To think I could be pregnant so soon after birth?

[Jennifer998]

I had an uncomplicated birth and stopped bleeding one week after, yes both me and my partner were foolish and had unprotected sex 2 weeks exactly after DD’s arrival. 2 weeks later I thought my period had started. Sorry TMI but I had a jelly like discharge tinged with blood. It barely covered a pad but continued for about a day and a half. I had mild cramping too. Then it just stopped completely. It’s now a week and a half later since the discharge and period has not come. Has anyone else had this discharge after pregnancy or does this sound more like implantation? There is no smell or itching so the chemist has told me it doesn’t sound like an infection.

Yes, obviously!

Of course you could be.

Your at your most fertile just after birth or so friends ivf consultant told her

And my friend has two children in the same school year born 10 months apart.

You are SO fertile after birth. Of course you can be. It really surprises me that people don’t seem to know that?!

My midwife talked to me about contraception and opened it by saying “unless you fancy explaining why you have two kids in the same school year who aren’t twins?” 😱

Well go get a test obviously but you are stupidly crazyyyyily hormonal and at the highest risk ever so soon after giving birth to get pregnant again. X

Yes it’s a possibility- go and do a test!

Did you have unprotected sex? Yes. Were you fertile? Quite likely.

In which case, yes you could be pregnant. Do a test

Of course you could be. It’s normally not recommend to get pregnant so soon after birth to give your body a chance to recover so that’s one of the many reasons it’s pretty uncommon. However it’s totally possible.

A friend has a sister 11 months younger than him! Its totally possible, luckily they covered two year groups at school and didn't care!

11 months here too, but 2 weeks after birth is impressive!

You had unprotected sex. Of course it’s possible.

Take a test?

Possible and nothing wrong with it at all, it’s what God intended by keeping you fertile. I would expect people to not be in the mood for such activities just after giving birth but nothing surprises me nowadays

Yes it was stupid to have sex when you have a huge internal wound from a placenta. Even more stupid to have unprotected sex if you didn’t want a another bay. Obviously the only answer is to take a pregnancy test. Just go and buy one.

@Kilcaple

You had unprotected sex. Of course it’s possible.

Exactly. It baffles me how many times posts like this are written. If you have unprotected sex you can get pregnant. Especially shortly after giving birth when you’re super fertile. This isn’t brand new information. Buy a test @Jennifer998

It’s actually a myth that you’re more fertile just after giving birth. If you breastfeed it’s unlikely you’re fertile at all but even if you FF, the majority of women don’t ovulate for at least 6 weeks postpartum. Of course it’s possible that you defied this and ovulated a fortnight after you gave birth so you should test but it’s a long-standing myth that women are ‘more fertile’ after giving birth.

Of course you could be

My friend's friend got pregnant with number 2 the first time they had sex after number 1 was born. It's possible.

I know someone with a 7 month age gap as her second child was premature.

Two ways to reliably find out if you are pregnant- take a test OR ask random strangers on line if you are 🙄
Ffs you had unprotected sex so yes you might be pregnant

@ghostyslovesheets, I suppose she could also wait 38 weeks and see if a baby pops out.

I'm really sorry to rub salt in the wound but what were you thinking? What a silly thing to do.

You'll have to wait and take a pregnancy test.

No, you can’t possibly be pregnant after having unprotected sex during your most fertile time. Don’t be ridiculous.

Did you take a test @Jennifer998 ?