Planning to TTC SOON but...
As shallow as this may sound to some I am scared to get fatter on top of this baby fat I STILL have 8 months after giving birth. I have to admit I have not put much effort into losing the baby weight but now the time has come where we want to start trying for another baby and I'm scared I am going to blow up like a beached whale!!!! 
Especially since I hear it is harder to lose the second baby weight...Dis anybody get pregnant soon after having a baby and what were your experiences with the weight gain?
Especially since I hear it is harder to lose the second baby weight...Dis anybody get pregnant soon after having a baby and what were your experiences with the weight gain?
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"Women who wish to have their children close together should space them more than a year apart and take care between pregnancies to increase their own health and stamina. This takes more time for some women than for others.
There is not a magic date as to when a body is recovered," says Schorn. "Most women are physically doing well by six weeks after birth, but it takes more time to lose their pregnancy weight, increase their exercise strength, improve their body tone (abdominal and pelvic floor muscles particularly), and begin or increase sexual activity."
"This becomes even more crucial if there were complications during the first pregnancy. "For example, a woman who is very overweight and had diabetes during pregnancy may be advised to postpone the next pregnancy to work on improving her health first," says Schorn. "If the pregnancy was difficult because the woman did not like the effects of pregnancy on her body, psychologically it might be better to postpone pregnancy until she really is ready to go through pregnancy again. If there are issues between a couple, they may want to work on that before adding another child into the mix. The answer to this question is that it is very individual depending on what made the first pregnancy 'difficult.'"