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If anyone else wondered why the Finnish baby box includes condoms: http://help.finnishbabybox.com/article/9-why-do-your-baby-bo...

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This is fantastic. I'm not joking when I say that I have family members who didn't realize that a second pregnancy was possible during the after-birth period. Thumbs-up for a government tackling a really thorny problem.

Well considered, if only to get folks to ask why they are included. Many do not realize how quickly some women can get pregnant again after giving birth.

Definitely guilty of not asking. Am currently awaiting birth of second child.

Forgive me if this is overly intrusive, but were you breastfeeding the child? I was under the impression that you are extremely unlikely to get pregnant whilst nursing.

We were in the process of weaning the first one when the second one was conceived.

I was mostly kidding about not knowing the chances; what we weren't expecting was for it to happen so quickly.

Biology can be hilarious like that.

Not the parent poster, but I think it's as simple as "unlikely" NOT "extremely unlikely"

Breastfeeding makes it less likely. Not extremely unlikely.

Well, my impression was obviously wrong, but I learned something, which is cool!

It is extremely unlikely that you will get pregnant again if your baby is under 6 months, your period has not returned, you are exclusively breastfeeding, and you do not go more than 6 hours between feedings. Once any of those things changes, all bets are off.

I got pregnant with my second when my first was 9 months old, I was still breastfeeding all the time.

Cool, thanks for the response. I learned something new today.

Yup, this was pretty much our experience.

This is certainly one of the more useful nuggets of knowledge I've picked up from HN. Thanks.

My "little" brother is 11 months and 20 days younger than me.

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