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How many of you have gotten pregnant again 6 weeks - 2 months after giving birth? I just had my DD December 19th and had unprotected sex today. Wasn't exactly an oopsie. There is a long story behind why I let it happen. Just wondering if some of you could share your experiences of having kids 10-11 months apart.

My first two were 11 months apart. It was hard but it was also pretty interesting watching them grow up to where they are now. They did a lot of stuff at the same time.

My sister and i are only 10 and a half months apart  
We're like twins/best friends   x

My SO and his brother are 10.5 months apart. His mom would take them to the grocery store or something and people would ask if they were twins and she would say no. And then they would ask, "how old are they?" and she would say 5, and...5 LOL. He and his brother grew up really close but it was probably a little challenging for mom.

Quoting gigiwesson:" My SO and his brother are 10.5 months apart. His mom would take them to the grocery store or something ... [snip!] ... and she would say 5, and...5 LOL. He and his brother grew up really close but it was probably a little challenging for mom."

yeaa me and my sister always got asked if we were twins up untill about 9years old. We were both bright blonde, big blue eyes and the exact same height. use to annoy us so much, in the end we said yes we were for a laugh. lol.
My mum loved raising us because we looked after eachother and we developed at a very simular rate. We got ill at the same time every time though. lol. x

So here is the long back story (My current bf we'll call him A) and I met in July 2008 and have been dating off and on ever since. In March 2010 we got pregnant and in April 2010 we miscarried shortly after I found out I was pregnant my EDD for that pregnancy was December 20, 2010. When I miscarried I was out of town and he wasn't able to be there for me and I blamed him for not being there. I said a lot of nasty hurtful things to him. We had planned the baby but I was the one who talked him into it, he had said before that he didn't want kids for a few years but because I longed to be a mother so badly he one day decided we could start trying. When I miscarried I blamed him saying maybe we lost the baby because he didn't want a baby as bad as I did. It was an immature thing to say but I was only 19.

We broke up the day I miscarried and got back together about 5 or 6 months later. His mom kicked him out and he moved in with me. We started ttc again but we could never conceive again. Every negative pregnancy test was a blow to the stomach and I became very depressed and took everything out on him and treated him like smurf and just cried all the time. I took it all out on him bc when I first miscarried he told me "well it wasn't a baby yet, it was just a bunch of cells." Then for a long time he refused to talk about the miscarriage even though I NEEDED to talk things out in order to cope. So we just ended up fighting all the time until we broke up and he eventually moved out.

Fastforward. We stayed broken up but remained in contact for over a year. I got into a relationship with someone else and ended up getting pregnant with my DD right away in March 2012 (found out in April) My due date was Dec. 19th 2012 and she was born on her due date. However DD's father was a piece of crap and is not involved in her life. Throughout my pregnancy I talked to A all the time and he seemed hurt that I was pregnant with someone else's child but said he was happy for me. We talked constantly throughout my pregnancy but he never came to see me. ( I think because it was just too hard for him to see me pregnant with a baby that wasn't his).

Fastforward to today. A came to see me and we had planned on having sex now that I am able to again but I asked him to bring condoms and explained to him how I am really fertile now and I don't want to get pregnant again and I'd like us to use condoms until or unless we get married because I don't want to be a single mother to 2 children if he were to get me pregnant and break up with me. However A came over today and didn't bring condoms. I've known that he really wants a child of his own. (A was adopted and I think having a baby who looks like him would mean the world to him.) Anyways I told A if he got me pregnant and broke up with me he would be getting full custody because I do not want to be a single parent to 2 kids. (I highly doubt that I would really give him full custody lol). I also told A that he was going to be taking the 3 am feedings if he got me pregnant. He told me we'll just hire a nanny. (A has a nice paying job and just bought a new house) Anyways so we ended up having unprotected sex. Part of me hopes i'm not pregnant again, yet part of me wants to give A the child we've always dreamed of. He was my high school sweetheart and my longest relationship. I built so many dreams with him. Having A laying on my bed and my DD in my arms today sitting on the edge of the bed next to A while I gently bounced her back to sleep in my arms just felt so right. I love them both more than anything in the world. Having a happy family with A is what i've always dreamed of.

So that is why I had sex so soon after having DD. I am sure A will love DD as if she is his own but he still longs for us to have our own baby together and I totally understand that. I think it's crazy to have kids so close in age but I know with A by my side I can do anything. I just hope and pray we quit with this off and on crap, grow up and get married. You don't date someone off and on for 4 years for no reason. You don't go back to someone over and over like that for no reason. Especially after all the crap i've put him through. ( I litterally chased away 3 of his girlfriends and every time he forgave me as if they never meant anything to him in the first place.) I am nervous and thinking maybe it was a stupid choice, but at the same time excited and dreaming of our dreams coming true, if that makes any sense.

Quoting gigiwesson:" My SO and his brother are 10.5 months apart. His mom would take them to the grocery store or something ... [snip!] ... and she would say 5, and...5 LOL. He and his brother grew up really close but it was probably a little challenging for mom."

Lol that is hilarious, 5 and 5! I never thought of that.

Quoting Miracle_Mommy 2012:" So here is the long back story (My current bf we'll call him A) and I met in July 2008 and have been ... [snip!] ... maybe it was a stupid choice, but at the same time excited and dreaming of our dreams coming true, if that makes any sense."

I can't even begin to imagine what that was like. But I really do wish you the best. I kinda want to have another baby about a year after we have this little girl. So that they can be close in age.

Quoting Miracle_Mommy 2012:" So here is the long back story (My current bf we'll call him A) and I met in July 2008 and have been ... [snip!] ... maybe it was a stupid choice, but at the same time excited and dreaming of our dreams coming true, if that makes any sense."

me and my other half are sort of trying for another and DS is only 4 months. We wanted to try sooner but I had my first pp period for 7 weeks so that got in the way! lol.

I wish you all the best and I hope everything works out for you all.   xxx

Quoting Dexter's Mummy!:" me and my other half are sort of trying for another and DS is only 4 months. We wanted to try sooner ... [snip!] ... period for 7 weeks so that got in the way! lol. I wish you all the best and I hope everything works out for you all.   xxx"

Yea we are not hardcore ttc just if it happens it happens. No sex every other day ovulation tests or any of that. Just whatever will be, will be. I am somewhat nervous about it but I know this is how it was meant to be. Him and I and our 2 kids. I know he will love Leilani like she is his own and she won't know any different but we also want one of our own together as well.