Has anyone TTC shortly after giving birth?

Question

Our daughter is 3 months old as of today and we are trying for our last child already and i was just curious how long it took you all to get pregnant again? It took me 17 months to get pregnant with my son and only 6 months for my daughter but they are 6 years apart. I'm wanting my last one to happen as soon as it's ready to happen so i can be done for good lol.

Answer

During childbirth class, the nurse said it takes a full year to recover from having a baby. I understand your urgency because I am also anxious to have another soon because I'm going to be 33 this year. I'm scared that trying too soon will make the second pregnancy less healthy, or increase my chances of preterm labor.

Answer

It's often easier the get pregnant after already having a baby but it can be really tough on your body and technically they don't recommend getting pregnant until your baby is 18 months (I think).

That being said, 2 of my sister-in-laws are pregnant, one, her daughter just turned 1 and the other, her son is 11 months. One is due in Jan and the other is April and both are doing fine. My cousin was also TTC for 6 years w/o conceiving . When she finally did conceive, she had 3 babies I'm 4 years and she's ok too.

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In a way I'm hoping it does take a few months to get pregnant again just to give my body more time to heal. I had a half way decent pregnancy last time except for all the water retention in my whole lower body...and still 3 months later my feet are still swollen. I got pretty miserable at the end because of all the fluid on me on top of it being summer. I feel like i bounced back a lot faster than my first pregnancy so i hope I'll do the same again.

Has anyone TTC shortly after giving birth?

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