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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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How many months of ttc did it take you and how old were you?

85 replies

cookiesandcream · 06/09/2007 08:49

I conceived first month with ds and I was 34 I'm now nearly 37 and am having no luck. Just wondered how everyone else did as I'm starting to worry my eggs may be fried!

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redtent · 06/09/2007 09:47

I was 27 when ds 1 was born and we had been ttc for about 33 cycles.

Ds 2 we ttc straight away when fertility returned at 6 months- that took 3 months.

ds 3 we ttc immediately after a surprise m/c (we were planning waiting a bit longer b4 ttc dc 3) and that also took 3 months.

Hope it happens for you soon Cookie

3sEnough · 06/09/2007 09:35

8 months faffing then 8 months trying for 1st Preg - m/c 28/29yrs, 4 months for ds 29yrs, 1 month for dd1 31yrs and 2 months for dd2 34yrs.

Jas · 06/09/2007 09:32

1st month each with the dds (aged 29 and 30) and 6 months for ds (37 by the time he was born)

Dinosaur · 06/09/2007 09:30

DS1, 2 months, aged 33. DS2, 3 months, following early m/c, aged 35. DS3, 1 month (!), aged 38.

librarianmummy · 06/09/2007 09:25

It took me 4 months to conceive my dd at the age of 30.

SleeplessInTheStaceym11House · 06/09/2007 09:25

with dd i was 17 and on the pill and using condoms with ds i was 19 an it took 6 months (both were concieved in february of each year so im guessing i have a fertile time of year!0

MaryAnnSingleton · 06/09/2007 09:16

I was 37 and it took 2 months - I was very lucky

berolina · 06/09/2007 09:15

fertility does decline with age, but not that drastically between 34 and 37, I don't think. It's a bit of a lottery. There is an average 25% of pregnancy per cycle ttc, I think. I have always got pg very easily indeed, but have also mc three times, with the result that between 27 and 30 I have been pg 5 times.

How long have you been trying? A friend of mine took 4 years (between 30 and 34) to conceive her ds, then conceived her imminently due dc2 at 36, unplanned, in a drunken NYE situation

expatinscotland · 06/09/2007 09:15

6 months with each girl. I was 31 when I conceived the first one - 32 when she was born. And 34 with the second.

ConnorTraceptive · 06/09/2007 09:10

3 months with ds

just once with this one. Was 27 now 29