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Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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Natural conception after over a year of trying...

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loopylou1984 · 30/11/2014 21:02

I'm hoping to hear some stories of people managing to conceive naturally after 12 cycles or more?
We're on the waiting list for fertility investigations, but I'm still really hoping it will happen naturally while we're waiting... Am I being unrealistic?

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GotToBeInItToWinIt · 01/12/2014 10:18

We conceived naturally on cycle 13. Nothing had changed, it just suddenly happened. DD is now 12 months and just found out I am very unexpectedly pregnant with DC2, despite using contraception!

spamanderson · 01/12/2014 10:01

Not from my personal experience but my mum conceived me after 15 months of trying. It was tough but it was all done naturally... I'm sure I was worth the hassle ha ha!

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loopylou1984 · 01/12/2014 07:08

Thank you all for your replies, it helps to know it could still happen.
I seem to just expect af to turn up now rather than hope for a bfp... Although that doesn't make it any less upsetting when she does arrive. X

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AnnaBanana25 · 01/12/2014 03:02

Trying for 2+ years, had appointment with fertility consultant and was diagnosed with pcos so was waiting to get treatment. One week later discovered I was 4 weeks pregnant naturally! Good luck, fingers crossed for you.

BananaPie · 01/12/2014 02:48

Yes, almost two years. No medical intervention at all. We had a first appointment at the fertility clinic booked, but found out i was pregnant the week before we were due to go and cancelled.

Don't lose hope!

freedom2011 · 30/11/2014 21:59

Yep. Natural conception after 2 years- drastically reduced stress levels. Unfortunately miscarried. But after 4 years 7 months of trying, with a year or 2 of failed western medicine interventions, and adoption investigations, we conceived naturally again with help from a Chinese medicine practitioner. DD is now 3 months.

Innocuoususername · 30/11/2014 21:53

We tried for 2 years to get DC1 then finally went to the GP. When she ordered all the tests she said "keep trying, you wouldn't believe how many people fall pregnant at this stage", I thought "yeah right", lo and behold....pregnant with DC1 before all the test results were back

So it does happen. I forget the figures but it is not actually that unusual to try for a year. I wish people would talk about this more, because when you are trying for ages it feels like you are the only ones who don't get pregnant first or second month.

Obviously things like age and health are factors, but there is still hope, and it is good that you are moving forward with the tests. Good luck.

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