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Getting Pregnant while Breastfeeding
My baby will be three and a half months old next week and he is my first. My husband and I don't want to have any more children for another 3 or 4 years, at least, and so I've been breastfeeding our little boy. My mom told me that you can't get pregnant if you are breastfeeding and that I should breastfeed for as long as I can to put off getting pregnant or having to go on birth control pills again. Then, I saw a link on some breastfeeding moms site I was looking at about a woman who got pregnant while breastfeeding her 2 month old.
Is getting pregnant while nursing common? I mean, I've been having unprotected sex with my husband ever since I was able to do it again with him, thinking that I am safe. I haven't had my first period yet since giving birth but I thought that was normal and now I'm scared I might be pregnant and that my mom was totally wrong.
So, what are the chances of getting pregnant while breastfeeding?
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that is another rumor like if you do it standing up your safe. well it could be likely you are pregnant
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Yes, you can. Make an appointment with your gyno to talk about non-hormonal types of birth control. In the interim, it sucks, but back to condoms and/or spermicide.
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Your mother is completly wrong.
No one here can pull the chance you might be pregnant out of thin air, but the chance does exist. For goodness sake go talk to a doctor about birth control, contraception and when/if you should take a pregnancy test. I'm sure your mother is a lovely, well-meaning women, but you cannot take her opinion as medical advice.
Breastfeeding is a good idea, but not a contraceptive.
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Yes you can get pregnant while breastfeeding.
I don't know the chances, but I am pretty sure they are just the same as if you weren't breastfeeding.
It is common, I have a friend who has a 13 month old(still breast feeding) And she just had a baby. She breastfeeds both. And I have another friend who thought the same as your mom said, you can't get pregnant while breastfeeding.. Well her daughter is 4 months old, and shes pregnant.
It can happen. The best way to prevent pregnancy is to use condoms!
I'm sorry but your mom is wrong, and if you think there is a chance of pregnancy, you should go pick up a test and find out.
Good luck to you!
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