To ask how much did you ‘try’ to conceive

Edit - i realised too late it's a zombie thread FFS.

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Mine were all happy accidents, never actually tried to get pregnant but also wasn't particularly careful with contraception. With my fourth we had been really careful with contraception and I still managed to fall pregnant.

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To be honest, we didn't try to conceive. We discussed starting a family, so I just stopped taking contraception and carried on having sex as normal.
I fell pregnant within a couple of months each time.

I put a lot of pressure on with the sticks, counting days and planning in month 1 and 2. DH said to DTD every other day and forget about the other stuff (apart from tracking periods for dating) fell the next month.
Once DC1 was on the scene it was harder to find as much time, we DTD when we could fit it in. At least a few times a month, fell in two months.
I really feel for those that struggle to conceive. Don’t hang around if it’s not working out, get support from your GP. Good luck OP

With my first I used to the CB OPK and got pregnant the first month. With this pregnancy I went off the flo app, then had a really stupid long cycle. Next month used the cb OPK and got pregnant.

Expensive but worth it imo... and yes having sex when you see the flashinf smiley is abit planned and forced but it is what it is 🤷‍♀️

We didn't try. I found out I was pregnant randomly

It happened quickly - 3 months of ttc, but we did ‘try’. I used OPKs from the start and we had a lot of sex 😅🤣

I was lucky and didn't have to try at all. Most were first month, two were second month. Fertility wasn't my issue but I did get less luck in other ways.

8 months and nothing so we upped the game with temping and ovulation strips. Got pregnant 4 times and had 4 miscarriages over 4 years but now have an amazing 8 month old baby boy (we were very lucky we are both 44). I have to say the massive game changer for us was using preseed fertility lubricant if you haven’t tried it it’s amazing and you should definitely give it a try if you haven’t already. Also I noticed the times I did conceive we’d dtd the day after I’d ovulated too so 🤔 always try to maybe just have one more try and not always just focus on before ovulation 😅 x good luck x

Sweet Jesus. *initiated 😂

*intitiated

We conceived first month both times without any thought of using ovulation sticks etc. We just had sex at least every other day.

Friends that took longer naturally got more into testing and sex on schedule. I would say that the ones that took longer and had a less stressful time of it were the ones that didn't mention testing to their partner. They still iniated sex throughout their cycle so that it didn't become too clinical.

The ones that were more organised in their approach seemed to all get pregnant during quiet periods at work when the stress was off!

Straight away with both. Husband disappointed that we didn't have more sex trying to conceive!

Got pregnant twice within a year both m/c's now nothing for the last 4 years

When we first decided to try, I had bought all the ovulation tests, downloaded the Flo app etc. Fell pregnant first, miscarried at 6 weeks. Had 1 period, then fell pregnant next month.

Second pregnancy (36 weeks almost) fell pregnant within 4 weeks of trying.

Never in a million years did I ever think it would happen for me/us that quickly especially as I was in my thirties.

I realise how lucky and blessed we are and remind myself of that often.

X

7 cycles for us using OPKs from the first month. We struggled with DTD on demand, we were exhausted, frustrated and husband struggled to finish. Eventually we used the syringe and pot method - it was convenient and no pressure for DH. It works as we got pregnant that cycle. It’s not glamorous or romantic but by that point it wasn’t anything more than a chore anyways. Good luck

I was lucky I guess as first month after coming off pill - did have lots of sex.

Every month for 24 cycles, then got pregnant through IVF

Ovulation kits weren't invented when I had my children. I just relied on changes in cervical mucus and made sure to pounce on DH then. I never told him it was my fertile time, but he must've guessed It took eleven months to conceive even though we were doing everything right. I think I'd have driven myself mad if I'd had ovulation tests available, it was stressful enough as it was.

Second time it happened the first time of trying, a bit of a shock as DS1 was only seven months and I was still breastfeeding. Third time I think it was about four months, again just going on physical signs of ovulation.

First child, 3 months, second child first month.

No timings, no sticks and actually not much sex as I was horrendously busy with work both times. In fact, I want even in the same county as my husband for a week around my fertile widow/ovulation (I can feel it) either time.

I'm sure we conceived child 2 on day 3 of my cycle (I have two day periods).

We were very fortunate.

Not at all. Came off BC in June with a view to trying in September. Found out I was pregnant in July.

5 pregnancies, 1 conceived while on the pill, 1 while I had a coil, 3 conceived in the first month of coming off contraception with no tracking. It just happens for some people easily as unfair as that may be.

I used the clearblue fertility monitor and got pregnant after our first try, I'd highly recommend it to anyone. It's pricey and you do have to buy the test sticks separately but it tells you exactly when you're going to ovulate and then when you can test for pregnancy.

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