SwtlyBlessed
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Our first LO is four months old today We've always wanted to have kids close together, so when I got my period back almost immediately we looked into the safety of conceiving again quickly. Finally my doc said it was safe but that for six months my chances of ovulating would be very small (exclusively breastfeeding). We decided to start trying and just trust that it would happen whenever it happens. I skipped my period but HPT was negative (three times and the last test was when I was over a week late) so I went in for a check up to make sure everything was ok. Turns out I'm about six weeks pregnant!! We are so excited, and as of now it looks like #2 will be due 51 weeks after #1.
But yesterday I called my gynecologist's office and spoke with his *not very nice* nurse. She told me I should probably stop nursing now because it's too hard on the body to do both, and was just generally acting really condescending. I asked if conceiving again so quickly while EBF was uncommon and she said "breastfeeding is not effective contraception." I said I understood that, and that we had actually hoped to conceive again. She said nothing so I tried to reconfirm that conceiving back to back was safe and she actually scoffed and said "well there's nothing you can do about it now." Was my GP, resources, etc all wrong about it being safe? All I could find was a minuscule risk of autism and some partially inconclusive studies on increased preterm labor.
Anyone out there with Irish twins? We were both so excited, but now I'm more worried than anything. She acted like I was so irresponsible and impulsive/careless, which really felt terrible. And of course we don't yet want to share with all of the people I would normally seek support from. It would be great to hear any positive encouragement or experiences from any others who have ever been there
But yesterday I called my gynecologist's office and spoke with his *not very nice* nurse. She told me I should probably stop nursing now because it's too hard on the body to do both, and was just generally acting really condescending. I asked if conceiving again so quickly while EBF was uncommon and she said "breastfeeding is not effective contraception." I said I understood that, and that we had actually hoped to conceive again. She said nothing so I tried to reconfirm that conceiving back to back was safe and she actually scoffed and said "well there's nothing you can do about it now." Was my GP, resources, etc all wrong about it being safe? All I could find was a minuscule risk of autism and some partially inconclusive studies on increased preterm labor.
Anyone out there with Irish twins? We were both so excited, but now I'm more worried than anything. She acted like I was so irresponsible and impulsive/careless, which really felt terrible. And of course we don't yet want to share with all of the people I would normally seek support from. It would be great to hear any positive encouragement or experiences from any others who have ever been there