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I wanted another baby right after as well....mine though was because I missed being pregnant with my son....I needed to wait so that my body and hormones could regulate themselves again. My body physically needed to heal too. I think if I would have gone ahead it would have been soooo much harder to do with two babies. We had ours 2 years apart...we started trying when my first son was 1 ...my son and daughter are 2 years and one month apart. They are very close but it helped that my son was a little more independent when my daughter was born. We just had our 3'rd 4 weeks ago and my daughter and this one are 3 years apart....so he is the only one in diapers now and that is nice too. It has to be a personal decision.....you know what is in your heart and what is best for you. I have heard of people having babies very close together and they make it just fine. Good luck!!!

My advice is to let your baby be a baby for awhile. I had 4 in 4 years to the day and aside from having to recover from c-sections each time my babies got smaller and earlier up to and including a preemie. I was exhausted and felt like I spent more time taking care of them than just enjoying each precious one just for who they are. I like to emphasize that they won't be babies for very long at all and then will be active kids who will have differing needs and places to be and such. I think Kari has a much better plan. I love all my children but because I had so many so close I was constantly up at 12 midnight scrubbing kitchen floors and stuff and not getting much rest. God thought I could handle it I guess, but it was very hard at times. My first two were only 11 months apart and that was almost worse than twins because I had two infants but one was walking! The rest were all a year apart and it was fun, but same scenario.

I would wait , I wanted to get pg right after my first because I think your body goes through missing the baby inside of you. I know with both i missed my baby moving around in there. I would wait aleast a few months and then see how you feel. I didnt even get postpartum depression untel my first was 6 months old. Plus they dont stay babies to long you want to soak up all that baby time. I would wait tell at least 6 months to a year. Good luck:)