How did you know? (ready for #2)

it'sbabytime · October 2011

Hi girls, those that are trying for #2 and recently had #1, how did you know you were ready to try again?

I know we want another at some point and considering our struggles and the years it took to have DS, I'm wondering when we should start trying again. I'm by no means ready (LOL) but wonder at what point will I "feel" ready. I want our LO's to be somewhat close in age but not necessarily back to back.

Since we will most likely have to go back to RE for #2 (unless I somehow get pg on my own out of the blue) I wonder if I will get pg right away (since every IUI has resulted in a BFP) or if it will take a while.

How did you know you were ready to start again? also, was it "easier" to go through IF treatment again because you already had your LO?

JenCW · October 2011

Ours are spread apart pretty far (6 years). As you can see it took us a while to be "ready", so my experience here probably doesn't help you much since you want yours closer together.

I can answer the second part, though. It was much easier on us the second time around. We knew a lot more, had a better understanding of what to expect, and were more directed with the treatment because we had previous experience. The only thing that was a bit harder was that we were in a new city so we were with a new RE, but that wasn't a major issue.

dulcinea03 · October 2011

I can't really say as my girls are 20 months and I'm not feeling the baby bug. At.all.

I do know that most RE's require you to be done breastfeeding before starting treatments, and if you had a c/s, many have a certain # of months they want you to heal before beginning treatment.

staycee · October 2011

we tried for 20 cycles to get pg with #1.

around when she was 8mo old I called the RE to get an appt. 10mo old DH and I had all our testing redone (bloodwork, SA, HSG, etc..). Around the time she was 11mo old we had a BFP (while waiting for CD1 to come to start into IUI cycles again)

schoolsoutbride · October 2011

I was ready to TTC when DS STTN consistently (little before 2!)

mmcarlson1 · October 2011

It took us 2.5 years to get pg with E. I wanted to start trying when E was 2, but DH wasn't quite ready. We are now on cycle 2 of trying on our own. I don't really know when I knew I was ready. I guess once E got to an easier stage and could start talking and understand us better, I knew I was ready to tackle another one. I am crossing my fingers that we get pg on our own, but who knows if that will happen. Only time will tell.

laura1 · October 2011

I was told by my RE to "hurry back" if I wanted another. DOR runs in my family, even though I personally didn't have that diagnosis at the time. So I weaned my DS at 6.5 months (partly to TTC again, partly because I was DONE) and made an appt with my RE. A month later, I was still waiting for AF, so I took a test and BFP. It was a little earlier than I was thinking, but we were happy!

This time, when DD turned a year old, I felt like I wanted to TTC again - for similar reasons. Also that I didn't want to go back to a baby stage - I am still in it!

Good luck!

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