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[quote=Anonymous]To be quite clear, the WHO recommendation that you wait 2 years after birth to conceive (meaning your kid would be at least 2 yrs 9 mo when DC2 is born) is NOT due to a finding that waiting 24 months is better than waiting 18 months for either mother or child.  It appears to be based on the facts that (1) UNICEF recommends breastfeeding your child for two years (which may be more or less appropriate in any given country/situation); and (2) telling people to wait two years is an easy benchmark.  It did not make any definitive findings about "residual" risks associated with conceiving 18-27 months after birth.  In fact, the report suggests that the lowest risk is to have your child 18-36 months after birth.

Source: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/69855/1/WHO_RHR_07.1_eng.pdf

I don't mean to suggest people should take this report as gospel.  Just don't feel that you are somehow endangering your baby if you don't wait until exactly 24 months post-birth to become pregnant again.  To echo a few PPs--do the spacing that works for you.[/quote]

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