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Hey Angela. It's been so long since anyone has posted on this thread! Thanks for your kind words. Well, I am now almost 7 weeks post partum and I am feeling very good. I went to my doctor on Monday and I didn't get any birth control. DH and I are using condoms for now, which I don't like. My situation is different than yours though. I don't want any kind of hormonal birth control because doc gave us the green light to TTC after 2 periods,so I don't want anything to mess me up. Hehe, I was only off of the pill (after being on it for 5 years) one month when we conceived Brooke, so my body is probably all out of whack. I still haven't gotten my period, but I think it might come within the next week. Who knows? I think it's very unlikely that you could have gotten pregnant. Are you b___stfeeding? I heard that that suppresses ovulation. Well, glad to know that you got something to ease your mind and congrats on your LO.

Yeah, once i had realized that last time someone posted i felt a little silly lol. Im used to being on the third trimester board where someone posts twice a day haha. But im glad you responded back. Im so glad to hear that you feeling well, and im glad to hear yall are ttc again. Good luck once again, and who knows you may get it on the first try again. I havent stopped bleeding, but its slowed to almost nothing, so i figured we'd be safe to go ahead. Im just looking foward to get on my bc and be regular again lol, sounds weird but im ok with 1 baby right now. I know thats it very unlikely, but im the type of person who 1. overreacts about everything lol and 2. if the odds are against me, and the statics are that i wont i probably will. Thats how everything was with my pregnancy, if it could happen and wasnt supposed to it did. I was b___stfeeding, but decided not to anymore because im starting back to work soon, and its just not practical for me. Oh yeah my name is Angela by the way if you hadnt figured it out lol, and its nice to meet you!

Hi ladies, not sure if any of you are still around, but figure I will post anyway. We lost our son 4 weeks ago today. He was born by emergency c-section. I have searched and searched for a better s_x after section answer than 8 weeks, but there aren't many. I'm not really in the mood, but poor dh has gone so freaking long it's sad. It's hard to read some of the sites that talk about it because I see so much "give yourself time to heal and spend time with your new little one" and it hurts. I'm not sure it's safe right now though, because I went to the doctor the other day for really heavy bleeding and they said my cervix was open....First of all, why would my cervix be open when I never went into labor? I have stopped bleeding but I think I am going to give it another week or so before we try......

Flowerchild, I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I am now 5 months postpartum, and although the pain never goes away, I can tell you that it does subside slowly but surely. Honestly though, I still do cry about 4 or 5 times a week, but not like I did at first. Some days it's just a few tears, others it's more. I too got irritated with everyone saying 8 weeks and "bond with your baby." I was like, well yeah, that was the plan, but it didn't work out that way. DH and I did have s_x about 4 weeks postpartum. I too was not in labor when I underwent my c-section, so my cervix was not open. Something that you may experience when you do become intimate with your husband again is that you may cry. I did and I felt so weird. I think in a subconscious way it made me sad because it made me think of how Brooke was made. If you don't mind me asking, how far along were you? A loss at any stage is so painstaking. We just can't even put it into words. I found a board on cafemom dot com where I have met other mothers who went through similar situations. I found that this website didn't have much support from moms who had gone through late pregnancy losses (pre-term labor, stillborn, SIDS), so I went to cafemom. It's called 3 Trimester Stillborns. You might want to check it out if you want to. I will keep you in my prayers.

Flowerchild, I just read your post in the cla__sical incision board. My friend under the name ShoppingForTwo on this post delivered her baby at 24 weeks last June. She is preggos again and is going to have another c-section in June. I'm sure you can find her on the 2nd tri board. She's really nice and has been a good friend to me through this experience. I'm sure she'd be willing to talk to you too.

Hi, thanks for getting back. He was born just shy of 27 weeks, and he lived for 3 days and died from complications of surgery. I'll check out cafemoms. I have primarily been glued to baby center. If it wasn't for their support I don't know.......I'm not sure if we can try for s_x yet or not. I don't know why my cervix was dilated, and I don't know if the bleeding was my af or not, but the bleeding has stopped now. I'm just confused.

I am soooo sorry for your loss!!! I cant amagin! my doc told me 6 weeks after my emergancy c-section but i think as long as you feel ok .. than go for it ...

This is for flowerchild, i am so sorry for your loss, but i too loss my baby girl on dec. 9, 2007 when i was 26.5 weeks. that's crazy we were almost due at the same time. i know you think people are crazy when they say they understand how you feel, but i do. my baby only lived for 70 minutes. this has been the absolute hardest thing i have EVER been thru. i feel like now i obsess with the thought of having another baby. certainly not to replace her, but maybe it's to fill the void and actually achieve a full, healthy pregnancy. i feel like i have failed as a woman. my loss was due to incompetent cervix vs. pre term labor. i just hope we are able to conceive just as quickly next time. i hope these next few months pa__s quickly so that we can try again. i am so ready.

Yes, I think the desire to have another baby as soon as possible is obviously not to replace the one we lost because we know that will never happen. For me, part of it is to defy fate or my body, like, "you want to take my baby away? I'll show you..." And it's in part because, yes, I want my baby Logan, but I know that I can't have him, and I am determined to have another baby to share my love with and I feel that the longer I wait, the harder it is going to get. I was 3 days behind you. I too blame my stupid body, or at least I did, but I completely understand what you are feeling.