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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.

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Anyone have problems conceiving dc 2?

35 replies

lauraloola · 14/08/2008 15:04

Hi, I read that it can be more difficult conceiving dc 2 then dc 1. It took us 18 months for dd and I would like a 2 year gap for the next.

I just wondered if there is any truth in what I read or if dc 2 is easier to conceive. Thanks x

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Dannat · 14/08/2008 19:02

I feel pg with DD after 4 months with DH, fell pg again 8 months later which ended in MC at 7 weeks. Fell pg with DS 4 years later although to be fair, we weren't trying on any of those occasions (both of my kids were pleasant surprises!) nor were we particularly careful.

deanychip · 14/08/2008 18:59

3 years for ds1....its been 10 months now trying for no2

quickerthistimeplease · 14/08/2008 18:57

I don't think you can plan on anything. Took us 18 months to concieve DD and then 2 months (not trying that hard..) for DC2. Currently 14 wks pg with somewhat smaller gap than we planned.
Same thing has happened to several people I know and then on the flip side, other friends have found conceiving No 1 a real breeze and No2 much more difficult. Good luck. May as well go for it now!

Luvlymummy · 14/08/2008 18:56

This is precisely what I'm worried about. I'm trying again next June and bit worried it'll take forever! Took 12 days with DS.

cathers · 14/08/2008 18:49

Don't plan it will be so easy!
It took us 2 months with DS, a normal healthy pregnancy, and have been trying ttc for over one year now with 3 miscarriages along the way.

Bellie · 14/08/2008 17:08

Hi,

It took me 3 months with dd, and then 3 months second time which sadly ended in an ectopic. It has taken 18 months from the ectopic and I am now pg again.

Good luck xx

Notquitegrownup · 14/08/2008 17:07

Same for us. DS1 was conceived the first time we even thought about trying. Ds2 took at least 6 months. I finally discovered that I ovulate very very early in the month. I found using an ovulation prediction kit quite useful in giving me a sense of knowing what we were doing

Original poster
lauraloola · 14/08/2008 17:04

Blimey, I hope you both conceive soon x I think I will start TTC sooner then I had planned x

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Suze25 · 14/08/2008 16:32

Hi,

I conceived after 1 month with DS and have now been TTC for 5 months with no success.

I also planned to have a 2 year gap between children but the way it's going now that won't happen. I stupidly assumed that because we'd been so lucky the first time the second would be a breeze!

minitrip · 14/08/2008 15:19

Hi Lauraloola

I conceived after 3 months with DS, but this time no luck after 8 months TTC.

But I have a friend who had to have IVF for DD 1, then conceived DD2 naturally a couple of years later...

Your body can change after the first pregnancy, and you never know whether it has until you are TTC again.

MT x

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