June 2011 Moms
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How soon are you planning your next LO?
I have seen a few posts with ladies stating that they plan to be pregnant again next year. Me personally, I'm planning to wait about 3 years.
Are any of you planning to be pregnant next year? If so, what are your reasons for doing it so soon?
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Re: How soon are you planning your next LO?
This exactly
ETA: However, I have a feeling it won't be that long.
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Well with this pregnancy we hadnt planned on trying until DS was 2...but its cool they will be just under 2 years part.
If we do decide we want a third child (and I think we do) it will be at least 3 years.
I am treating this like my only pregnancy, but if I try to get pregnant again, it will probably have to be soon, and maybe in the next year. I'm 33 now, for one thing, and I've had fibroid removal surgery twice now. My doctor says they can't keep operating on my uterus (understandable), so I'm just going to have to see what shape I'm in when this pregnancy is over. Sometimes I get kind of bummed about it, because I'm an only child and I don't necessarily want that for my kid, and then I remember how lucky I am to be pregnant this time and I just try to focus on that.
I think we plan to have them be about 1 1/2 years apart...so I'll be pregnant sooner than later.
Reasons: I think it's nice to have them close in age. MH is gonna be 36 this month and I think he wants to have them before he's "too old" - if next one is a girl too, he's gonna want to try one more time for a boy.
BFP#1: 01/10, M/C 6w
BFP#2: 06/10, M/C 5w
BFP#3: 09/10, DS born June 1, 2011
BFP#4: 07/12, M/C 5w3d
BFP#5: 12/12, EDD 08/18/13
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This except I don't think we will continue after 2 but we will see. I think we will wait a year after LO is born then start looking into the fostering and adoption process and see where that takes us.
I am already 32 and my cutoff is 35 or 36, so we will probably only manage to have one more, maybe in the fall of 2013 - so these two would be 2.25 years apart. I would love to have a third, but daycare in this area is around $1500 per month so sadly, cost will have to factor in.
I am 11 years older than my brother and we have a great relationship so I am not as concerned about how close in age they are.
I am 32 and I do not want to have anymore after I turn 35. We may try for another one in the fall of 2012 so I will be 34. We want our children close in age by about 2 yrs. DH and his sister are 10 yrs apart (and not close at all) and my youngest brother and I are 3 yrs apart.(My brothers and I are very close). Because of expenses we are only planning on two children for now.
Most likely not for 4-5 years if we have another one at all. We actually never planned to have kids at all, this one was a happy surprise.
Maybe we'll change our minds once she's here. Who knows. *shrug*
In the event that I don't get my VBAC, I am probably going to be having my remaining fallopian tube "tied." (I know they have a way to do it where it's reversable... clamps, I do believe.) That way, if we do decide we want 3 after all, we can take the option... but for now, I think we're happy with two.
I've been pregnant at some point every year for the last 4 years, 5 technically,... I had an ectopic pregnancy (which ruptured and was removed) on June 1st, 2007.... I got pregnant and had DS in 2008.... I had a very rough, painful miscarriage on June 1st 2009, (yes, you see that right...same day, two years apart.) And then we got blessed with this pregnancy in late 2010...
My body has taken some hard knocks, and my history of recovery after MC or even birth isn't that great. We may even look into adoption if we decide we really want a 3rd... we don't want me potentially killing or risking myself just to have more kids. We'd like to keep me around for the ones we have.
We feel blessed as it is.
If we are blessed with another pregnancy at any point, we will be extremely excited! We are not going to use BC of any kind. If TTC naturally does not work for us again, we still have two frozen embryos that we will try, most likely within a year. We're also open to more rounds of IVF if needed.
Currently up for debate. Our original plan was around LO's first birthday. We are thinking we may start trying a little sooner and shoot for about 15-17 months apart.
We figure we will see how things go. If we decide we want more than 2 babies, we may space them out a little bit to give my body a little me time...We shall see tho...Right now if we stick with two, we will probably begin trying after the first of the year
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The plan right now is to start trying around November/December 2012. I'll be 36 years old by then, but we want our kids to be at least 2 years apart.
Only like 6 weeks I think.
This is our 1st but we would definitely like at least one other close in age. I am thinking no earlier than 2yrs but no later than 3-4 yrs so I will not be over the age of 35.
Also, there was a study out earlier this year about spacing of children & autism rates. There was a higher incidence if a subsequent child was conceived within 2yrs of the prior child. Our family planning won't be done around this research but it is something to think about.
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/peds.2010-2371v1
I am going to ask my doctor what she thinks. I have read and heard it is NOT good for your body to get pregnant so soon after you have a baby. Plus, it can slow down your milk production. I would rather wait for my baby to be weaned completely and my body to heal for a year before I even think about getting pregnant.
I'll ask my doctor at the next appointment what she advises. I'm 33 and will be 34 in September. Most likely I'll be at least 35 when I get pregnant again (if I am so blessed to be that lucky!).