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How long does it actually take?

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cookie23 · 17/04/2019 15:14

Hello! Am currently ttc #1 cycle 2 so relatively new to this however feeling impatient already! I know this is ridiculous so was just curious as to how long it took those who already have a child/children to conceive? Just for a bit of piece of mind really! Blush

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Timide · 19/04/2019 18:58

First cycle. Single try. We are very lucky!

horsesnchickens · 19/04/2019 18:26

Ds1 first first
Dc2 second cycle

Aimily · 19/04/2019 18:23

It's very dependant, my and dp stopped actively trying to prevent in summer 2015, we started ttc in June last year. August I went to see my GP as nothing happened. I mean there weren't even any scares in the 3 years leading up to actively ttc. I was heartbroken and worried, I was tested, everything was OK bar iron levels.
September last year I had a mc (turns out I conceived around the time I saw my GP)
I fell again in October and we are expecting our first in July.
If you go from ttc I would say 5 cycles to success.
If you go from not preventing 52 cycles?

mintich · 19/04/2019 18:15

6 months the first time, and got pregnant first try with the second

thisisthetime · 19/04/2019 17:17

Dc1 first cycle
Dc2 second cycle

DramaAlpaca · 19/04/2019 16:58

DC1 11th cycle
DC2 1st cycle, literally just once
DC3 4th cycle

PaintBySticker · 19/04/2019 16:57

2 years for the first. 3 years and egg donor ivf for the second.

How long is a piece of string is the correct answer here.

Good luck and try not to get obsessed too early on.

IAmNotPatientOrPregnant · 19/04/2019 16:56

They say it can take up to 12 months for a healthy couple to conceive.

I'm pretty healthy, not overweight, eat everything cooked from scratch and lots of veggies and I'm 23 year this so in my prime fertility wise.
We are on month 7 of TTC.
My SIL conceives both her children on the first try.. as in, they only had sex once... both times.

I really was niave in thinking it would happen to us. Yet here we are.

I hate the "so are kids on the cards for you two anytime soon?" Yeah 7 fuckin' months ago.

HJWT · 18/04/2019 17:35

@cookie23
DD1 - first cycle
DC2 - second cycle (due October)

I honestly thought it would take ages second time so I still don't believe I'm pregnant 🤣

RosieEffect · 18/04/2019 16:56

It took me 3 years. Had 3 rounds of ivf that all failed and then got pregnant naturally 🤷‍♀️.

We were told at the infertility clinic that 90% of couples conceive within 1 year and 95% will conceive within 2 years. It's so hard to wait but just relax and know statistics are on your side.

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cookie23 · 18/04/2019 16:49

Thank for all your responses ladies- it's relieving to see a whole spectrum of experiences. As someone previously said, the length of time people have been trying to conceive is just not very widely spoken about and it feels quite lonely when you're in the midst of it! Even though I know I'm being a psycho it's hard not to let your mind run away with you... Good luck to everyone xxx

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blueym · 18/04/2019 08:00

I’m interested in this too. Having been trying for 5 cycles I’m starting to feel nervous (certainly when everyone around me fell pregnant within the 3 month mark!).

Hayls17 · 17/04/2019 17:51

DD was conceived in 5 months, currently pregnant with second after trying for 16 months. So it definitely varies!

nespressowoo · 17/04/2019 17:49

First was a surprise.

Second we are still TTC over a year later.

sugartitz · 17/04/2019 17:01

First one: one cycle (just the one perfectly timed shag)

Second one: unplanned

Third: unplanned

Miscarriage: first cycle

Fourth: first cycle (bfp a month to the day after miscarriage)

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 17/04/2019 16:56

2 months

blondebob · 17/04/2019 16:32

ds1cycle 36 (ivf after 30 months-mc at 7 weeks, then conceived naturally 6 months later)
ds 2 cycle 3
dd1 cycle 1 !!!!
(ivf obviously "cured" PCOS)

EL8888 · 17/04/2019 16:31

How long is a piece of string. It really varies from person to person depending on age, health, alcohol intake, drug use etc. Can easily be well over a year

EverythingNow · 17/04/2019 16:29

6m for dc2 and 19m for dc4. Other 2 were not ttc.

Dc1 was aged 20, dc2 29, dc 3 30 and dc4 39. Age was probably a factor.

Juancornetto · 17/04/2019 16:25

Dc1 21 months
Then 3 months for number 2 but miscarried at 8 weeks
Then 7 months for number 3 (now 8 months old)

HyperboleHamster · 17/04/2019 16:22

Exactly 1 year to the day that I stopped taking the pill.

HelloBrass · 17/04/2019 16:16

It takes some people 1 cycle, and others never. And then anything in between.

stucknoue · 17/04/2019 16:12

Try just to carry on with life, obviously stay off the booze but otherwise try not to think about it and for most people it happens within a few cycles

  • I managed accidentally twice.
Russell19 · 17/04/2019 16:07

It took 5 cycles for me but you sound exactly like I was....you get obsessive and it's all you think about Haha. Its normal x

Peanutty86 · 17/04/2019 15:51

First child l, first cycle.
I had come off the pill months before and pulled all the tricks that could help though.

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