Are you staying off BC in hopes of TTC already?

shellylovelee · December 2011

Ok, so my DS is only 7wks old but hello I'm approaching 40 (not sure what that is in weeks...). My DH and I haven't officially starting the discussion if/when we try for Baby #2. I'm certainly thinking about it alot more than he is. Wondering if anyone else is considering going straight into TTC?

HazelBee22 · December 2011

We definitely won't be. I hated being pregnant. That really sounds terrible, but it's true. Right now my plan is to wait at least 2 years before trying again, and that is with the expectation that I won't get pregnant right away.

I can see how if I enjoyed my pregnancy more I might be more tempted to have our LOs closer together in age. We'll see if I still feel the same way once I've got a few months of distance from my pregnancy and labor and have given myself time to forget.

mrsgabus · December 2011

If i ever get my period I will be on BC for a full 3 months. Once i hit the 6month mark we will be back to not trying yet trying. At year mark we will start TTC actively.

I loved being pregnant with both pregnancies. Not to mention that we actively tried for a few years to have ds2 so we figure lets do it. we also would want our third to be closer in age than the first 2.

PansyPants · December 2011

Personally, I'm absolutely not ready to start TTC. My career is in limbo because of having a baby, I'm most likely starting a job with a new company in February, my body is still sore from the stretched muscles of pregnancy, and I'm enjoying the time with just my son.

HOWEVER

I fully understand that the age of the mom plays a huge factor in child spacing and if you're ready for it then get back in bed and make a baby!

jmcdionne · December 2011

Hell no! 3 under 3 does not sound fun! IUD in place.

CandiceNT · December 2011

Nope! This store is closed. DH got the snippity snip a few weeks ago.

buskey2011 · December 2011

I have iud in place however when my ds turns one we will have iud taken out and then we wont start fertility till the following year. takes us a few years and im 35 and dh is 39 .

earlysun · December 2011

Our plan was to start trying for #2 at about six months. I'm waiting to see what my OB says about that since I had a c-section.

kineta · December 2011

I wasn't on BC in the first place when we conceived (huge surprise, but loving it!). We are not planning on TTC another until wee one is about 2.5 or 3. I really don't enjoy being pregnant, but maybe that is the nearly 39 weeks of it talking. DH and I are both fairly young though, so it's not as much of a rush for us (I am 22, DH is 30). I can totally understand wanting to try again if you are worried about being a little older...

diana563 · December 2011

maybe i am an exception, but i feel ready for another round ...

ababymaybe · December 2011

NO. I love my LO but so far I am finding the newborn stage pretty difficult (he's not a great sleeper and I'm exhausted so that's my main issue). I can't imagine doing this again but we always said we wanted two so we will see how I feel in a few more mos. I just turned 28 so no real rush.

scarlettoctober · December 2011

OMG NO! I liked being pregnant and I love my son, but I am not ready to do this again. If we do decide to have another child, it won't be until after DS turns two. I'd want to try for a VBAC, so I want my uterus to have plenty of time to heal from the c/s.

BettyBookworm · December 2011

I've never been on birth control (the pill or other means), but we are charting to avoid & using condoms.

We plan on TTC #2 in October of 2012.

thetheisens · December 2011

I'm staying off BC so that we can ttc in the future. All four kinds of bc I have been on have given me adnormal pap smears and pre cancerous cells. I'm 30 and I don't want to hurt my chances in the future for ttc. We use condoms and did for the 6 yrs before we started ttc with ds and it took us 5 months to get pregnant. Not sure when we want to start ttc, but not yet!

drcolleen · December 2011

thetheisens:
I'm staying off BC so that we can ttc in the future. All four kinds of bc I have been on have given me adnormal pap smears and pre cancerous cells. I'm 30 and I don't want to hurt my chances in the future for ttc. We use condoms and did for the 6 yrs before we started ttc with ds and it took us 5 months to get pregnant. Not sure when we want to start ttc, but not yet!

Hate to butt in but to prevent misinformation, abnormal paps and pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix are caused by HPV (which is sexually transmitted but is VERY common) not any form of contraception. Note that some abnormal paps are not pre-cancerous though, but that is separate. Not that I am implying anyone should use contraception, just clarifying the facts.

kagl08 · December 2011

jmcdionne:
Hell no! 3 under 3 does not sound fun! IUD in place.

This!! We are DONE! I had the Mirena placed 4 weeks ago. I have no intention I ever being pregnant again... However, I will say that having 2u2 (almost 2u1) is extremely fun! We started TTC when DD was 4 months old and thankfully it happened right away.

MNCP · December 2011

Yes! I too am approaching 40 and we just had our first DD. I want at least 1 more LO so we need to get working on TTC.

robynlynn83 · December 2011

Errrr no. We just had #4 in six years (all c-section). I fully intend on hearing my Dr tell me that it is a health risk to have any more kids when I go in for my 6 week PP check up. We have not yet decided what we will do to prevent pregnancy though as neither of us are comfortable with a permanent fix.

andthatmakes4 · December 2011

Almost all types of BC make me crazy hormonal for a couple of months so we decided not to get on any since we'd like to start trying when DD is around 6 months old. I might wait longer but I want to have a few more and I'm almost 33 now. However, I haven't had my period yet and I quit BF 3 weeks ago. I would like to get my period back so that I can feel slightly more in control of this situation.

thetheisens · December 2011

drcolleen:

thetheisens:
I'm staying off BC so that we can ttc in the future. All four kinds of bc I have been on have given me adnormal pap smears and pre cancerous cells. I'm 30 and I don't want to hurt my chances in the future for ttc. We use condoms and did for the 6 yrs before we started ttc with ds and it took us 5 months to get pregnant. Not sure when we want to start ttc, but not yet!

Hate to butt in but to prevent misinformation, abnormal paps and pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix are caused by HPV (which is sexually transmitted but is VERY common) not any form of contraception. Note that some abnormal paps are not pre-cancerous though, but that is separate. Not that I am implying anyone should use contraception, just clarifying the facts.

I've never had HPV. The only time I had abnormal paps was when I was on bc. I haven't had problems since discontinuing bc.

Mrs. Alice · December 2011

I am in no rush to have another any time soon, but I can see the OP's reason to. My pregnancy sucked for the most part and I would love to experience a normal low risk hopefully full term pregnancy one of these days.