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After giving birth, are you still very fertile right away?

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Sometimes. : If you are breastfeeding, it can delay ovulation but it's not guaranteed to prevent pregnancy! if not then yes you could be fertile pretty quickly.

Dr Ali and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/15/2012

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