6 weeks post partum and pregnant again.

[Saraahh]

Sums it up.

I think it's better to have 2 close together. Then you can get rid of all the baby stuff. Also the school run won't last forever! I had a gap in between mine, but do think having them closer together is better. Congratulations! 🎊

I was similar - one sibling 5 years older, another 4 years younger.

A dd has 2 only 15 months apart - hard work at first of course but they’ve been so close almost from the word go - it’s lovely to see.

I found out i was pregnant with twins when DD1 was 12 weeks old. I was really scared at the time, and the first couple of years was really hard, but it all worked out fine in the end and they've all grown up to be really close sisters.

Happened to a family member. The second pregnancy produced twins, all healthy and grew up together but it must have been a handful.

Mine are 16mths apart, deliberately as I didn’t want my career shelved indefinitely. It was fine, days out were easy, lots of advantages apart from the house being an absolute tip for a couple of years.
I know a couple of people with less than a year gap with their sibling, they seem to get on well as adults.
It’ll be fine if you want two children OP - after all millions of women have managed with twins, yours will just have different birthdays!

Please say you didn't have a section for the first baby.

Said by a Po faced English person…! 🤦🏻‍♀️

It’s not racist and we don’t need your faux concern thanks.

Small age gaps are lovely. It’s hard when they are tiny but it’s so much easier after the first few months.

re breastfeeding it is common to keep feeding an older child while pregnant these days, without problems, then feeding both (if thats what you want to do) Don’t take breastfeeding advice off a gp please, they are not trained. There are many excellent fb groups. Look for a ILbC qualification

There was a recent thread about why midwives stress contraception and talk about fertility on the postnatal ward and a lot of posters were dubious that quick pregnancies after birth was much of a thing. Well here ya go! It is most certainly something that happens more often than people think.

Wishing you the best OP, I hope your pregnancy goes smoothly.

@FuckityFux
I am not English, am Irish, am not Po-faced. And it is racist. Is any other country judged for having children one after the other?

Congratulations! What exciting news 💕

Me too. I felt lied to 😭

A similar thing happened to my MIL, got pregnant with my husband 7 weeks after having his sister. She did find it difficult, more so after the birth but she made it work. With the right support from health professionals and family it can be done. That being said take this time to really look after yourself it must be a shock for you

The kids tend to not like the idea of each other, though!
It isn't a natural situation to be in, for very good reasons. Very surprised if it is a pregnancy.

My friend has a sister who was born very close in age to her and they were in the same year at school.
To stop them being seen as twins , the parents requested that they did not share the same teacher right through infants and junior school .

This is incredible. how on earth did you cope?

I have a year and 8 days between my two. If my second had been on time I’d have had two under 1. I was 28 & 29 when I had my sons. We wanted them close together as ideally wanted our family complete by the time we were 30. Tbh the first few months were hard going but we survived. They are now 32&33 and are still very close.
I gave up work when I had them which I think helped make it easier to cope.
For me the advantages far outweighed the disadvantages and wouldn’t change a thing

How are you feeling OP?

I think the first thing is to speak to your GP/Midwife ASAP to confirm the pregnancy.

This happened to my grandmother - she had my mother in mid October and my uncle followed in early September. Grandmother and uncle don't seem to have suffered any ill effects from the experience fortunately. Mum and uncle are very close. My grandmother ended up having four children in 3.5 years - my two aunts were 14 months apart.

Even after reading all these people saying they know people, they’ve had the same thing?

Why surprise?

Please do see your GP ASAP if you have not done so already.

I'm pretty impressed you actually wanted sex less than 6 weeks after birth - good for you!
Provided that you are healthy, your employment is secure and your relationship is good, this can be great. You get the baby and toddler stage out the way quicker and your kids will be on a more even level in terms of what they enjoy doing.

My ex only has 11 months between him and his sibling. There’s almost exactly a year between me and my sibling. The plus side is that milestones (especially school ones) are all done close to each other.

My youngest two are 13 months apart. It’s been lovely having them so close, I found it easier than a big gap. It’s chaotic but there’s not much you can do other than remember it’s such a short time in the grand scheme of things. I had no problems with pregnancy or birth.

I don’t know why everyone’s obsessed with the sex thing. I don’t know anyone in real life who waited years (or even 6 months!) to have sex! Not everyone has horrible birth injuries or pain either.

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