Did you go into ttc expecting to get pregnant quick?

1st baby first month 2nd baby 3 weeks after first baby born 3rd n 4th babies 6 weeks after 2nd baby was born....that's my under 5s from age 39 and im now 41 however I have teenagers aswell and can't remember those lol but never actively tried or not tried.Its different for everyone, my sister took 2 years then she had 2 in 2 consecutive years

I find the messaging about "one year" lquite interesting.

A couple in their early 30s or younger, with no fertility issues, who are having sex with appropriate timing i.e. near ovulation, have a reasonably high chance of conceiving in a given month. Estimates vary but normally around 25-30%.

This actually scales up really fast for the subsequent months in a way that is not mathematically intuitive for most people. Basically in month 1 you have a 75% chance of NOT being pregnant. In month 2 you have 75% x 75% = 56% chance of NOT being pregnant, i.e. 44% chance you are.

Writing it out:
After x months -- Chance of being pregnant
1 -- 25%
2 -- 44%
3 -- 58%
6 -- 82%
9 -- 93%
12 -- 97%

I think most people hear "it takes healthy couples up to a year" and think the 50/50 mark is probably around 6 months then. But it is very front loaded (which is also why you hear about so many people conceiving in the first couple months) and people kind of have an instinct about it. I think this contributes to feelings like @Klmno mentioned where you feel something is wrong after 4/5/6 months but you have to sort of wait out this "clock" of 1 year.

I was certain I'd get pregnant the first time we tried (ha!).
My period was a day late and when I went to test, it suddenly started. I was so sure I had to be pregnant I still took the test, as I figured it must have been the implantation bleed I'd read about. Of course, it was a negative test.

I fell pregnant the 4th month.

Me, I expected to get pregnant pretty quickly. I don’t know why as I had been on the pill for 13yes. My cycles were so long when I came off it anything from 34-58 days. So it took 10 months to get pregnant and that was about 7 cycles for me. I was not chill, I was starting to get quite worried.

Second time I expected similar but got pregnant very quickly.

I thought it would take more like 3 months, as that's what you tend to hear. I've concieved 4 times on the first cycle, 1 time on the 3rd cycle (was still breastfeeding during the first 2 cycles so I think it stopped me!). Unfortunately I've had 2 MCs and 1 chemical pregnancy.

First pregnancy, definitely not. I thought it would be maybe 3/4 months. Worked first time and I was surprised.

That trend persisted in the next couple pregnancies, but it wasn't any less shocking or surprising as the first time.

(should say 25 cycles sorry. My cycles are quite short).

I went into it expecting it to take three or four months, didn't cope well emotionally from about month 4 when I started fearing the worst, even though I know it's normal for it to take up to a year.
Now 21 months in (about 27 cycles) and recently started IVF.
I wish more people talked about how it can be tricky managing your emotions even during that first year. When you're not classed as infertile yet but it still isn't happening.
I also wish I'd just chilled the heck out and not become so down and obsessed with it all, so quickly. If I was going to need IVF, I was going to need it, there was no point worrying about that from so early on and 'wasting' so much of my life being sad! But it's hard not to get down about it.

Quite the opposite. Was expecting / hoping it would happen within a year, all things going well.

Got pregnant first month of trying and felt quite shocked when I got that positive test (which sounds stupid now!)