Is it possible to get pregnant while on your (first) period after giving birth?

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I know you can be fertile as little as 3 weeks postpartum. I have been careful using the pull out method and after 5 weeks after giving birth I had my first period and I had unprotected sex with DH thinking it would be fine. I'm waiting for an appointment to get on BC and tonight my MIL messaged me and asked me if I was pregnant and now I'm wondering if it could even be possible.

It is. And this is why there’s only just over a year between my DDs….

Yes it's possible. I've heard that actually it's one of your most fertile stages!

It is possible. My kids have an age gap of 11 months🫠 good luck!

Happened to a friend of mine! She hadn't even had her first post partum period, but surprise! Her kids are 16 months apart.

Not why you're posting but, but... Why is your mil asking that!?

Oh yes, very much so. Mine are both teens now.

‘Careful’ and the ‘pull out method’…. Hmmmmm….

This!!!!!

also - very jealous of you for enjoying sex again so soon!

My sister and I are 11 months apart.

4 out of my 5 kids are 16 months apart.

So yes!

I have been careful using the pull out method

You haven't been careful. That isn't safe

An Irish friend refers to siblings with a gap of under a year as "Irish twins "....

10 months between me and my sister! Kicker is mum was told she was 'barren'- 1970's) She was around 5/6 months pg before she realised she was expecting again!
We were in different years at school due to the timing but could in theory have been in the same class.

Yes. And the pull out method is not "being careful"

Just in case you need to know this- you don't have to have sex if you don't want to.

Yes. If you aren't pregnant, please sort out some reliable contraceptives or you will be!

Yes it's very possible!
Are you in an ok situation at home OP?
Maybe you have been lucky but a lot of women wouldn't be wanting to have sex much for a fair few weeks while your undercarriage recovers from the trauma of birth. Has this sexual activity been fully and enthusiasticaly consensual? If not you can ask for help here.

but a lot of women wouldn't be wanting to have sex much for a fair few weeks while your undercarriage recovers from the trauma of birth

Seeing as everyone has different birthing experiences, 5 weeks is really not a short amount of time to start having sex once you’ve had a baby. It’s not 5 days after is it?

@MinnieTruck I said maybe she's been lucky. No judgement. I wouldn't have been remotely interested in sex for 8-12 weeks myself. Every woman is different and can make her own choices but using a pull-out method for contraception does not speak of a loving partner who is putting the needs of the mother of his child first. It's more suggestive to me of a selfish man putting pressure onto a vulnerable woman to service his appetites before she is ready. But that's only a guess and I respectfully asked if OP is ok without making that judgement call. Why do you have a problem with signposting that help is available if OP is not ok?

"I have been careful using the pull out method"

😂😂😂😂😂

@YireosDodeAver it’s nothing to do with luck. Just because you wouldn’t be interested in having sex for 8-12 weeks then that doesn’t suggest that the sex hasn’t been consensual. Everyone is different no?

It's more suggestive to me of a selfish man putting pressure onto a vulnerable woman to service his appetites before she is ready.

OP is waiting to go on birth control and has wanted to have sex in the meantime. Just like plenty of women, including myself, have done before. It’s most likely a thing of being in the moment and both people not putting their responsible cap on to use a condom. Not everything needs to be, ‘men are so selfish.’

The question asked was if it was likely OP could get pregnant while having her first period postpartum - the answer is no, that's unlikely.

However, as to the broader question of getting pregnant shortly after giving birth, yes, of course & as PP said, your methods aren't 'being careful'!

If you've had a period, and it was during that time you had sex, that is unlikely however.

Please sort out your BC quickly!

@YireosDodeAver

Actually your posts are laden with judgment! What a leap - I know of plenty of women having sex in a similar time period. (Just as I know plenty of women who waited much longer).

Are you sure it's your first period post partum and not renewed post partum bleeding (lochia)?

Any reason your partner wasn't using a condom?

Yes it's possible.

I know someone who gave birth in January and is expecting her second baby in December.

I got pregnant again after my first postpartum period, but that was at 12 months postpartum and it was planned.

The "pull out method" is not being careful and it's not contraception. It's just a fancy way of saying unprotected sex.

Yes, because my husband was born 10 months after his older brother, as well as my two cousins who have only an 11 months age gap.

You’ve put yourself at risk of infection while your womb is still healing from the placenta wound. Pull out is unprotected sex, not contraception. WTF is wrong with your MIL?