke in age.
I was told to wait 12-18 months between pregnancies. We're one & done, but even if we weren't, I'd wait as long as my doctor advised me. The risk of uterine rupture and death isn't worth having back to back babies.
we are not trying yet, but THIS. You do understand why the doc told you to wait right? Your uterus has to heal and grow back together before it starts stretching out again with a new baby.... Vag birth is completely different case.
My OB called me at 4m to let me know my blood work came back fine. She then said if you get pg before 6m it will be fine. So if you want to try now, that's okay. We did and I got pregnancy on the first cycle. My c/s were a year and 20 days apart.
No blood work can tell you how healed your c-section incision is internally, or how thin your uterus is. Good for you, that your doctor cleared you to conceive, but the OP's doctor didn't, and likely for a reason, not just because.
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<a href="http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk121/behapybride/?action=viewthis. my friend had her first in Oct 2012, and will have her second in early Nov 2013. She is 38, and had several losses and infertility, so she felt the need to have them close in age.
However? It's ROUGH on your body if you have a vaginal birth, and ever more so if you have had a c section.
No matter what your doctor says, I would personally wait until closer to the year mark.
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My doctor told me this too, or she wouldn't even consider a VBAC because there is more chance of things going wrong. I am listening to her cause she is the doctor and knows best.
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Yes, I listened to my OB's advice. If I didn't trust my dr's opinion I would find a new one. As you can see from this post there are LOTS of different opinions from OB's though. These posts make me stabby because people tend to act like their dr is the only one correct and all other dr.'s are putting their patients' lives at risk. My dr is head of OB at the hospital (not bragging or something, just saying that she is very educated and well-respected) and said that 12 months between c/s deliveries (when the first was uncomplicated) was perfectly safe in my situation, 18m for vbac. I took my dr's advice and made an educated decision to have our children close. I kind of resent the implications that I was irresponsible by "putting my life in danger" with another LO at home or however it was worded.
We ttc for 3 years the first time, I was 30, and we didn't know if we'd ever have another or how much time we'd have. So we "planned" to try and have them a year apart. We never imagined we would get pg the 1st time having sex pp with our history, but we did. I had complications during the pregnancy, but it was due to polyhydramnios (i.e. excess fluid and being as huge as a house). She gave the green light to try for a third to be due around the time my daughter is 18m+ so we did. I had a very hard pg the 2nd time. I'm not in denial that it's because the 1st and 2nd were so close, but my c/s didn't have anything to do with it. I would have been in that much pain and discomfort between vaginal births as well. My kids were huge, I'm tiny, and my body was just freaking tired of carrying so much extra weight.
ETA: and as far as uterine rupture fears- while it is obviously more common with a c/s, it is not just being pg that generally causes a rupture, it is the laboring during a VBAC. Even so it is very very low. A rupture is a catastrophic event that is extremely uncommon.
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My dr. told me to wait 6 months as well. We were planning on ttc at 6 months but as you can see we got pregnant at only 8 weeks pp. We did NOT plan it. 1 night of too much alcohol and forgetting contraceptives. Towards the end they did pay close attention to try to prevent uterine rupture but I made it to 39 weeks and my RCS. And my easiest recovery out of 3 c-sections.
I would never recommend someone plan to have children that close when c-section is needed. That being said, I love my son and give thanks for him everyday.