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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 many cycles did it take for you to conceive?

142 replies

FlyOnTheWall89 · 23/11/2021 09:59

There seems to be so many people who become pregnant in the first 3 months of trying.... or it takes much longer. Intrigued by actual statistics from you ladies on here.

How many cycles did it take you?

(I am trying for baby number 1 and moving into the 8th cycle of TTC)

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bunny85 · 23/11/2021 21:25

First cycle for both pregnancies

DramaAlpaca · 23/11/2021 21:23

DC1 11 cycles
DC2 literally one try!
DC3 4 cycles

thenameicallmyself · 23/11/2021 21:21

I agree so many people seem to conceive within 3 months!

It took us 6 cycle (ended in MMC) then another 6 cycles to conceive our son.

I was trying desperately that whole time and it felt like forever! Hadn't been in the pill for years and was tracking everything

Moonshine160 · 23/11/2021 20:50

1st cycle with DS1.
On cycle 3 of trying for our second.

I feel like with second children it either seems to take a really short time or a really long time. And that scares me.

Redcart21 · 23/11/2021 20:40

First cycle both times. I know we are extremely fortunate

firstimemamma · 23/11/2021 19:40

First try both times.

WinterberrySpice · 23/11/2021 19:40

48 cycles and still no BFP Sad

Bin85 · 23/11/2021 19:39

1st 14
2nd 1!
3rd 1!

soundsystem · 23/11/2021 19:35

DC1 4
DC2 10 then a miscarriage at 9 weeks then for pregnant again on the 1st cycle after the miscarriage
DC3 1 Shock

SirSidneyRuffDiamond · 23/11/2021 19:26

13 years - so that was works out to about 143 cycles for me. I think I count as an outlier Wink

Anotherboy · 23/11/2021 19:26

1st one cycle
2nd 24 cycles!

Lokdok · 23/11/2021 19:23

First cycle, second cycle, first cycle, first cycle, second cycle.

becarefuloutthere · 23/11/2021 19:09

@FlyOnTheWall89 20 months and 1 round of Ivf to get pregnant. We had MFI which got corrected but also I had endo and low amh so don't delay investigations if you're over 35. You can start after 6 months of ttc. It's a year if you're younger. Good luck!

WildePozy · 23/11/2021 18:55
  1. First cycle we stopped preventing.
  2. 4 cycles. Sadly ended in MMC at 12 weeks
  3. 4 cycles in (hoping this will be our month)
Roselilly36 · 23/11/2021 18:42

DS1 & DS2 were both 1st month of TTC.

Hetyanni · 23/11/2021 18:41

Number 1 - 17
Number 2 - 1

changingchanges2 · 23/11/2021 18:30

DC1: 24+ cycles, plus two rounds of IVF

DC2: 1 cycle

Dollywilde · 23/11/2021 18:25

DC1: 10 cycles across 13 months of ovulation tracking, temping etc

DC2: A ‘one shag wonder’ 5 days before I thought my period was due, when we weren’t trying and thought after DC1 we’d be absolutely fine without a condom.

I felt like after DC1 I knew everything there is to know about fertility and conception. Turns out the whole thing is a bloody mystery to me still Confused Blush

eurochick · 23/11/2021 18:25

Theee years to get one that stuck, with the help of ivf (had one miscarriage in that time also after ivf). No cause found.

Bythebeach · 23/11/2021 18:21

3 children - 1. unplanned one occasion unprotected sex, 2 & 3 first cycle. I know I am very lucky.

strawberrysummer19 · 23/11/2021 18:16

18 cycles 1st child (natural)

1 yr of TTC ( 5 yrs it it happens it happens ) pregnant through ivf ( because of my age 39 we went to ivf )

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mdh2020 · 23/11/2021 16:49

Got pregnant with first one in third month and pregnant with second as soon as I stopped taking the pill. However DiL took 18 months to conceive and my DM says it took them over two years to get pregnant with me. (Younger sister was an accident). So basically, there’s no rhyme or reason to it. DM once told one of my friends to ‘get drunk and have sex on the wardrobe’. It worked!

Juno231 · 23/11/2021 16:34

Statistically cycle one is the most common to conceive. Something like over 60% will conceive in the first 6 months. 86% in the first year and then I think 92% by the end of the second year.

22 cycles and counting here 😬

TupilaLilium · 23/11/2021 16:08

All three pregnancies: I had one proper period after coming off birth control and then conceived on the first full cycle.

justaddcandlelight · 23/11/2021 16:06

4 pregnancies all the first cycle. I realise I am very lucky.