To ask for your successful TTC stories when over 30 and TTC No.1 for more than 6 month?

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Just that really.

About to hit 32 and have been TTC no.1 for more than 6 months with not one pregnancy symptom or positive test in that time. Nada. I am feeling quite down and negative about our chances for various reasons today and friends and family are falling pregnant all around me.

Just looking for some positive stories to reassure me.

4 years with dc 1. We started when I was 32 and he was born not long after my 37th birthday, after several rounds of clomid. Dc2 on the other hand took 3 months! My advice would be not to worry too much yet, but it's worth going to the doctors after a year. We faffed around for ages when we should have had tests sooner. No harm in getting tested if you then fall pg in the meantime!

I'm 20 weeks pregnant. 31, and tried for 10 months. Was just starting fertility tests and then got my BFP. I thought it would never happen. It was a totally shitty time.

Good luck, you'll get there.

6 months isn't long but there's nothing wrong with looking into private fertility testing if you're feeling like time's running on. They can test various hormone levels and other bits and pieces and give you an indication (not a guarantee, as someone will inevitably point out) of your chances of conceiving. You can also do screening for issues related to miscarriage - whole lot would be around £1500. A lot of money to some people but if you have it, and you're trying to make long term plans, it might help?

TTC at age 30, had DD when I was 31. She was a real blessing as GP said she would be my one & only. 7 months after her birth I fell pregnant naturally with DD2 so DD1 must have "jogged" something! A good friend of mine TTC for years, had twins at 39. Good luck on your journey OP

DD1 took us 7 months - I was 32 at the time.
Then DD2 was first time of trying even though I was two years older...

Ds took 6 months to conceive when I was 33. Ds no 2 was a happy accident aged 37. We were trying not to get pregnant. I must have conceived around day 26 of my very regular 28 day cycle...... same as someone else up thread.

We has DS1 when I was 28, no problem. We were planning a second child with a 2 year age gap. It didn't work out and they have a 5 year age gap... But then we got a little surprise straight after and now we have 3!

It took 18 months to conceive my first DC - I was 31 when we started trying, and 33 when she was born. Conversely, when we decided to start trying for no.2 at 35, it took one single solitary shag!

Good luck OP!

We started trying about the same age as you, it took almost 2 years. No medical explanation why not, but it worked finally. To be honest we had almost given up trying and were going for just relax and enjoy it, that and a nasty fall off a horse which my GP reckoned jolted my system (don't recommend it) and DD is now 7

Buy an ovulation kit. No more hit and miss. Should make falling pregnant much quicker

After 1 year I went to the doctor, we had tests (all fine), counselling and had just started looking into IVF. 6 months later I was in A&E with severe stomach cramps, vomiting etc, the doctor came back with results "you have a UTI, also your pregnant" next minute my tummy was being scanned and they pointed out the placenta forming, I was estimated 10 weeks pregnant.
18 months doesn't sound long but I'd been so stressed about it, everyone else seemed to be making pregnancy announcements on Facebook 3 months after their weddings. It had got to the point where I started thinking sod it. DS was conceived on holiday in France, while I was mainlining cheese, red meat, red wine, white wine everything your not supposed to have during the first trimester. I had stopped looking for pregnancy signs, I'd even had a small period, and I'd previously done so many negative tests that I had stopped testing at all and had to be told in hospital.
DS is nearly 6 now, I look back now and think I'm glad he arrived when he did because otherwise he wouldn't be "him" iykwim. I was 34 when I him. Good luck OP, I recommend not doing ovulation sticks religiously (honestly I think it becomes more stressful) reckless holidaying and doggy style