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Conception

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 old was your first when you started trying for a second?

61 replies

WestMuncher · 13/07/2025 22:57

Just trying to get an idea of what the typical range is.

OP posts:
becca3210 · 14/07/2025 09:09

Youngest was 2. Ended up being 3yrs 9months gap due to losses but wouldn’t change a thing.

2chocolateoranges · 14/07/2025 09:07

13 months.

my 2 have a 22month age gap.

mamaduckbone · 14/07/2025 09:06

2 and a half. Fell pregnant fairly quickly so there is a three and a half year gap. Ds1 was a dreadful sleeper so we had to recover a bit before even contemplating number 2! I quite like the age gap.

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 14/07/2025 09:01

Five years.

Namechangerage · 14/07/2025 08:59

just before 3 years old - 2 miscarriages and then one successful pregnancy - resulted in a 4 year gap. It’s a great gap to have though.

HariboFantastics · 14/07/2025 08:55

6 years old, he will be 2 weeks away from 7 when baby is here.

NickMarlow · 14/07/2025 00:07

18 months. We were hoping for around a 2.5 year gap. Ended up being exactly 3.5 years!

TomatoSandwiches · 14/07/2025 00:00

4yrs between each child.

ninjahamster · 13/07/2025 23:58

6 months. Fell pregnant straight away.

Thepossibility · 13/07/2025 23:56

Just one. I thought it would probably take at least a year + to conceive like it had the first time but no... straight away! Two under two!

andanotherproblem · 13/07/2025 23:02

exactly 1 years old