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

[b0bb1n]

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!

My mum was pregnant with my sister after 6 weeks post me and I was told exclusively breastfed, it's not a guarantee that it stops your fertility

I don't know anything about how the first ovulation / periods etc work after a baby.

And you have had unprotected sex several times and you're wondering if you could be pregnant.....think you need to educate yourself.

@b0bb1n If it didn't feel like a normal period it could have been an implantation bleed. Or it could have been a period and it's a false alarm! Hope you're ok with the result whichever way it goes!

How selfish is your partner to put pleasure before your health.

Totally idiotic.

How are there adult people walking around with so little knowledge of effective contraception? Wasn’t this drummed into all of us at school?

Not all of us went to school.

Not all of us went to school.

Oh come on, as if that excuses not knowing the basics about contraception.

If you are literate enough to come on Mumsnet with an 'omg am I pregnant?' You are capable of googling 'how do I avoid getting pregnant?'

It's called responsibility.

Not all of us went to school.

No, but with the internet available, and free healthcare, there isn't really an excuse not to be educated, is there?

What’s POAS?

Two under 1!

OP, I am amazed that you don't seem too sure how pregnancy happens!

Lol my brothers were born in Jan and Dec of 1975. It can certainly happen.

Not all of us went to school

What utter crap.
It doesn’t stop people having sex though!

This happened to me. Dc1 born October and dc2 born the following September, so 11 months between them 😅

What’s POAS?

Pee on a stick [a pregnancy test]

I was referring to the "wasn't this drummed into us at school" comment. Was simply stating not everyone went to school 🙄

Good luck op, hope you get the result you want. I have two dc who are 10 months apart. I got pregnant while bf on demand, a lot, every hourish, with no supplementary formula, not expressing etc etc and pregnant when dd1 was 4 weeks old. They are in the same school year too but are now 21 and 20, they are both graduating this summer and I love them, and their other sister, more than ever.

Smelling someone smoking who was really far away was how I knew I was pregnant first time round. That was 6 days before period was due...

This is the reason we wrapped it up when having sex after DC was born, until we were ready to try again.
Two under 1 sounds hellish.
I hope you get the result you want, and have learnt from this for future reference.

My school taught the “rhythm method” but only to the fifth form up, and abstinence. And yes, lots of people don’t go to school.

I just conceived by having sex two days before my period AND with an IUD in (didn't stick). You've had multiple instances of unprotected sex at a highly fertile time. OF COURSE you could be pregnant, and if you really don't know that, you need a primer on contraception again, stat.

Re: breastfeeding and post-birth fertility: our bodies are basically conservative about energy expenditure. Both breastfeeding and pregnancy burn a lot of calories, so your body will generally only support one of these processes at a time so there's less risk of a food shortage which leaves you without enough calories to support both processes. The biological norm after birth is for a baby to breastfeed exclusively and to be constantly with the mother, including at night. This generally suppresses ovulation so that you don't end up starving your existing baby by having your milk supply shut down. But these days many people sleep apart from their babies even if they breastfeed/space feeds more etc and also we have a surplus of calories rather than the scarcity we evolved with, so many more people will ovulate even while breastfeeding.

If you bottle-feed then your body is basically getting the impression that your baby didn't survive, and therefore it'll throw its available calories into making you fertile again ASAP and getting you back up the duff. Plus the hormones that support pregnancy are already teed up and good to go. So yes, if you are not EBF on demand and through the night you are generally extremely fertile after birth, and any unprotected sex at any time basically constitutes trying.

And yes, lots of people don’t go to school.

I just can't see how this is a valid point regarding contraception.

Schools teach bare minimum. My knowledge of contraception, sex and periods is much more comprehensive than school offer.

Oh dear. Hope you get the answer you want. Good luck, OP.

Good luck OP! If it's negative, you can gift your DH with a box of glow in the dark condoms.

Hope you get the result you want op!

No you 100% aren't pregnant. Nobody ever got pregnant by having unprotected sex. And definitely not just after having a baby. No baby has even been born 10/11 months after a sibling.

Don't waste money on a pregnancy test or anything as silly as that.