Possible 2 under 2?

Shopaholic42488 · January 2014

How close in age are some of your kiddos? I have a 6 week old. My husband and I really aren't using any protection…he is pulling out. I know that is NO form of birth control. I am actually not against being preggo again and was wondering if anyone has gone through the same thing…so close in age?

bookworm982 · January 2014

Are you breastfeeding? For 98% of women, exclusively breastfeeding is effective birth control for six months when following lam guidelines. Of course someone needs to be the 2%. That's me. We didn't prevent even after we knew lam wouldn't work for us because my cycle returned at 3.5 months. My two are 13.5 months apart as a result. This time I'm tandem nursing and my cycle returned at 7 weeks. Not fair! Thankfully we love having our kids super close in age, so it works out for us in the end.

For what it's worth, if you got pregnant right now you'd have Irish twins (two under one). There are several mom's on this board with Irish twins. Each family has to decide what is right for them.

Shopaholic42488 · January 2014

I am formula feeding.

mek20 · January 2014

I BF for a month after DS was born, but I don't think I ever established a supply so my cycle came back around 6 weeks.

My babies will be just about 13 months apart and we are really excited about how close they will be

bookworm982 · January 2014

Shopaholic42488 said:

I am formula feeding.

It sounds like you might be joining this board soon then.

It's a fun ride! I love having two so close in age, and it's been a significantly easier transition than I imagined it would be, perhaps because we were still in baby mode when #2 joined us. We are probably going to stop preventing next month because we want all of our kids spaced 2u2.

JulyMomma2U2 · January 2014

My 2 were Irish twin babies! 3 days shy of a year! We love having them close!! So much so that we are now pregnant with #3!

michelle04us · January 2014

My youngest 2 are irish twins as well. Got pregnant at 8 weeks pp after a drunken night with no kiddos(forgot to use condoms). As I found out later you are more fertile right after giving birth so if you are not using any kind of protection except pull and pray you will more than likely will be joining our board soon.

That being said. Even though it was surprising and I was in shock for about the first 2 weeks after my BFP we are now 7 1/2 months in and I wouldn't change it for the world. Well, maybe not having sleep regressions happening at same time and teething happening at same time but nothing else. LOL

Shopaholic42488 · January 2014

thank you everyone. Did you ladies find the second pregnancy go by faster?

JulyMomma2U2 · January 2014

Shopaholic42488 said:

thank you everyone. Did you ladies find the second pregnancy go by faster?

Lightening fast!

Shopaholic42488 · January 2014

im guessing no one used BC

JulyMomma2U2 · January 2014

Shopaholic42488 said:

im guessing no one used BC

Ours was semi-planned.. we knew we wanted close, and went with the NTNP method.. just so happens we got a BFP right away. A little closer than we had thought it would happen, but we were well aware that it was a possibility.. I wasn't on BC because I wasn't trying to prevent.

Shopaholic42488 · January 2014

NTNP?

JulyMomma2U2 · January 2014

Not trying not protecting.. So I wasn't charting, using OPKs, etc.. But we weren't using any protection.. If it happened, it happened.

mek20 · January 2014

Our 2U2 was planned

I agree that the second pregnancy goes by SO much quicker...

I feel like I just found out yesterday...and I have my anatomy scan next week already!

Shopaholic42488 · January 2014

thank you! i think i got my period

maybe next month!

kcisthebombdotcom · January 2014

My kiddos are 12.5 months apart. Like in your case dh was pulling out because we weren't opposed to having another so soon but we weren't going to actively ttc until ds was nine months old. For us it happened quicker than anticipated. In many ways I was glad we got pregnant sooner than later. Ds was still napping a lot in first tri so I got a lot of rest. I felt ds was really challenging from 18-26 months but 9-18 months were probably the easiest in parenting thus far. When I was juggling the frequent feedings of an infant he was very content to explore his playroom. I think him being blissfully ignorant worked to our advantage--I think if he were older we would have experienced some jealousy.

Shopaholic42488 · January 2014

it took 2 years for me to get pregnant with DD1, will it be hard with the second?

Shopaholic42488 · January 2014

we never ever used protection

krazyinsane · February 2014

Honestly everyone is so different! After DD1 we tried a couple forms of BC and didn't like them so stopped in October got pregnant in Feb with a NTNP mind set that has continued. We had a 23 month gap followed by 18 month gap and now working on a 16 month gap. But I breastfeed for at least the first year so my periods don't return until 4-6 months PP which may be different for you.

hollygb22 · February 2014

I'll have 2 kiddos around 19 months apart. I was EBF until 12 months, my cycle never returned, and my supply tanked..because I was pregnant. We weren't preventing. We struggled with infertility issues and it took us 2.5 years to get pregnant with #1..so it was quite a surprise!

WhitePicketFence · February 2014

My 2u2 were planned. We used condoms and NFP from the time DD1 was born until we started TTC DD2. We started trying again when DD1 was 9 months old and got pregnant the first month so my first two are 18 months apart.

I did feel like my second pregnancy went by faster but DD1 was a very active toddler at that time so I'm sure that's part of it. I was not interested I'm doing the 2u2 thing again, so my second two will be spaced much farther apart (34 months).

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