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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.

Original poster

How long did it take you?

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Lowri10 · 26/09/2021 22:47

I’m 25 and hoping to start trying very soon.
I’ve been doing research as I don’t want to get my hopes up if I don’t fall pregnant soon after trying. How long did it take you? 😊

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Pinkyflipflops · 17/12/2021 17:14

Dc1 - 1st cycle
Dc2 - 1 evening
Dc3 - 5 cycles
Now on cycle 6 of ttc dc4

PaulGallico · 17/12/2021 15:36

4 years - pregnant when I was 41. Second baby conceived 6 months later (not expecting to get pregnant a second time).

Bambooshoot · 17/12/2021 15:33

First try age 40 - literally had my birthday, thought I’d left it late but worth a try, and was pregnant by the next month. We were totally prepared for nothing to happen but got lucky.

boymum45 · 17/12/2021 15:15

1st 3 months
2nd 4 months

I was 32 and with 1st and 34 with second

SaticoyStreet · 17/12/2021 14:50

Best of luck to you!

We started trying this year in Sept but didn’t get pregnant until November, so 3 months.

In November we only DTD once on the first day of my ovulation window and then I got thrush the next day so I ruled myself out. And the day we did manage to try, it happened spontaneously whereas the other months it felt more like we were ‘trying’. By November I was a bit more ‘meh’ if it happens it happens sort of thing. So I don’t know if that helped!

CherylPorter350 · 17/12/2021 13:20

1st age 19 - 1 month
2nd age 23 - first try ended in mmc
3rd age 28 - 2 years
4th age 29 - fell pregnant 8 weeks after having my daughter...Happy oops

janbaby22 · 17/12/2021 13:14

35 - accident, missed some contraception pills
38 - 3 years

EishetChayil · 17/12/2021 13:13

Age 38 - six months.
Age 40 - still trying after six months!

sjxoxo · 17/12/2021 13:07

1st (due Jan) - age 34, 3 months. 2 really of ‘proper trying’! xo

Original poster
Lowri10 · 17/12/2021 13:04

Thank you again everyone! We are currently TTC on our 2nd month now. Using the Flo app to help and doing ovulation tests. Came off the pill in July but didn’t have a period until last month so I didn’t know what my body was doing yet 😂
Will keep you posted if I get my BFP this month or not! Fingers crossed! Xx

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Fretfulmum · 17/12/2021 12:41

First try both times. Ages 32 and 34

Mischance · 17/12/2021 12:39

Stopped pill, got pregnant instantly. We only needed to smile at one another and that was it.

SayAaa · 17/12/2021 12:37

I was pregnant within a couple of weeks of coming off the pill using the 'just shagging' method, which I can highly recommend.

VicJ86 · 17/12/2021 12:35

19 - wasn’t trying, so unplanned pregnancy but the best thing that ever happened to me, I have an incredible 16 year old daughter.

23 - 11 months

35 - TTC #3 at the moment, had my coil removed 2 weeks ago

Ganesh2022 · 17/12/2021 11:35

1 and 2 months at 31 and 33; 5 months at 38 (though very early days).

firstimemamma · 27/09/2021 21:30

First try both times (just before 28th birthday and 31).

ItsSunnyOutside · 27/09/2021 21:27

32 - DD conceived after 2 cycles
35 - currently ttc DC no.2, on cycle 5. Periods returned 7 months ago and have settled down down the last 2 months. Fingers crossed Smile

Yamaya · 27/09/2021 21:25

First sex in the first month with my 2 children.
I know how unbelievably lucky I am though.

Charl881 · 27/09/2021 21:24

Wow all these responses make me feel like it took me ages! Pretty much bang on 12 months here to conceive DS (age 31) but it didn’t feel like it took that long.

pltme123 · 27/09/2021 21:09

6 months age 30, end in MMC

6 months age 31 - successful pregnancy

Had not been on any contraception for years so cycle was already sorted

polkadotpixie · 27/09/2021 20:41

11 cycles - Age 32/33
4 cycles - Age 36/37 (ended in MC)

Planning to try again soon all being well

CShandy01 · 27/09/2021 20:08

31 - 2nd month of trying (1st month was a little odd because I had just come off the pill and wasn't sure about my cycle)

33 - currently on cycle 4 of trying for no. 2 and I seem to be doing more this time round than first time!

Original poster
Lowri10 · 27/09/2021 20:00

Thank you everyone, I really appreciate it xx

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justneedtogo · 27/09/2021 14:43

3 months - 31 years old
7 months - 34 years old

Kyoshi · 27/09/2021 10:35

Oh and I was 27 the first time and I’m 31 now