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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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How long did it take you to conceive??

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Keyhawk · 08/01/2015 21:40

Hey ladies!

My DH and I are going to start TTC next month when we go on holiday - I am so excited!!

I have been tracking my cycle for a few months just so I am in tune with myself and I'm aware of ovulation signs etc.

I just wondered how it took others to fall pregnant with their first baby?

I have regular periods, am 24,DH is 28. Both fit and healthy.

Look forward to hearing from you!

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Flumpy2012 · 16/01/2015 06:59

13 months with dd but I don't think I was as aware of ovulation and just went for middle of the cycle. The first cycle I temped I got BFP and she's 2 now!

I tried from May this year but needed surgery for ruptured cysts in September, had a month off then tried nov and BFP in December, sadly mc at 6 weeks. But I've just woken up to BFP again today, fingers crossed this one sticks :)

Good luck xx

plinkyplonks · 10/01/2015 01:17

Over a year with some breaks - now 24 weeks pregnant.

What saved my sanity was just enjoying the free time I had pre baby, carried on as normal and enjoyed being child free.

If you can, try not to test early - I had a few faint positives followed by AF on my period due date. Honestly not worth the heartache. Wait for a missed period before testing, or if you can't wait - until the latest day your period is due. :)

lildottie · 10/01/2015 00:44

me 27 dh 30 when we started ttc, both fit and healthy, 2years 2months down the road I'm now 29, dh 32 and we're doing first ivf cycle this month. make factor infertility despite him not drinking a drop for about 12years, never smoking, eating well and exercising even before we were ttc. its just dumb luck. hope yours is better than ours, but if you're ready don't put off trying. how much difference will it really make if baby born a month earlier!

alien11 · 09/01/2015 21:29

It took me 7 months to conceive my daughter when I was 28. Now trying for no.2 for 7 months with no joy as yet and not holding out much hope at 32 years old and low fertility. Good luck :)

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Keyhawk · 09/01/2015 20:40

Congrats girls, for your BFPs! So exciting :-))

Anyone have any tips of distracting myself from thinking about pregnancy/ having a baby??! I can't stop thinking about it, wish we could start TTC sooner!

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Augustwedding · 09/01/2015 20:12

Coil out 19 sept, pregnant 25th oct, 11 weeks tomorrow!

losthermind · 09/01/2015 20:11

Had my coil removed in october , AF came beginning of november , got my bfp Christmas eve

GingerbreadHead · 09/01/2015 20:09

With DD, second month of trying.
With this one, 18 months of trying very hard and trying every trick in the book, but we got there in the end! Now 13 weeks pregnant.
There really seems to be no rhyme nor reason to any of it! Good luck OP Smile

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Keyhawk · 09/01/2015 14:05

I have started taking Folic Acid and vitamins and so has DH!

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TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 09/01/2015 13:34

Start taking preg vitamins now (or just folic acid) if you want to TTC in Feb.

6 months - felt like ages. Ovulation kits were useless, until I realised I was ovulating days before I should, then got pregnant straight away.

AliMonkey · 09/01/2015 13:32

Had three pregnancies. Each time we had sex once (deliberately in the 10-14th day window) and got pregnant. We were very lucky - although first time ended in MC. It did at least make me glad that I had bothered with contraception previously! Most people are not so lucky so don't get your hopes up.

Choccyhobnob · 09/01/2015 13:32

I don't really know how long to class it as!

First 6 months, trying all the time but now know I wasn't ovulating. Decided to stop trying and so didn't do it near ovulation for 4 months. 'Accidentally' dtd near ovulation in Nov and Dec and got my BFP this week!

So it took 6 months for ovulation to return but I suppose it only took 2 cycles of doing it at the 'right' time!

Trinpy · 09/01/2015 13:25

18 months the first time. Second time we conceived straight away, weren't even trying really. We're going to start ttc again later this year so I'm going to go with the not-really-trying approach as it worked very well last time!

trufflehunterthebadger · 09/01/2015 13:24

Took out iud. Had a period. The Next month i was pregnant

42bunnytails · 09/01/2015 13:21

18 months (had to ring up and cancel initial infertility appointment) & 3 months.

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Keyhawk · 09/01/2015 13:19

Thanks for all your comments ladies.

I am itching to get started but we agreed on February and DH won't budge to doing it next week after this period!! :(

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Number3cometome · 09/01/2015 12:09

DC1 - 18 months
DC2 - 4 years
DC3 - 3 months!!!

Primaryteach87 · 09/01/2015 08:40

3 years (with medical help in the last year).

Age not always best predictor as I was in my mid 20s and a friend mid 30s. She got pregnant 'first try'.

Good luck

0ddsocks · 09/01/2015 08:35

I tracked my cycles so knew my fertile days - DD conceived 1st month of trying, then 1 yr later 2 MC in a row, followed by DS.

I tended to get pregnant every month we tried, but lost two of four pregnancies very early.

Cupcakes123 · 09/01/2015 08:34

Stopped pill in June (whilst on holiday)
Had a very early miscarriage in October and fell successfully pregnant in December.

We used an app to track fertile days and ovulation sticks.

Good luck Grin

tumbletumble · 09/01/2015 08:31

DC1 was on the third month of trying, DC2 and DC3 happened immediately. Good luck!

MaMaPo · 09/01/2015 08:30

First child, cycle 2.

Second child, nine cycles and counting... Sad

BumWad · 09/01/2015 08:28

First time about 15-18 cycles age 29-30

Second time 8 cycles age 32

I have a blocked Fallopian tube though.

robotnikchair · 08/01/2015 22:58

Implant out, 2 months of using condoms so I knew where I was with my cycle then got pregnant the third month of trying. Now DD is 2 the implant is coming out next week and we'll start TTC end of March. I feel we were lucky first time around and expect it to take longer this time but who knows?

Fingers crossed OP and all those hoping to get pregnant

Schoolaroundthecorner · 08/01/2015 22:52

3 months at 29 with first, 9/10 months with second (early miscarraige followed by getting pregnant again the next month).