https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:08:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509393 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:19:16 +0000 gingerbebe 2509393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due with #2 in May. I had an emergency C-section with #1, and got pregnant 11 months post-partum. They will be 20 months apart. My doctor was not concerned at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509353 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:54:54 +0000 ValentineMommy 2509353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ocean81: Lol, don't feel dumb! Your doc may have recommended something different. Either way, good luck!!! :goodluck: </p> <p>@oliviaoblivia: Good to know! I'm not sure DH is totally on board yet, but since DS2 will be 9 months soon, it's been on my mind! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509341 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:45:55 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2509341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My doc recommends 15 months between c-section and next pregnancy. 24 months between births.<br /> My third was born 12.5 months after my second (both sections) and I had to have some extra monitoring and had to deliver early to not risk labor. I'm not a vbac candidate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509340 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:44:48 +0000 ocean81 2509340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: Oh! Well, I feel dumb, ha. If I get lucky this month, then it will be 18 months between deliveries so I guess I did listen to my doctor! Ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509332 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:42:27 +0000 Ash 2509332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was only 9m pp when I got pregnant. 18.5m apart and I had a vbac! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509331 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:42:19 +0000 ValentineMommy 2509331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ocean81: My doc definitely said 18m from delivery to delivery....I just wasn't sure what other doctors recommended. The baby fever is real though!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509330 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:41:16 +0000 ocean81 2509330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: I assumed it was to wait until LO was 18 months, but there is not enough coffee in life, so maybe I am wrong? Ha. Curious about what others say.</p> <p>It took us almost a year to conceive my daughter, so that is why I didn't listen my doctor and started when she was 10 months. I'm almost 35, so same situation as you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509323 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:38:00 +0000 ValentineMommy 2509323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ocean81: So....wait until your LO is 18m or 18m in between deliveries? Sorry, there's not enough coffee for today :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509306 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:30:00 +0000 lioneyes 2509306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my dr. said to wait 18 months after delivery to even get pregnant... DS is 18 months now and while I planned to start trying, we are going to wait another year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509281 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 10:11:35 +0000 ocean81 2509281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ValentineMommy: My doctor told me 18 months. She said if I had an "oops" after 12 months it would be okay, but not ideal. I started TTC a couple months ago and have yet to be successful... The silver lining is that it's one more month for my body to fully recover :) My LO just turned 1. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-2509266 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:58:52 +0000 ValentineMommy 2509266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm reviving this super old post, since I was going to ask the same exact question.</p> <p>My OB told me to wait so there was a good 18m in between c-sections (vbacs are not an option for me)....so, that would mean at a minimum, wait until ds2 is 9 months old. She really stressed this was the minimum, and waiting longer would be better. I'm 35 however, so I don't have all the time in the world.</p> <p>DS2 is 8m old now and I have the fever...bad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-438590 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:41:57 +0000 travelgirl1 438590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My surgeon told me 18 months between deliveries if I wanted a vaginal delivery. His exact words: don't get pregnant but if you do, use plenty of red wine and lube. Lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-438573 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:24:55 +0000 stargal 438573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dr said to wait 18 months between births so<br /> If we wanted to start gettting pregnant again we should wait til pierson was 9 months old to start TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-438567 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:20:38 +0000 cyndistar3 438567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My midwife told me that there had to be 18 months between births if I wanted a vbac. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-416825 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:33:18 +0000 banana 416825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My doctor told me to wait 12 months. We started trying again at 14 months and got pregnant at 18 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-416711 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:37:31 +0000 Mrs. Bee 416711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my doctor told me 18 months between pregnancies to attempt vbac. i had a vbac with olive and she and charlie were 22 months apart, so I got pregnant when Charlie was 13 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-416705 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:34:13 +0000 mrsjazz 416705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My midwife recommended waited 1 year to get pregnant and have another c-section and waiting 18 months for a VBAC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-416680 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:23:06 +0000 tororojo 416680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have heard that it's best to wait at least a year but my pregnancy books say 18 months...asking your doctor is probably the best way to go! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-416675 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:21:50 +0000 runsyellowlites 416675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Waiting as long as possible to ensure complete healing helps reduce risk of placenta accreta &amp; uterine rupture, which is a risk throughout pregnancy following a cesarean not just labor.</p> <p>I had ALOT of time between mine but had I needed a repeat this time I had planned on waiting 2 years before ttc again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-416673 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:19:45 +0000 Mrsbells 416673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 7 months post c-section, my doctor didnt tell me anything specific about waiting to get pregnant, but she asked if I was planning to have another child soon and I said I would definitely wait at least two years before getting pregnant. </p> <p>@autumnlove: Fingerscrossed for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-416660 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:11:01 +0000 autumnlove 416660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sarbear: My dr wanted me to wait a year but I got pregnant on accident 7 months after my C-section. I'm almost 18 weeks pregnant now and I worry about complications. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-416659 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:10:33 +0000 Foodnerd81 416659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister's doctor specifically told her to wait at least 1 year before trying again after her c-section, so allow her time to heal everything up. She would want a VBAC if she has a second, though, so I have no idea if that factored into it. My nephew is 21 months old and she is still not ready for another one yet anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-c-section-did-you-want-to-get-pregnant#post-416650 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:08:45 +0000 GrapeCrush 416650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i had my son via c-section almost 7 months ago. my doc never told me how long i should wait after having the c-section to get pregnant again. i've read 18 months, but i don't plan on trying for a VBAC(scheduled all the way). i was just curious if those of you who had c-sections waited, what your doc recommended. and if you got pregnant fairly quickly afterwards, did you get 'talked' to about how it was so early. </p>