When to have another?

MattsonMommy

My daughter is now 3 months old, gave birth via c section. And hubby and I are wanting to have another one fairly soon, so they can grow up together and so we can be done. We were thinking about waiting till baby is 6months to a year old. It took us a year to get pregnant the first time.

Mama-Bear

I'm 29, I've had 1 vaginal birth and 2 scheduled c/s.  I asked my OB and he said 12m (he won't do a VBA2C).

MattsonMommy

I'm 30 years old and would like to have my next one before 35 for sure. With the issues I did have, I'm not going to be able to do a VBAC.I do however want to have a csection birth plan, nothing really went according to plan which I know is normal. But the csection happened late at night she was born at 9:31pm and everyone who was there all day wanted to see her before visitation hours were finished. So I didn't get to see her as much as I wanted to, before the nurses took her to the nursery to run all the test on her. And I had what they referred to as a hot spot, and no matter how much on the epi I had I could feel a great deal.

magdalina.h

I was told to wait 6 months. What did your OB advise?

EmR22

I was pregnant about 1 year after my c section and had no problems with pregnancy, incision pain, or a RCS. But I would talk to your OB because while there may be general guidelines it is best for them to recommend based on how well and how fast you personally healed. 

rockyrollgirl

We are choosing to wait at least a year for many reasons. This is a question you should really ask your doctor.

biblionerd

Ask your OB for their advice. My OB also said it depends on how your ute looked/cs was the first time. I trust my OB with my life and she said 12 months between the actual deliveries would be fine for me and is what she advises most of her c/s. I ended up having a very hard pg the 2nd time around, but it was due mostly to polyhydramnios and getting huge and not to having the c/s so close. She would not do a vbac before 18 months between deliveries, but I was not a candidate regardless. This time she advised about 2 years between deliveries. 

Schell2013

We also want our children close in age, however I really want a VBAC next time so I have to wait at least a year to get pregnant or that is out the window. If you aren't planning a VBAC I was told by my doctor that I needed to wait 3 months at least but at least 6 is better.

Lovehavinggirls

I was told 12 months and we got pregnant again when dd was 17 months.

mysticl

I was told I needed at least 18 months between deliveries.  LO is just now 9 months old so we could start trying but I'm not sure I'm ready to be pregnant again. I also don't want to risk losing my milk supply which can happen in pregnancy.

behapy2day

My OB told me to wait 6 months to a year. I'm 27 and had planned on waiting a year regardless. 

camdensmom32

My OB told me to wait 6 months to a year to try again.