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Conception

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How long did it take you to conceive?

29 replies

flyingbeet · 03/11/2023 13:14

I'm only on my second cycle but my big head and maybe even naive self thought I would get pregnant on my first cycle. Everyone around me and my husband have gotten pregnant on the first cycle which makes you think that getting pregnant is easy but I've come to find out that it isn't even if you do everything right. I don't want to offend anyone who has had it way harder than I have when trying to conceive. I guess I'm in a bit of a rush as I took a bit of a career break to have a baby since the next 3 years required my full commitment with no breaks in between for me to become qualified. So I was just wondering how long it took others to conceive?

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Seryse · 03/11/2023 13:20

Dd is 19, I was on the pill, so wasn't trying.

19 years of unexplained secondary infertility, various appointments, tests etc with fertility specialists and nothing ever happened, decided not to try ivf and move on.

End of the pandemic (I work in Fetal medicine) I was having a flappy moment about how busy it was and I couldn't cope... realised period was late). Our son 20 months now and a holy terror.

Went straight on the pill again, was breastfeeding, fell pregnant when ds was 4 months. Wed had sex once since the c section. Sadly, i miscarried a few weeks later.

Still on the pill... fell pregnant not long after the miscarriage, we had sex twice since the miscarriage, baby dd is 23 weeks now and genuinely the smiliest baby i have ever, ever met.

Fertility is such a strange, unpredictable thing. Wishing you loads of luck on your journey! ❤️

Joppi · 03/11/2023 13:19

2nd cycle (age 33)

Pumpy001 · 03/11/2023 13:17

1st cycle but I think a lot of years of prep went into it.

LuluBlakey1 · 03/11/2023 13:15

Ds1 was a surprise. DD about 8 weeks. DS2 about 4 cycles. I didn't count but kind of remember us discussing it.

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