People falling pregnant first month!?

I did, really suprised me as I’d spent over a decade using pull out method and never got pregnant.

I have polycystic ovaries and DC1 was a miracle. Told by local GP to start trying again asap. I now have 2 kids 15 months apart. DC2 is proof it only takes one moment

Tried twice. Fell pregnant both times. First was miscarriage and second chemical. I definitely fall into the camp of "it" working first time, but obviously "it" doesn't end as planned xx

I did. Implant out 9th January, BFP 13th Feb. Aged 32, DH 40. I was flabbergasted, but couldn't say it wasn't planned!

I did at 19! I felt tremendous guilt that I came off the pill then a few weeks later had a positive pregnancy test and a successful full term pregnancy.

I don’t know if it sounds a bit mad but I didn’t dare tell anyone incase anyone had fertility struggles as I thought surely it was unfair I’d fallen pregnant straight away when so many people struggled. It did also make me more wary of contraceptives seeing as I felt pregnant immediately and I’ve been on the coil since he was born and he’s 7 now (although I know no contraception is 100% but felt it was a better choice than the pill)

Aged 40 and fell pg the first month of trying. Shocked was not the word. I was still feeling bewildered as I walked down to my c-section.

When we started trying, we decided to get a 'Fertility MOT'. Our local clinic was offering one for both men and women, so myself and DH went right ahead and got one. The price was quite reasonable and as a one-off it would be worth it. We thought we might aswell see if there are any issues now than potentially spend months and months struggling when there might be a problem that can be resolved, and thus sparing ourselves the disappointment of wasting so much time. It turns out that my poor DH has a low sperm count but of the sperm he has, many of them are above average in other metrics like morphology and progressive motility, hence we had a couple of chemicals before then.

I fell pregnant with my DS1 on our first month of trying. I think I got my positive test about 3 weeks after having my Mirena removed. I can’t say I was particularly surprised because as far I was concerned: unprotected sex = pregnancy.

When trying for a second baby I again caught pregnant within a few weeks of having my Mirena removed but sadly I miscarried at 9-10 weeks.

We had a few months off and then started trying again but 10 months later I still hadn’t conceived which confused me as it had happened so easily the previous two times. As a result I went to the GP and she said that as I was still breast feeding DS1 that’s the most likely reason why I wasn’t getting pregnant. I stopped breastfeeding a few months later and I was then pregnant within the month.

You hear anecdotes all the time about how quickly women get pregnant and for every woman who falls pregnant very easily and quickly there will be a woman who is really struggling.

Who knows why some women get pregnant so easily whereas others don’t.

One of my friends had unexplained infertility and it took 4 years before getting pregnant as a result of fertility treatment. I know it nearly killed her not understanding why she was so unfortunate whilst women around her were getting pregnant.

I actually think it’s more common than not for women to fall pregnant within the first 1-3 months of trying unless there are known fertility difficulties.

I think it can be a lottery and it’s a case of women crossing their fingers and hoping they’ll be one of the lucky ones.

If there’s no known fertility issues then it really is the luck of the draw for most people. A woman’s chance of conceiving is about 20% each month- which is why in medicine they mention statistics based on a woman’s chance of getting pregnant within a 12 month period. Some will get pregnant on the 1st month and others on the 12th (or longer), it doesn’t necessarily mean one is more fertile than the other.

With my first two I conceived instantly - with the third it actually took a month!

We used to say that my late OH only had to smile at me and we would get out the baby clothes. We were very lucky - but it did of course cause its own problems as we had to go for belt and braces when it came to contraception.

We conceived month 2 with our first, month 1 with our second.

I've seen a bunch of people on here be catty and rude to anyone who brings up that it took them hardly any time to conceive. They get accused of bragging and intentionally trying to hurt women who struggle.

Might be a part of why women who conceive quickly don't tend to talk about it.

I was very lucky to conceive first month for my babies. I was 38 when my youngest was born.

Dc1 I was on the pill and unplanned
dc2 first month
dc 3 first month

but I thought that was rare, I know a lot of people who took 6 months to a few years and about 3 months seems normal in my friendship group

• Just wanted some opinions I am ttc I normally have regular periods 28 day cycle they are always very heavy & very painful this month I got sore boobs quite earlier than I normally do before period and also my who breast was sore it’s normally just underneath on the 12th of Nov I had sudden brown spotting my period is due the 22nd of November it then stopped after a few days 2/3 I then had brown spotting on the 21st & very sharp pains in ovary area but not tummy pains which are normally extreme then today on the 22nd I would still call it spotting but more redder than brown now my boobs are tiny but sure but not as & haven’t been for a few days what’s your thoughts x

A few people I know who fell pregnant 'first month' are talking about when they started tracking ovulation etc - they were having unprotected sex before this though.

I fell pregnant literally the first month coming off the pill, didn't expect it at all.

I had a horrible month after stopping the pill and I’m sure I didn’t even ovulate as I was so all over the place. Nothing the month after that despite lots of sex at the right time. Following month hardly had sex at all at the right time because I was away with work on and off a lot. I was convinced it wouldn’t happen that month but felt a bit funny on a work trip in the lead up to my period being due. Did a test on the day my period was due and got a strong positive almost immediately. My poor partner was in bed after coming off night shift because I thought it would be negative again! I’m 35 so was very surprised.

My mum got pregnant with me first month at 33. My partners mum was trying for years before getting lucky at 30. One friend pregnant first month at 40, another friend second month at 35 but a couple of others were over 6 months trying and under 30. I’ve got friends who have had to go through IVF in their 20s too due to unexplained infertility.

I think there is some truth to there being increased fertility after coming off the pill. After my failed transfer, my nurse recommended that I track a few days earlier in the first natural try after the failed FET as sometimes just having those extra hormones in your system can kick things into a higher gear for some women. So I tested from CD11. It didn't happen like that for me that time and my ovulation occurred around the normal time for me.

First month for me at 34 with PCOS no regular cycle, having been told previously that I would need intervention to get pregnant and to come back when I wanted to have a baby. Got married, came off the pill so I could give my body a break before going to the doctor, properly trying etc. I wasn't tracking anything other than period dates.
Didn't even realise I read pregnant until ten weeks, because I just didn't believe it would happen.
I was happy but taken aback we had a big adventure holiday planned for when now DS would be a month old! My SIL came off the pill at the same time (wanted to wait until after our wedding) and DN is two weeks younger than DS.
I don't know if it's true but someone told me that if you've been on the pill, the first month off is more likely due to hormone surges? That may well just be a myth....

After 10 years infertility, one late mc at 22 weeks I literally looked at the moon decided I was ovulating and got pregnant first try - on that occasion. Baby is almost 4!

Sometimes it happens first time, some times it takes forever. Sometimes after taking forever it happens first time.

It took me 7 months, this pregnancy ended in miscarriage and I fell pregnant the first month following

I got pregnant first time nine times, although only two went to term.

@NervyBee i guess that’s where the term ‘unexplained infertility’ comes in. Lots of people struggle to conceive or maintain a pregnancy without an identified cause despite all of those conditions being ruled out. NHS advice is it is ‘normal’ for couples to take 1 or 2 years to conceive so while I agree that there are many who do conceive first try, and of course unintentionally including on the pill etc, for those that don’t there isn’t always a clear reason beyond simple luck of the draw.

I fell pregnant on the first month 5 out of 6 times aged 36, 37, 38, 40 and 41. Staying that way was more difficult though. I’m grateful it didn’t take a long time to conceive.

Among my friends it’s all the way along the spectrum, from first month ttc to several years.