How soon for baby number 2 after caesarean?

depends I had emergency c-section at 41 told my Gp we would likke another child he said start trying immediately the sooner the better DD almost 1 now but have not conceived but he did not think it would be a problem

I was also told at my six week check that it was fine to start trying again.

I asked at my 6 week check how long I should wait and he said "why would you have to wait?" . Been trying over a year now so its not an issue for me .

i had a cs in feb 2009. got pregnant again by God's grace in july 09. and gave birth in march 2010. i am pregnant again ths month nov 2010, so good luck to u darlyn and dont wait too long. husky11

I have just 13 months between my two ds and they were both c sections. So fell pregnant with second ds when first was 4 months (I think I have worked that out right1) I had no probs what so ever, tried a natural birth the second time around but got stuck again. If I have any more (which I hope I do!) will be c sections again.

And two close together is fab. They are 1 and 2 now and play together and laugh together, I wouldn't change it for the world. The first year was hard, like torture sometimes and I'm not joking! But now they are so great together. Go for it!

I have 2 children. Emergency section with first and 18mths later elective section with second. It wasn't a prob at all.

you need to test and find out for sure , a lot of women do have small gaps between children, 12 - 18 months is ideal, but a lot of women have smaller gaps without a problem

find out first if you are pregnant and take it from there

i had my first baby last august and she'll be 6months on the 18th of february. i think i am pregnant again. i don't want to do the test cos i am sure it will confirm it. any advice????????

I'm now pregnant 9 months after my c section and all my obs had to say was that it was good it was so soon because it was better to have my children (relatively ) young cos I have problems with high blood pressure - no mention of probs at all

I had a C Section last Dec and was told to wait minimum 18 months. I too want to start trying again sooner (now!). Any thoughts/opinions as to elective C-Section vs Trying the natural way again!? Is Elective C-Section easier recovery than Emergency?

I had a c-section 3 and a half weeks ago and was told to wait at least a year before conceiving again. 2 Years seems an awful long time.

Guess also depends on your experience with the c-section. A friend of mine had an infection after a cesaerean and some of the internal stitches came undone. She was told to wait 2 years as it would have been dangerous for her to fall pg again.

I was told to wait 6 months before gettin pregnant again. Odd how there's so much conflicting advice out there though.

Weesy - what date was your daughter born? My DS2 was 30 May this year ( 5 weeks + 1 day ). How are you coping with your two ? The age gap between mine is 23 months.

I was told like a number of other people here to wait a year after emergency Caeserean last August.

My scar didn't hurt at all even though it only had 6 weeks to heal. But I did find the pregnancy harder than the first - having such a small gap really took its toll on my body. I feel so much better now (and dd2 is only 5 weeks!) than I did in the last few months of the pregnancy.
BTW my doc. did tell me that there was a higher chance of miscarriage and of premature labour having fallen pregnant so soon after the birth, but I had no problems whatsoever. They didn't even treat it as a special pregnancy.

I was also told to wait "at least" 2 years but maybe that was because they didn't make the cut big enough and the edges tore a little bit?
My neighbour wasn't told anything at all and seemed shocked when I said I had to wait that long.

My hat goes off to Weesy ... surely the smallest age gap on Mumsnet?? I went to school with a bloke whose sister was 10 months younger than him ... luckily they were in different year groups.
BTW ... I was told to wait a year by my m/w and doctor.

My second baby is due in 5 weeks time, and I had my dd in May last year by emergency caesarean, so only had five months between having her and getting pregnant again.
My scar hasn't hurt at all during this pregnancy, and my obst. assures me all will be okay regarding the timescales. I know different health authorities advise waiting different lengths of time after a caesarean, so there doesn't seem to be a specific medical consensus on it.

mine didnt hurt at all, my 2nd preg was 13 months after so not much difference with yours

Just found out I'm pregnant - #1 baby was born 10 months ago after emergency c-section.

does the scar hurt at all during pregnancy?

wondering how I'm going to manage with two mini-kids...!

I had a c/s and was told by the dr to wait at least 2yrs, but when I came out of hospital a mw said "I'll see you in 18 months with your 2nd baby".

I think it just depends on the indiviual on how your feel and how well your body heals, eveyone is different.

My god weesy - 6 weeks after a c/s, if that had been me I would have been pulling my hair out!!

I was told to wait a year, but just couldn't. i waited 9 months, conceived straight away and had no problems at all. 2 years seems an enormous time to wait, especially if you'd particularly want a smaller age gap, which we did.

I'd agree with sambom & check though, just in case.

I fell pregnant after a caesarean when my baby was only 6 weeks old. The age gap was exactly 10 months & 12 days & I had no problem at all with the 2nd Pregnancy or caesar. It is hard though to be pregnant with a baby.

SamboM - snap! c-section last September! Was also told to wait "at least a year".
(Very clucky at the moment though and bought pg test last week very hopefully after missing a pill by mistake. But no - I'll try to be patient)