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Dr.'s reaction to your pregnancy
Let me preface this by saying that I like my doctor and I plan to stay with her. She is the best doctor in the practice(physician of the year, etc.) and she hardly takes any new patients.
How did your doctor react to know you were pregnant with a 2nd(3rd) less than a year after you gave birth. When I asked her if there were risks with them being so close, she said the usual "Well we like you to have at least 1 year between pregnancies, but......" Then she kind of gave me a look like, but oh well you're here now. Kind of made me feel a little awkward.
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Re: Dr.'s reaction to your pregnancy
I asked my doctor at my 6 week pp appointment what she thought about me getting pregnant right away. She was supportive. I am (was) healthy and had a trouble free pregnancy and delivery. She said that generally they like to see 'x' amount of time between pregnancies, but given my age (38 at the time) if it was her, she'd do the same thing.
My kids are 18 months apart.
Mine said "So I guess you didn't take the birth control pills I gave you" jokingly. It was funny.
Last year, we asked her how close she would suggest having children. She said wait at least 6 months before getting pregnant. DS was a rough newborn so we were planning to wait a couple of years before #2. I guess fate had other plans : )
My doctor's office was actually not surprised at all. I expected them to make some comment, but they never did. I guess it is pretty common to them.
He did assume that I was going to have a bunch of kids though, just because I had two so close together. He was surprised in the operating room when he was closing me up when I told him that was the last time he would be seeing me like that.
DS 3.12.08
DD 7.11.09
DD 8.01.13
Very happy for us!
At my 6 week pp appt he knew we wanted ours close. I can no longer take hormonal BC so when I couldn't get back on the pill he even said "well, if you get pg soon I'm sure you'll be okay with it" Well, it was no surprise to either of us b/c even w/out taking BC we still couldn't "accidently" get pg.
My OB and my RE cleared me to TTC again right away due to my age and my sucky IF diagnosis.
When I walked in to see my OB he gave me a HUGE hug grinning ear to ear.
AND.... my first was a section.
Your OB may be an awesome doctor but her bed side manner needs a touch up.
Total score: 6 pregnancies, 5 losses, 2 amazing blessings that I'm thankful for every single day.
My doctor and his staff were all super excited (I got pregnant 8 months after having DS). ?I'd had two miscarriages prior to DS, so I think they were extra happy for us for this reason.
At my first post-partum check up (3 weeks after my c/s) my OB actually said he recommends c/s births closer together because there's a lot of new research showing that's actually healthier than a long wait between c/s.?
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012