Don't want to use contraception after I give birth

[bhs652]

Hi all

I am currently 7 months pregnant and myself and my partner are overjoyed - it is our first child. We would like more children in the near future also.

I'm just curious to know other people's experiences with sex/conceiving soon after giving birth.

I'm wondering what everyone else has done after birth because my body reacts terribly to all contraception.. pill, injection, implant.. everything... and we despise condoms. I understand doing this, I am going to get pregnant again, probably soon after I have my first child. Ideally I'd like to wait a year, but I just cannot bare to take contraception again.

But has anyone gotten pregnant soon after having a child? I read most women wait 18 months plus as your body needs to recover, but if you've had another child soon after another, how did you feel? How was the pregnancy? Did your body cope better or worse? I know all pregnancies are different I'm just extremely curious.

Or could you introduce condoms to the relationship? Shock horror!!!

I had a baby and got pregnant 6 weeks after birth even though i was breastfeeding :D Not making that same mistake after this birth. there will be just under 11 months difference in age :O

Haven't read all responses but this is how I felt. I now use natural family planning methods. You will have to (and likely need or want to) abstain from sex for while. I'd recommend using a tracker app and have condoms to use during fertile times. It takes about 3 months of similar periods to get the app properly established in terms of predicting periods and ovulation. I also use ovulation tests.

Bear in mind that unless you are prepared to risk a baby a year until the menopause, you do have to get some sort of contraception sorted. Condoms are your best bet.

I am also considering not using contraceptives after my twins are born. They were concieved after a long long fertility journey and I basically reconciled myself to the fact my husband and I will never concieve with medical intervention. So I'm not entirely sure I even need contraception. But. Twins are going to be fecking hard work. If I want siblings, we have two frozen embryos ready.

I thought about this a lot and I've decided on cerazette pill after birth, and if I tolerate it, I'm getting an implant

After my the birth of my first child, sleep deprived and nagged by the midwives I agreed to just have the depo Injection, as I didn't think I'd remember to take the pill. It ended up being over 3 months after her birth that we dtd because of complications.

However after 6 months I stopped taking it because of the effect it was having on my body, mind and emotions. At that point I decided no more hormonal birth control for me!

I found the caya diaphragm online. I tried my gp, however you need to be fitted for their one. She didn't seem to know how to measure me for it, so just guessed the size and sent me on my way. I did some research and found the caya one size diaphragm. Ordered that and have never looked back. It takes a bit of practice to use but would highly recommend it.

What will you do once your family is complete?

Don't be silly, I have 19 months between mine and it is horrifically hard work and they're both easy children! Dc2 is a cot refuser as well.

You don't want to deal with both children having sleep regressions at once, both teething, both tantruming!

I love them but we had planned a larger age gap for a reason before being surprised with dc2. And I was breastfeeding AND took the MAP.

I think they will be very close siblings as they adore each other, but actively planning this age gap is not good. You would be depriving both children of the attention they need. I can't do exactly what 2.5 year old needs as I'm carrying dc2, I can't sit and play with dc2 as I'm chasing dc1. I feel very guilty.