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?
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.
Mommy to N (3), J (2), and C (10 months). LO4 is due in mid-September.
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.
Mommy to N (3), J (2), and C (10 months). LO4 is due in mid-September.
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
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.
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.
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.
Me - J.R. - 05/1986
DH - J.I. - 08/1986
Married - 09/22/2006
DD#1 - A.E. - 12/15/2009
DD#2 - N.R. - 11/07/2011
DD#3 - S.R. - 05/20/2013
DS - R.E. - 10/03/2014
Absolutely in love with our 'big' family!
I'm also a proud Auntie to a crazy little girl, her brand new baby sister, a little man on his way in the next month, and a sweet little mister we will miss forever!!!
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!
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).
Re: Possible 2 under 2?
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.