Has anybody else never been pregnant?

No accidental pregnancies here. I had DC1 at age 35. It did take over a year to conceive but DP was constantly away from home and DC1 was conceived on holiday when we were together all the time. By the time we were TTC DC2, DP was mostly at home and I got pregnant with DC2 within 3 months at age 36.

I was the same between 17 and 32. Always took the pill, did miss a few. I'm now 38 with 2 children both conceived relatively easily. I honestly wouldn't worry.

I've never been pregnant and am 38. I've always used contraception properly as the thought of being pregnant horrifies me. Not sure why it would worry you when you are actually using contraception. That's what it's supposed to do.

I was on the pill for about 10 years. With my now DH for most of that time. I now have 2 planned DC. It took about 7 months to conceive DC1 and 2 months for DC2 from coming off the pill

I had one pregnancy scare in my early 20s when my period was a couple of days late, that was before I went on the pill. Started ttc with DH aged 29, never got pregnant,never used any contraception until last period at age 50.

I’ve never been pregnant and I have had, from time to time, completely unprotected sex (no pill, no condoms). Never got pregnant. When people say they had a ‘surprise’ pregnancy they usually mean they weren’t actively TTC, not that they were actively trying to prevent pregnancy and it happened. That’s quite rare.

I had never been pregnant until I started trying (I was in my early/mid thirties and had several partners since I was 16, I’d been on the pill/depo/Mirena the whole time).
Within 2 months of having the Mirena coil out and TTC I was pregnant with my eldest, and I was pregnant with my youngest 15 months after he was born (first month TTC).

Contraception is pretty effective for most people (and you’re actually not fertile for more than 5-6 days per cycle, so even if you miss a pill or don’t use a condom there’s a fairly good chance you’ll just miss your fertile window anyway).
Not having been pregnant if you’ve been using the pill/depo isn’t a reliable indicator of your fertility.

I have never been pregnant.

I also have many female friends who were never pregnant until their planned pregnancies.

Same. Used the pill, condoms and lastly Persona from 17-35. Got pregnant first time trying age 35.

Both times I got pregnant where through my own stupidity birth control is very effective when used correctly

Until I started TTC my son I had been on either the mini pill or implant since I was 19 - now 34. I had sometimes missed a pill or my implant had been in longer than the guaranteed safe time. Fell first try with my son! I fell pregnant again recently but had a loss. This was 3rd cycle trying.

Worth saying that I know a lot of my friends under 35 who have taken a year or so to get pregnant while TTC - and that's been considered quite normal. So I do think getting pregnant from the odd time without contraception is probably rare (though obviously does happen)

I never got on with hormonal contraception so always used condoms, never got pregnant - had one or two slip ups and used the morning after pill. Had sex without protection a few times in my 20s on my period (which, because I have long cycles, basically a zero/tiny chance of pregnancy).

Since TTC I've conceived two pregnancies fairly easily (within 3 months of trying, in my 30s). I actually think it's quite hard to get pregnant - you have to be ovulating, egg has to meet sperm at the right time etc. I don't think anything you've said sounds like you're infertile!

So.... you're worried because you've never been pregnant despite the fact that you've been taking contraception for most of your adult life to stop you from getting pregnant?

Pretty much exactly the same for me

Becoming pregnant on contraception isn't that easy, even if imperfectly taken.

Only a finite number of our eggs are actually viable for pregnancy, but that doesn't stop them getting released. Contraception failures usually need to be pretty pronounced to prevent ovulation (as in multiple missed pills), and then the egg has to be a viable one, and the sex has to be at the right time for fertilisation AND the man concerned has to be fertile/reasonably compatible.

I used the withdrawal method for years and never got pregnant. I know it’s not recommended and I’ve heard plenty of people have gotten pregnant with this method, I never did though. First month we started trying I got pregnant at 32.

It’s a different figure per type of contraception, but my point is that it’s always per year, not per ejaculation

I was on the pill from age 17, first time with DD1 I got pregnant age 28 while on the pill a few months after we got married - very hungover and perhaps the one I took in the morning came up again. 😵

With DD2 we did actually plan her, I was 32 and I got pregnant the first month we were together at the right time.

As it happened in my late 30s I was diagnosed with endometriosis and PCOS, so I'm glad DD1 happened slightly sooner than planned.

The only thing is now I'm 49 and have come off the pill, my periods seem to have stopped for four months (I am definitely not pregnant nor trying to be- am checking whether my periods have stopped) we are not quite so frisky these days and we have condoms but I read the pregnant at 48 thread recently thinking SHIT 😱

You hear about accidental pregnancies because they’re unusual - women using contraception not getting pregnant isn’t news!
I never had any ‘pregnancy scares’ on the pill, which was until I was 35 when I TTC, and then from 38 onwards after I’d had my DD. Took a while to conceive because it turned out I had PCOS so needed a couple of rounds of clomid after diagnosis.

I never had a pregnancy scare and I never had a problem getting pregnant when wanted.

Using hormonal methods or a coil it's more like 0.1% chance.

Ditto @StrongLazyVaguehere. Was told I had polycystic ovaries and might not be able to conceive once I hit 30. Fair bit of (unsafe) sex in my late teens / twenties (more than I’d care to admit) so assumed it was because I couldn’t conceive. When I decided to start a family with DH I got pregnant 2nd month with DC1 and 1st with DC2.

People think you can easily get pregnant on contraception because you have a 1% chance of getting pregnant each time you have sex. It’s actually a 1% chance per year of correctly using that contraception. So the odds are much more in the favour of not getting pregnant than some may realise.

I was reasonably ‘active’ between the ages of 18 and 25 and (foolishly) wasn’t always careful with contraception- never got pregnant (nor an STI thank goodness). When I wanted to get pregnant with DH at the age of 27 it happened the very first month we tried. I have been incredibly lucky.