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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the posters telling OP to get pregnant right away, are you not aware of the risks in doing so? It’s common knowledge that you should give your body a year at least to heal from the first birth before getting pregnant again due to the risks of a second pregnancy so soon.

Research suggests that beginning a pregnancy within six months of a live birth is associated with an increased risk of:

Premature birth
The placenta partially or completely peeling away from the inner wall of the uterus before delivery (placental abruption)
Low birth weight
Congenital disorders
Schizophrenia
Maternal anemia
In addition, recent research suggests that closely spaced pregnancies might be associated with an increased risk of autism in second-born children. The risk is highest for pregnancies spaced less than 12 months apart.

Closely spaced pregnancies might not give a mother enough time to recover from pregnancy before moving on to the next. For example, pregnancy and breast-feeding can deplete your stores of nutrients, particularly folate. If you become pregnant before replacing those stores, it could affect your health or your baby's health. Inflammation of the genital tract that develops during pregnancy and doesn't completely heal before the next pregnancy could also play a role.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/getting-pregnant/in-depth/family-planning/art-20044072[/quote]

But, that risk must be balanced against not having a child and of being even older when you do. So high risk OBs counsel AMA women that waiting is often a higher risk (of birth issues and of not getting pregnant at all) than not waiting.

The things you mention are a risk for everyone; they may or may not be a higher risk in closely spaced pregnancies, but similarly there are risks to being AMA and those risks increase the longer you wait, so your doctor will help you deicide which risks are greater and which way to go.

There is no such thing as a pregnancy without risk, so one is always balancing relative risks.[/quote]

Wait a year before getting pregnant. Your body has to recover. Then start trying for a second. [/quote]

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