Is this actually possible?

[HeadFairy]

this woman has 12 children (nothing wrong with that, i'd keep going if I wasn't such an old crone) but two of her children are just 9 months and 9 days apart. Can you actually conceive days after having a baby, even if you aren't breastfeeding, which I don't think she was.

Maybe one was premature?

Yes it's possible. I've taught siblings in the same year group.

oh I hadn't thought of that, though they didn't mention it in the article, they implied the next one was conceived within days of giving birth to the previous one.

My ex was 10 months younger than his sister though....

(and neither of them was premature!)

Cor! I can see how you can have siblings in the same academic year if the second one was conceived when the first one was 3 months old, but days old??? She's some woman, that's more than I could manage!

Some people obviously get home from the labour suite and get right on with it again!

I preferred tea and toast...

don't think we are getting the full story here. Perhaps one of them was born early?

And if pregnancy is so bad why keep having babies. Also - there are other forms of contraception.

Each to there own though.

I don't think it's unheard of for women to be already pregnant when they have their six week check up.

Arent you mega fertile straight after you have given birth, when I miscarried I was told to be extra careful because I obviously wouldnt be breastfeeding.

It is odd she keeps having babies when she hates being pg... but I can totally understand the bit about loving new born babies, they are lovely

one of my friends had her 2nd ds and was at it that night!!!!!!
She has 2 more now LOL, her 3rd is 10 mths younger than the 2nd........

They tell you to use contraception when they come round to check you in hospital though, don't they? At the time I thought, 'What are you talking about? I'm never, ever doing that again.'

yes - you can ovulate this early. I have been temperature taking while TTC and OV on day 10 of a cycle so I'd say it's completely possible!!

I have heard of 2 sets of twins just 8m apart.

Both sets were prem....whilst Set 1 were in SCBU they entertained themselves in bed (i.e. didn't have the usually baby is making me too knackered roll over and zonked in hibiting them).

Second set were born v prem, making the gap less than 9m.

Also remember you are only actually pg for 8 1/2m.

The first 2 wk of a 9m pregnancy is actually pre-conception.

lucky cow!

a girl i workedwith conceived her second dd 3w afer her first!

10.5 mths between me and my sister and I was exclusivly BF - so you can get pregnant BF !!!

was born that is

i have a friend with 3 kids under 2.5 years. the first 2 are in the same school year and no's 2 and 3 were 6 weeks ish prem hence the small gap!!

lol puppymonkey

at sex that soon after.

Siblings in DD's year too - one is a late August baby, one early Sept. I am always amazed at how young the youngest seems compared to the eldest, when there is only an 11 month gap.

a friend of mine has boys ten months apart.

And she had a miscarriage in between.

My dp is 11 months older than his brother and they were in the same school year so everyone assumed they were twins. His mum had 8 pregnancies in as many years although she had a few late miscarriages so only 4 survived. I have been pregnant 6 times in 6 years (only 3 surviving and one on way), i concieved dd2 days after miscarrying.

My DS is 10 months and I'm 24 weeks pregnant. I breastfed him til he was 8 months and was taking the mini pill so it was a shock that the day he turned 6 months old I found out I was 8 weeks pregnant.....very happy about it though

I have a 12mth gap so dd1 was 3mths when dd2 was concieved and she was in and out of hospital the first year. I also know someone who has 2 dds in ds nursery year who are only 10mths apart so going through school in same year.