icegurl470
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Hello. I just had my beautiful baby girl in February. The pregnancy was as smooth as can be. I went into labor naturally 5 days past my due date and had a totally textbook un-medicated birth. She's the most amazing baby in the world. Honestly, the whole experience was so much greater than I ever could have imagined. We're already thinking about doing it again! I want her to have a sibling close in age. My doctor is totally on board. I was going to continue breastfeeding for up to a year (if all goes as planned) and start trying the end of this year beginning of next year. If I got pregnant right away, they would be about a year and a half apart, which is what I really want. However, I've read that you should space pregnancies 18-24 months apart. Waiting this amount of time is supposed to allow your body to completely build up the nutrients lost having the first child.
I did everything right with my first child and I want to do the same with my second, but when I voiced my concerns with my dr, he basically said that theory was bull. He said my body wouldn't get pregnant again unless it was ready. I live in a huge hippy town. All the local docs are holistic and stuff, so I'm not really sure what to think. I'd like to here some other opinions. Thanks!
I did everything right with my first child and I want to do the same with my second, but when I voiced my concerns with my dr, he basically said that theory was bull. He said my body wouldn't get pregnant again unless it was ready. I live in a huge hippy town. All the local docs are holistic and stuff, so I'm not really sure what to think. I'd like to here some other opinions. Thanks!