June 2012 Moms
PSA: Re: Birth Control after Giving Birth
Just wanted to mention in relation to the birth control post below, and maybe this is common knowledge but it wasn't for me, that you can be very fertile right after giving birth even if you are breast feeding.
It took us 9 months as well as being on Clomid to conceive the first one, and the second one we conceived the FIRST TIME, without any drugs at all, and I was breastfeeding. We wanted a second child pretty quickly (although we never thought it would be that quick!), so it is great for us, but wanted to be sure people realize this. I also now know several couples who had the same experience.
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Re: PSA: Re: Birth Control after Giving Birth
Honestly I'm kind of hoping for that, not that I really think it's a great idea to have no resting between pregnancies, but I was on my third round of IUI before getting pregnant this time. I used all of the insurance coverage for infertility at this point, so unless I get pregnant by accident I'll have a huge bill to get pregnant later.
Factor V Leiden Homozygous, Advanced Maternal Age
TTC #1, 5 yrs, PCOS, Femera + Ovidrel.
IUI#3 BFP, DD 5/31/2012
TTC #2, 2 yrs, PCOS, Femera+Ovidrel
IUI#2 BFP!
I had a similar experience. It took us over a year with #1 (we were just starting testing - had scheduled an SA) and #2 happened by chance one night during only my 2nd pp cycle. (again, we wanted two but were surprised with this one)
Also, it's not uncommon once you get your period back for your cycle to be unpredictable.
Thanks for the heads up. My friend is now pregnant with #2 even though she was on BC (the low hormone because of bfing).
I am hoping that I can get an IUD after giving birth and be covered for sometime since I really don't want to be pregnant again for at least two years.
I think people believe that if you are breastfeeding in any capacity you won't be fertile. But any professional I've talked to has said that you must be exclusively breastfeeding and be breastfeeding through the night (especially between the hours of 2am and 5am - apparently hormones are highest at that time). Any supplementation at all will make the idea totally null and void. As soon as your LO starts sleeping longer stretches, it is no longer a form of birth control. So really, it could be as early as a few weeks old.
All that being said, I have absolutely no experience with this, but I won't count on it being a form of birth control for us.
Not true. My DD slept through the night from 10 weeks on and I did not wake up to nurse or pump in the middle of the night and didn't get my first PPAF until she was 7 months old. I still temped from about the time she was 4mo old until my first PPAF arrived b/c I was scared of having 2u2 for awhile and my first three cycles were anovulatory. You do not need to nurse through the night to remain infertile from BFing, but you do need to understand that you can get pregnant before you even get AF the first time should you start ovulating again right away. You CAN chart and BF to TTA successfully if you pay attention to your body- using CM and temps together.
My DH and his brother are less than a year apart (so for about a month they are the same age, which is so weird to me lol!).
And I knew a lady whose kids are almost exactly 9 months apart. When she went for her 6 week checkup she was pregnant. I think that is pretty rare, but it can happen.
I don't think I'd be able to stop crying!
I dream of having my body back (strength wise), and the thought of jumping right back in to a 1st trimester after delivery? You would be able to hear me scream in space.
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LOL I think I'd be doing the same thing! I am definitely hoping to own my own body for at least a few months!
Factor V Leiden Homozygous, Advanced Maternal Age
TTC #1, 5 yrs, PCOS, Femera + Ovidrel.
IUI#3 BFP, DD 5/31/2012
TTC #2, 2 yrs, PCOS, Femera+Ovidrel
IUI#2 BFP!