It took a long time to conceive.  After stopping birth control I had one period, then nothing for 7 months. I was diagnosed with hypothyroid and started on medication.  I had a couple sporadic periods, and we were still experimenting with the dosage when I quite randomly got pregnant!  I'd gone three months without a period when I realized my boobs had been strangely sore and peed on a stick just for the heck of it!  That was 14 months after stopping birth control and I probably only ovulated 4 times during that stretch...

My pregnancy was pretty textbook, but my labour was long, miserable, and ended in an emergency caesarean.  It took a while after that to bond with my daughter and get breastfeeding to work.  I was on watch for post partum depression, though fortunately it never got too bad.  

I am just about to go back to work, and she still doesn't always sleep through the night. My husband is really itching to get back on the babymaking train but I'm just so nervous... I just feel after everything, I couldn't cope with something like a miscarriage.  My husband thinks it's very important for siblings to be close in age or they won't get along.  I don't think that's as big a deal as he thinks. He's also worried that if it takes a long time to conceive again, we should start ASAP!

I guess I'm just still focussed on my baby's needs, nervous about the risks, and would like to just chill out a bit!  What are your thoughts? When did you know you were ready to try for the next baby?