People falling pregnant first month!?

I'm another one who'd been told my fertility wasn't great so was a bit careless and got pregnant. Meanwhile of 2 friends with the same condition one took 5 rounds of IVF and the other took surgery. It's so unpredictable.

Happened to us. Was so prepared with plans for monitoring ovulation etc then shocked it happened straight away. It was twins but sadly miscarried at 8 weeks. Conceived again after 4 months.

I fell pregnant first month three times (one MC). We were just lucky!

I fell pregnant both times I tried on the first try. Everyone is different, there are a million factors at play. I think it's possible that it is more common as you said, but a lot of women won't necessarily make it known because other women struggle to conceive and don't want to be seen as bragging or being insensitive.

I got pregnant the first month with both my first and second pregnancy. My daughter we had sex twice the first month and bam I was pregnant. With my son we had sex once first month and bam I was pregnant again, even though I was still breastfeeding. We were really shocked.

Who knows the truth OP. People exaggerate or might not count the months before actively trying. Took me ten months to conceive my second, four to conceive the first.

I agree with the lottery analogy. I don’t think it’s fair what a PP said about healthy people conceiving quickly. There are a lot of very healthy people doing all the right things and not conceiving for extended periods. Equally many people with poor diet and lifestyle choices who get pregnant unintentionally. Life is not fair!

I fell pregnant on the first proper try, and I mean 'proper try' as in tracking my cycle correctly and not guessing. I find it difficult to tell if I'm in the mood or not as I don't have the highest libido, so tracking works for me. I unfortunately miscarried that one very early. I've been pregnant about 4 more times with natural attempts and IVF ICSI and none have stuck around. It'll be 2 years once February comes around and I turned 36 four days ago. It's a lottery really.

theres no way of knowing until you try. some people struggle to conceive their first then second onwards happens much sooner. here we conceived first try with the first, second has taken 6 months so far. clearly the main difference is that we are older.

Lucky them. Its taken me 18 years and ivf to fall pregnant

I've always used an app so I know when exactly which days I'm fertile. First go age 34 and second age 39.

Same here, fell pregnant in the first month of trying with both my babies. I credit the ovulation strips. For my second baby, we even only had sex once that cycle and it did the trick thanks to the ovulation strips helping us time it properly.

Felt mildly bad for my husband - I get incredibly low libido postpartum. He was excited when I said I wanted to try for another baby so soon after the first one, as he thought it would lead to more action. ''Twas not to be! 🤣

I got pregnant 3 days after coming off the pill. I had expected it to take months as was 39 years old and had low egg reserve.

Happened to me too, although tried for 2 years in a previous relationship with no luck other than a few mc! Got pregnant first month off pill but sadly miscarried, much to my surprise I fell pregnant again less than 2 weeks after and am now nearly 32 weeks definitely do think it’s commonly assumed it’ll take ages and to start trying earlier than you want baby as it won’t be instant whereas for some it definitely is. Do think I was suddenly very fertile after coming off pill tho

I’ve been both sides. First took 9 years to conceive and I thought it was a one off and I’d never have another one. DC2 first try. Shocked was an understatement.

I did fall pregnant first time. I was using ovulation testing so I knew when I was ovulating. It did surprise me as the chance is supposed to be so slim each time. We thought it would take at least 3 months, as that's supposedly common.

I got pregnant by accident the first time and the first month the second, I think it just a "it depends " situation

I think as it seemed to be a while before my cycle normalised after coming off the pill that time.

I do wonder if that why first took slightly longer - I'd come off pill that I hadn't been keen to go on but was all that GP was offering for menstrual issues I had.

Out of all of my friends and family, only my SIL got pregnant on the first try, with both children too.

it took 7 months of ovulation tracking for me to get pregnant at 21, and again another 7 months of ovulation tracking at 24.
it took my closest friend over 12 months, and my other friend around 4 months.

I got pregnant first month, had a miscarriage.

A year later and not a hint of a bfp since.

First took 5 months which felt like forever - second we had sex twice DH was out country for next couple of months so know when I conceived.

I've read on here a GP would never comment on potential fertility problems but I had one who did and told me due to menstrual issues I had I would likely have issues conceiving - led to us deciding to try few years earlier than ideal just in case we did encounter issues we'd have time on our side. Also made me anxious to try sooner for second - DH was humoring trying at all then as knew he'd be away as we didn't think it would happen that fast.

So second pg happening straight away did show we had no issues - which did mean we were more relaxed trying for third - which I think took two or three months.

I got pregnant first month. And had a miscarriage at 11 weeks. Didn't help much.

My second child was conceived 2 weeks after I had my implant removed, as in, from removal to positive test was two weeks.

Third child was 6 years and 6 rounds of ivf.

Based purely on observation, not data, I feel like lots of couples get pregnant quickly, and some couples struggle, and there aren't so many in between. So the 6 months quoted in your OP may be the average, but the average doesn't actually apply to many people - most are either much quicker or much slower and the two extremes balance each other out. Disclaimer: this may be complete nonsense!