in June 2022 Babies 🇺🇸

The CONDOM BROKE

We were having sex a day before ovulation, the condom broke, and he definitely came inside me. I don’t know if I’m pregnant yet, but I’m terrified of another baby. My husband said he’d be happy, and already has a middle name picked out if it’s a boy. I’m not worried about anything other than the actual baby coming out of me again! And the postpartum hormones because I suffered with ppd/r like almost the worst some of my friends/ family & doctors have come across. I just don’t know if I’ll make it again 🫠

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Are you outside the Plan B window?

I know this is absolutely terrifying but creating a plan early on for postpartum can be really helpful. And your doctors will help with this as soon as you find out. I know you’re scared but just stay strong. I’m sorry you’re going through this. 🤍

Plan B

Plan B. The sooner the better.

Too late for plan be and we live in a remote area so there’s no pharmacy cvs to get it from 😩

I think you can get it mailed - maybe depends on where you are located - my friend took plan C and pretty sure it was shipped in the mail. Up to you of course, that’s a personal decision but if it was some of the worst ppd/r and you are afraid you won’t survive it seems pretty good reason to. I didn’t have that at all and was very afraid of an accidental baby #3 because of the stress and difficulties of having 2 close in age. What the other person said planning ahead for postpartum- having as much support as you can - I haven’t personally looked into supplements to help but there probably are! I am interested if there is a nutritional take on ppd/r - I’ve never looked into it - but I know babies deplete is of a lot of minerals - taking from our bones etc.

@Cara yeah she was an exclusively BF baby and she wouldn’t even take a bottle or a pacifier. And it was very difficult to always have her on me all the time. And she would wake up 6 times a night to nurse her. Ugh I was exhausted. A part of me thinks I can do it if I do things 100% different and not even breastfeed so that my husband can help in a way that I needed it before but he couldn’t.

Plan B! 💯

That sounds so difficult - I had issues with breastfeeding so I barely tried with #2 so she was pretty much 100% formula fed which was great for having help. My mom was able to come for the first 2 weeks after both births which was a godsend - if you don’t have family support like that and you can afford some postpartum doula help - definitely do that - I had amazing doulas both births as well!!