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Ok, as for me... hubby and I finally have been able to have sex. Didn't hurt at all like I thought it would following giving birth. I haven't started birth control, but everything I have looked into basically says that its extrememly rear to fall pregnant this soon after giving birth... especially when your exclusively breast feeding, in which I am. In fact it says that breast feeding has a higher birth control rate for the first couple cycles than the pill. Yet, after that... then you need to be careful. Also, pretty much everywhere says that its very unlikely to get pregnant before your first period after having a baby... that is why its called the "warning period"... Anyhow, my hubby leaves here soon so I am not worried about conceiving for at least 3 months. When he comes back, I may look into something. My mom keeps telling me how fertile you are shortly (not this soon) after you give birth and if we want another to try again... Well, thinking about that makes my tummy sick. If I didn't just have a back to back pregnancy, then maybe... but, gosh... I need some "me" time. LOL... Yet my family is very Catholic, so they never did birth control and we are all very close in age. My grand father (my moms dad) was in the military and her and her brothers and sisters are all about the same amount of months in between age. Guess my grandmother got pregnant every time he came back from deployment. I don't understand how those woman used to do that. I am so dead with just this one little guy. Oh, we are now calling him, "little John" LOL... JD just didn't seem to fit him. Yet, he looks exactly like a smaller version of my hubby that it a bit freaky. So, I just call him "little John". haha. Anyhow.... so, yea, thats about where I am. I am feeling so crampy also. Gosh, its been 13 months since my last period that I almost forgot what cramps felt like. I know this isn't period cramps (yet), but I guess you get the same type of cramps after for just your body trying to get back. The bleeding from giving birth is also pretty much gone. Oh, and my parents leave on Monday, so thats a bummer. They've helped a lot. Well, thats about that with me. Nothing special. Just keeping my fingers crossed for the TTC here!!! and the ones that have to make it full term with a healthy baby!!!

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