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Well considered, if only to get folks to ask why they are included. Many do not realize how quickly some women can get pregnant again after giving birth.
by arcanus 10y ago
Well considered, if only to get folks to ask why they are included. Many do not realize how quickly some women can get pregnant again after giving birth.
- kchoudhu 10y agoDefinitely guilty of not asking. Am currently awaiting birth of second child.
- Declanomous 10y agoForgive me if this is overly intrusive, but were you breastfeeding the child? I was under the impression that you are extremely unlikely to get pregnant whilst nursing.
- kchoudhu 10y agoWe were in the process of weaning the first one when the second one was conceived. I was mostly kidding about not knowing the chances; what we weren't expecting was for it to happen so quickly. Biology can be hilarious like that.
- quadrangle 10y agoNot the parent poster, but I think it's as simple as "unlikely" NOT "extremely unlikely"
- ska 10y agoBreastfeeding makes it less likely. Not extremely unlikely.
- Declanomous 10y agoWell, my impression was obviously wrong, but I learned something, which is cool!
- smokey_the_bear 10y agoIt is extremely unlikely that you will get pregnant again if your baby is under 6 months, your period has not returned, you are exclusively breastfeeding, and you do not go more than 6 hours between feedings. Once any of those things changes, all bets are off. I got pregnant with my second when my first was 9 months old, I was still breastfeeding all the time.
- Declanomous 10y agoCool, thanks for the response. I learned something new today.
- kchoudhu 10y agoYup, this was pretty much our experience.
- NovaS1X 10y agoThis is certainly one of the more useful nuggets of knowledge I've picked up from HN. Thanks.
- blutfink 10y agoMy "little" brother is 11 months and 20 days younger than me.