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To actually consider I could be pregnant 8 weeks after having baby?

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b0bb1n · 30/05/2019 08:03

Baby born April 2nd. 22nd May got what seemed to be first period, but it didn't last as long as normal (I read it's normal for them to change pp though).

About a week (give or take) beforehand, dtd twice and he pulled out, and once dtd no pulling out. The day after the suspected period had finished (26th May) also dtd no pulling out (sorry for details).

Tuesday night I felt sick when I woke up, like I was going to be sick (I sleep evenings so night is my morning). This morning (now) I feel nausea again.

I am probably just overly paranoid because with my first pregnancy nausea was the first symptom and it started pretty much immediately after conception. Also I noticed a 'difference' in the smell of dh's tobacco (which was just increased sense of smell) and lately I can smell his tobacco when it's in the pouch a couple of feet away.

If it wasn't for the suspected period I would feel a lot more sure I was pregnant. I feel too sick to proof read this I hope it makes sense!

OP posts:
Devilinatwinset · 31/05/2019 21:08

Who's uneducated? Hmm

Denise3011 · 31/05/2019 21:14

Yep, Just the same as you @alsohuman

Curlysue2019 · 31/05/2019 21:15

denise you sound really hard work - leave the op alone - perhaps find yourself a hobby -😣

Curlysue2019 · 31/05/2019 21:18

I find it really odd when posters like denise start ranting about a throw away comment - it's such a yawnfest! - hope you get the result you want op

Wannabeyorkshirelass · 31/05/2019 21:29

When my first baby was a few weeks old, I felt like a bomb had gone off in my life. The idea of thinking 'Ooh how exciting, another pregnancy and baby would be!' is just so so so alien to me. Yes I always wanted more children, but those first few weeks with a first baby were totally consuming and scary. And no way was my husband coming near me with unprotected sex - no fucking way! We dtd at about 6 weeks to tentatively get back in the game. And then after that when it got easier and better, I just wanted to enjoy my lovely brand new baby and give him all my time and love and attention - I had zero thoughts of 'the next one' that soon. This whole thread therefore feels insane to me as it's so far from my frame of reference, but I hope you get the result you want OP.

Denise3011 · 31/05/2019 21:30

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winnerwinnerchristmasdinner · 31/05/2019 21:32

Sterilised? What a charmer.

Cassandrainthenight · 31/05/2019 21:34

Denise, you really come across like a sociopath.

ColdTattyWaitingForSummer · 31/05/2019 21:37

I have to confess to dtd 10 days after dc3 was born Blush I went to the doctor and went back on the pill when he was 3 weeks. I can’t imagine if I had fallen pregnant before then though..

PaulHollywoodsSexGut · 31/05/2019 21:38

Don’t sweeten the pill there @Denise3011

Curlysue2019 · 31/05/2019 21:39

denise I can't imagine anyone being as vitriolic as you in real life so I will hazard a guess you use the Internet to vent your frustrations. FYI - I don't smoke! 😂😂 - the op asked a question - you seized on a throw away comment she made to get on your palmolive box and get yourself some attention. You got it. Perhaps it's your bedtime now. You seem overwrought - scumbag mothers etc. Nite!😂

JustOneShadeOfGrey · 31/05/2019 21:48

I’m one of 5 siblings, first 3 are only one year apart. Then a short break and 2 more in quick succession. It’s the stuff of dreams for us infertile useless womb owners. So I adopted two (different birth families) only 18 months apart.

Teacher22 · 31/05/2019 21:49

I taught two sisters in the same year who were not twins. Ten months apart. Parents Catholic.

SoupDragon · 31/05/2019 21:55

those of you getting defensive sound like the scumbag “mothers” I see daily...

Each one is probably a nicer person than you are.

JustOneShadeOfGrey · 31/05/2019 21:59

Ps congrats OP. FCUK the ill mannered fcukwits on here who are ... fcukwits 😂

KitKat1985 · 31/05/2019 21:59

The faint line sounds like it's probably positive to me OP. Exciting times!

SoupDragon · 31/05/2019 22:00

JustOneShadeOfGrey you can say fuck on here. And any other swear word.

sweetkitty · 31/05/2019 22:03

I had a tonne of stitches with DD1 and had a strange tear upwards, think we maybe DTD after about 3 months, my Ericsson came back at 4 weeks despite EBFing her so we used condoms which was a scream never having used them before.

First unprotected shag after she was born was at 9 months we thought we might like another one soon, of course there’s 18 months between DD1 and 2.

papergate · 31/05/2019 22:16

Hope you get the result you want op

Liketoshop · 31/05/2019 22:19

Take it you're not breast feeding? Fully breast feeding would suppress ovulation. Try a test rather than this!

MadCattery · 31/05/2019 22:22

I knew someone who had two boys very very close in age. She would tell people they were nine months and fifteen minutes apart!

Myfoolishboatisleaning · 31/05/2019 22:25

That’s bullshit Liketoshop. I also cannot believe how old-fashioned so many women on this thread are regarding sex after birth. Who believes sex is just for men? I wanted sex a week after birth, so I had sex. And not all women tear or have much damage after anyway.
Good luck OP! I have a small gap and it is fantastic!

piggybrownhare · 31/05/2019 22:26

I hope OP’s husband smokes all his fags at once and exhales them in Denise’s face, just to shut her up for a second Shock

JustOneShadeOfGrey · 31/05/2019 22:41

@soup I like FCUK! Less aggressive.

YouWhoNeverArrived · 31/05/2019 22:45

I had sex 3 days after my EMCS. DH and I were having sex pretty much every day after that, and still do. We both enjoy sex and we find it helps us feel close to each other.