Well we didn't actually 'complete' the deed for a whole year but after that we just used ultra thin condoms. Worked for us for the year and a half that we weren't ready for another!
Contraception after birth
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Well after I had my ds we used condoms for a while, which we had never used b4 we had the baby, and I found out I am allergic to laytex!? So i got an IUD. I like it for the most part, but periods are NOT fun on them. Heavy and painful!
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Well, we can't do anything that utilizes spermicide...that's my allergy...and it's an itch you just don't want right where you just don't want it!
Charting fertility signals and, of course, exhaustion induced abstinence will be our main avenues.
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Eventually if my cycle does return (I'm 41 and think peri-menopause may be just around the corner) PP, dh may go get snipped. And honestly, that's my preference. A few weeks of soreness for him sounds sooooo much better than lots of nasty chemicals in or on my body.
Charting fertility signals and, of course, exhaustion induced abstinence will be our main avenues.
Eventually if my cycle does return (I'm 41 and think peri-menopause may be just around the corner) PP, dh may go get snipped. And honestly, that's my preference. A few weeks of soreness for him sounds sooooo much better than lots of nasty chemicals in or on my body.
My son was born almost 2 weeks ago. We plan on using a combination of condoms, diaphragm ( maybe ), and Im going to learm how to chart my cycles. I got my period at 8wks post with my first, so using breastfeeding wasnt an option, and it remains to be seen if it will happen again. To play it safe, dh and I arent having sex until that 8 week mark has passed and we're sure Im not ovulating. I simply CANT get pregnant again
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: My boys are less than a year apart. Mama needs a break.
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I hear ya there. I don't want to be pregnant again, at all. I don't like the mama I become with hormones and exhaustion.... I've had to try so hard during this pregnancy just to be my minimum standard of a good mama and it's been too much for me. My relationship with my dd has suffered and that's unacceptable to me.
Even if we had smooth sailing the entire pregnancy this would be our last biological child. Our plan has always been to have two bio and adopt a third. So I don't feel as bad saying we're DONE.
Kidzaplenty: you are awesome! I have so much respect for anyone who can welcome that many kiddos into their family and not go crazy
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Originally Posted by Mama Poot I simply CANT get pregnant again
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Even if we had smooth sailing the entire pregnancy this would be our last biological child. Our plan has always been to have two bio and adopt a third. So I don't feel as bad saying we're DONE.
Kidzaplenty: you are awesome! I have so much respect for anyone who can welcome that many kiddos into their family and not go crazy
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My dh and i call it "letting the chips fall where they may"
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His chips seem to like my eggs though, and they make beautiful babies
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We will be using NFP to prevent for a while this time.
Originally Posted by Kidzaplenty NFP, if I HAD to prevent. Which we don't do. We believe in NOT preventing and NOT TTC. |
We will be using NFP to prevent for a while this time.
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LOL
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Originally Posted by milkydoula My dh and i call it "letting the chips fall where they may"
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how did you survive??
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Originally Posted by starlein26 Well we didn't actually 'complete' the deed for a whole year |
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