Birth Control between IVF kids?
Hi there — I’m new to this subreddit. I feel incredibly lucky to say that I’m officially 4 weeks postpartum with our first baby, born through IVF. We are over the moon, so it feels a little crazy to even be thinking about another child, but I have my 6 week postpartum visit coming up and I know my doctor will want to talk about birth control. We know that we would like to try for at least one more child, and we do have embryos banked already. My clinic recommends waiting at least 12-18 months; I know there are never guarantees in this crazy process, but if I could have my ideal world, I would love to have kids two years apart if we could be so lucky. Prior to TTC, I was on hormonal IUDs for 8 years; I tolerated those well, but there is a sneaky anxious voice in my head that wonders if the IUD could have somehow contributed scarring or something that made it so hard for us to conceive. I have no evidence for this, just anxiety. At the same time, I really didn’t love the brief stint I had on the pill during my IVF cycles though maybe I just wasn’t on them long enough to adjust in those instances. So I’m curious — what have folks here done for birth control between kids?