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Forgive 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
by Declanomous 10y ago
Forgive 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.