If you conceived after 35?

DS1 took 6 cycles when I was 34/35 (successful on second cycle trying SMEP)
DS2 took 1 cycle, but literally one shag when I was 37

5 months / 6 cycles at 35 and 4 months at 36/37.

Thanks. 3 months is not that long to try unfortunately and even a perfectly healthy couple its normal to take up to a year. If you've conceived twice before then it's less likely to be any issues but if worried you can usually google nearby fertility testing clinics who will do a sperm count (or at home tests though not as accurate).

My husband had cancer so it took a few years of treatments before we conceived. his numbers are still well below the normal parameters but i seem to be the most ridiculously fertile person on the planet, despite a very low AMH, as got pregnant accidently whilst doing IVF the first time and this time only had one month didn't conceive. but i do come from a family where the women joke their husbands just look at them and they're pregnant

35 is not a cliff edge. fertility does decline with age but it's still young enough to not stress too much

Conceived 35 and 39, both successful. Shock one at 43 but miscarried before I’d decided what to do (already had 3 children)

35 9 months
37 1 month
40 failed to conceive

Started TTC when I was 34 she's 4 weeks now and I'm 37 . Had a MC at the very beginning of TTC and took another 2 years to fall pregnant again .

Started trying at 35 pregnant 18 mths later. Miscarried 12 wk in. Pregnant at 37 born at 37 yrs 11 mths! It’s s lottery though, sister pregnant within 4 wks of coil removal in mid thirties.

38 - nothing. I was on the contraceptive injection and fell pregnant whilst on it had DS1 a month after I turned 39
40 - thought about having another on summer holiday. Get a bit strange so did a test and was pregnant. DD born just after I turned 41
DS2 wasn’t planned he arrived when I was 42

I was breastfeeding when I got pregnant with the second and third.

36, you're not undeserving! I'm not going to lie, the losses were challenging but there was never a reason found .... There's that element of the unknown. Obviously my fertility changed dramatically- for reasons not fully established, I don't mean to alarm you (really hope your own path is a lot smoother!). It's just what happened. There was a different husband, I was older and prior to that (34) I developed an autoimmune condition - all of those may have been significant. But a barage of tests found nothing significant and I just accepted that youth is an advantage physically. BUT age has been huge advantage emotionally I am much more the parent I want to be!

Got pregnant first time at 39. Was told it would take forever by numerous friends due to my age, but it didn’t, 4 months later I was pregnant.

Got pregnant first try at 34. 37 second month trying.

First at 35. Took 3 months of trying (by which I mean using no contraception rather than anything more scientific).

Second at 37, when the first was 18 months. Hard to say how long it took as for the first few months there wasn't much sex and I was exclusively breastfeeding (and didn't stop breastfeeding her until I was pregnant again).

I don't think it is any coincidence that I became pregnant when my daughter started sleeping better and I was less exhausted because I had a decent night's sleep myself.

I was 35. I had my coil removed and was pregnant within 3 months, really didn't expect it to happen so quickly as I've been on contraception since I was 16 and I'm not the most health conscious of people.

I was 36 with #1 via ivf.
38 with #2 cycle 4 (natural conception)
40, currently 28 weeks with #3 cycle 1 (natural conception)

Very similar for me but a couple of years older. Conceived everytime we used the clearblue sticks.

ETA: I forgot to add we only dtd once or twice per cycle each time. Building up supplies can be more important when you're older I think.

4 months aged 35 DD1
1 month aged 38 DD2

Conceived the first month of trying just before turning 37.

No real tips except to say that I think it can sometimes be counter productive to try and rely too much on predicting ovulation and fertile windows - I think the most reliable method is just to have sex every couple of days throughout the month and not focus too much on hitting a target.

Oh, trying wise we found every other day during the fertile 'window', starting the day before was definitely more effective - just not always feasible with working away/ nights etc

Four months at 36. Think I had a chemical the month before.

Most of my friends conceived at least second babies, if not first, after 35, without too much trouble. I know a few people with infertility or secondary infertility, but they likely would have struggled to conceive whenever they started trying.

Tried for a year without success then has a Laparoscopy and conceived 2 months later. Sadly miscarried at 12 weeks and fell pregnant again 2 months later with my DS - I was 36

I had my 3rd at 40. I had three losses after 36, though pregnancy 1 / 2 of that were relatively quick (3 cycles then very quickly after mc1, first cycle) then a break i took. Then there was then a full18 months of no pregnancies at all, despite trying. 3rd I didn't realise I was pregnant as I'd stopped tracking and was deciding on a date to stop trying, got a referral over to specialist in Coventry. Another 3 months Then just before that cut off (40th birthday) I found I was pregnant. That one stuck.

I don't want to put you off at all, but I had gone from.super easy pregnancies at 30 and 32 to something a lot less straightforward. But that 3rd pregnancy, despite my fears following losses was a breeze, I felt healthy and well. Unfortunately the risk of longer attempts and losses are increased but by no means impossible. Best wishes x

Exactly the same, aged 36 and 38

1st month aged 37 and 2nd month aged 39. Think we've just been incredibly lucky x