Hi i have a few questions about closely spaced pregnancies.. I am not yet pregnant. My son is one month old right now and we were talking about having more children. How long should i wait in your guys opinon until i got or starting thinking about getting pregnant again? When would it be safe on my body? It just makes me nervous because so many things can go wrong with pregnancy. Is it a lot harder on your body if you dont wait a long time and they are pretty close together? Just thought i would ask some questions. Thanks Michelle

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For us we waited till was back before getting PG again. which happened when DS was 7 months old and was pg by the time he was 9 months old.

I would talk to your Dr and see what they say...

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Most doctors say to wait at least 18 months before getting pregnant again.

I didn't do that but I also never had any problems during any of my pregnancies so I wasn't too worried about needing to wait. My first was 5 months old when I got pregnant with my second and my second was 8 months old when I got pregnant with my third. We are currently thinking about ttc and if we decide to go ahead, we'll start ttc this month.

I would say if this last pregnancy was really hard on you or you had some problems then it would probably be best to wait a little while. Also talk to your doctor and see what he/she says about it.

Good luck!

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we decided to start ttc when af came back when ds1 was 4.5m/o and we got pg when he was 7 months old.

but I had really easy pregnancy. I had a bit of a harder time with ds2 and we're still nursing so we've decided to space #s 2 and 3 a bit more.

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I got pg with my 2nd when my 1st wasn't even 3 months old! My 2nd was 8 months old when I got pg with the 3rd! I have never had any issues with my closely spaced pregnancies (and I have had all c-sections as well). I LOVE their close spacing and if I could have, I would have had #4 close together as well, but my body didn't allow it to happen until just recently. We do want at least one more after this pg and I am not going to prevent anything after this one is born either...it will happen when its meant to happen (but I would much prefer another closely spaced child or two)

My three play together so well together and are each others' best friends! Of course, we have some fighting as well, but in the end, there is nothing like seeing how they interact and how much they care for each other! As long as you had a healthy pg and feel like you have recovered...I would say that you can start trying for the next as soon as you are ready!

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Melissa, mommy to:
Kylie 8/6/03,
Elise 7/9/04,
Caden 11/9/05,
Gavin and Rylan 11/5/07

The earliest I got pregnant post partum was about 3 months. I did not have any problems because of it. I am expecting #6 right now and only my first two were far apart in age which was only 3 years 4 days. Personally I think closer pregnancies were easier on me because i was still in the routine of things.

My gaps (between births)
3 yrs 4 days (between 1 and 2)
17 1/2 months( between 2 and 3)
12 months 12 hours (yes same birthday) (3 and 4)
21 months (between 4 and 5)
23 months (between 5 and this baby)

They are getting farther apart just because iw ant to cherish them a bit more as babies without the morning sickness.

The only thing I have encountered was a weak bladder after #4 but it is fine now without surgery. So it was just a short term problem. Labors aren't harder, my body rebounds fine. Just harder to get the baby fat off because it starts to pile on LOL

But I dont regret having my kids close at all. I just wish #1 and 2 were closer.

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Amanda: Mom of 5 beautiful kiddos. We are a non-vaxing, unschooling, homechurching, and farming family. We are unique and love every minute of it

Expecting #6 on June 28th 2007

Listen to your body and let it tell you when the time is right...... I always waited until I felt 100% again. Heres the bdays for my babies

9-1-99 (7)
2-2-01 (6)
11-23-03 (3)
11-29-04 (2)
12-11-05 (15 mo)

Macy

I would ask your doctor. We were going to wait until Alvin was 1 to start trying again, especially since I had had a c-section. But we got a pleasant surprise when Alvin was 8 months old and we found out we were expecting again. I had another uncomplicated pregnancy the second time around and had an planned c-section at 39 weeks because the issue I had the first time was likely to happen again. I love having them only 16 months apart and wouldn't change it for anything. I haven't had any problems because we had them close together.

Hugs,