Oh oh think I may be preggers 8 weeks after childbirth

[DoIKnowWhatImDoing]

Sounds irresponsible but we didn't use any contraception when we started DTD 3 weeks ago and now I feel light/mild period pains and feel absolutely exhausted. The same kind of exhaustion I felt when I fell pregnant with DS2. I took a test but it came out as BFN. But I just feel like I am. Has anyone else fallen pregnant straight after birth?

[AndNowItsSeven]

Yes, I was exclusively breastfeeding twins and was pregnant again when they were 11 weeks old.

[PotteringAlong]

Plenty of people! Give it another week, take another test then sort out contraception if you're not!

[DoIKnowWhatImDoing]

How did you know for sure if you don't have a period to miss? Also I have an abscess on my coccyx and may need surgery for removal but I'm worried what this would mean if I was pregnant.

[TheLegendOfBeans]

Hello, not straight after but 10w after. Went on hols, no contraception, you do the math!

Sadly I miscarried 11weeks later but the consultant drilled into me that conceiving so fast was NOT AT ALL the reason I lost that baby.

Are you happy? It's a daunting prospect but I think there's an argument for popping the babies out one after another; gets it all out of the way fast, even if it may age you 1000 years in the process!

Wishing you luck and baby dust x

[AndNowItsSeven]

I started bleeding thought it was a period but it stopped after 24 hours. Exactly like the implantation bleeding I had experienced with previous pregnancies.

[DoIKnowWhatImDoing]

Oh no I'm so sorry to hear that LegendsofBeans that must have been hard but sounds like you're strong x

[Viviene]

My grandma ;-) and her daughter in law.
There's a horrible expression 'Irish twins' exactly for that kind of situations.