How soon can I concieve?

Question

My baby is 6 months and I'm planning on having another baby. I haven't yet had my periods and got to learn that as long as I'm still breastfeeding chances of conceiving are very slim.

Answer 1

The only way for you to know if you are ovulating is to take your basal body temp each morn, same time and before you get up. You should see a pattern in temps that leads up to and after ovulation. You can get the basal thermometer at Wal-Mart for about 8 dollars. I use a wonderful FREE website called Fertilityfriend.com...it graphs your temps for you, keeps track of your fertility signs, tells you when you ovulate and also tells you if there is an implantation dip in your temps. You can also use Ovulation prediction kits, but they only measure your LH surge and give you a ball park time for ovulation...they do not pin point it. Oh, and it is possible to be ovulating while you do not have your period, just like it is possible to have a period and not ovulate.

Answer 2

Doctors usually reccomend you wait at least 6 months (if your pregnancy/delivery was healthy and uncomplicated) between babies to ensure that your body has healed and your nutirent stores are replenished. However if you do concieve it doesnt necessarily mean that your pregnancy is off to a bad start. Taking a good quality multivitamin for pregnancy and breastfeeding will help, or if your not into vitamins a good well structured, nutritional diet will prepare you for a new pregnancy (or best of all do both!).

Although its possible to do, I would reccomend you speak to your obstetrician if you are planning to become pregnant and breastfeed at the same time as this too can put alot of strain on your body and more commonly the growing baby can miss out on his fair share of nutrients. Becoming pregnant when breastfeeding can be very difficult, expecially if baby is taking mostly milk feeds, it will become easier once baby is mostly eating solid foods.
Best wishes :-)

Answer 3

Don't hurry things along. When you period returns you will concieve, but two young baby's at the same time very tiring. I would wait a few months, at lest until your first baby is a year old, so that the difference is about 2 years in between each child. It is easier this way for you.

Good luck

Answer 4

I breastfed my 3rd child and it took me 2.5 yrs to get pregnant. She was still feeding from me when I got pregnant but just at night. I never even got a period I just woke up one morning and felt pregnant and sure enough I was and now have a 5 year old little girl to show for it. You could get pregnant at any time but the chances I would say increase when the baby starts eating solid food as you are more likely to ovulate then.

Answer 5

I thought that if you are breastfeeding and want another baby, you have to wait until your ready to give up breastfeeding? That the milk will dry up right away if you get pregnant again? That is what I read, so I would assume that you will need to wait until your ready to stop breastfeeding and then try to have another.

Answer 6

Actually most females are the most fertile right after giving birth. If you are still breastfeeding, you might not have menses, which means you might not be ovulating. But you could be. Most physicians recommend birth control right after delivery to prevent pregnancies, because woman are fertile. YOur chance of concieving is moderate, so try! It can't hurt your odds.

Answer 7

That's only true for the first few months, but it doesn't work for all women.
Your doctor can refer something that can make your periods start again, consult your doctor.
CT

Answer 8

if you dont breastfeed on demand you will have a higher chance of concieving

Answer 9

wish i could help but my time of haveing babies has come to a stop

Answer 10

that's true honey. this is nature's way of ensuring the offspring's better chances for survival.