Those who conceived naturally after a year?

[iswhois]

can I hear some stories please? Coming up to the year mark now and not keen to push on to IVF straight away really.

Got tested in February and all ok with me, husband having SA in September.

I just wanted some real experiences from people who took a bit longer but still managed it naturally

Thanks

5 years to conceive the first. Tested positive the day before I was due for invasive investigation so I'm one of those stories.... Had also lost a lot of weight {size 20ish to size 16ish} so I think that helped.
Fell accidentally pregnant with second on firsts 1st Birthday.
I remember that feeling at a year like hope was futile. I know for some it is and I'm always cautious about over positivity because of that but there are loads of people who conceive naturally after a year.

We conceived after trying for 2 years naturally. After a year I had all the tests done as did husband and was all clear. Found TTC quite stressful. As cliche as this sounds, or perhaps a total coincidence, but the month it did happen was when I wasn't tracking/stressing over it!

I tried for 12 months and then took a 6 month break from trying as my dh was made redundant and then another 4 months of trying to conceive ds1. Ds2 was 2nd month of trying.

Number 1 took 13 months then conceived naturally.
Number 2 conceived accidentally while on the mini pill.
Number 3 took one try.

Forget the just relax nonsense. Stress has absolutely no baring on whether you will get pregnant or not, unless of course, it affects your ability to actually have sex.

Went to the GP after 12 months trying, he referred me to the hospital for a pelvic ultrasound and I got pregnant the next month! I have very long irregular cycles so I think we just kept missing ovulation.

Not me (and not RTFT) but...

My parents had me 16 years after getting married and 12 years after being told to give up hope (no IVF then). Followed by my brother within 2 years.

My v. Good friend was about to start their second IVF cycle but fell naturally and she's 12 weeks today.

We took 13 months to conceive DS. Not even a slightly strange or day late period in that time.

I actually didn’t realise I was pg until I was 5 weeks as I had just started a new job and hadn’t realised what the date was. Easy pregnancy, natural delivery at 40+6.

It took 3 and a half years first time. Tried all the tricks like ovulation tracking, pre-seed, vitamins etc. Then had fertility investigations and was told I wasn’t ovulating regularly so had 6 months of clomid but still nothing. Gave up trying as was awaiting IVF and got pregnant 2 weeks before my appointment to start treatment!

9 years later and with a different partner,I somehow got pregnant the first month while on the pill but miscarried and then became pregnant with DD 9 months later.

15 months of no protection but I got pregnant the first month I started actually trying to track my cycle.

Forget the just relax nonsense. Stress has absolutely no baring on whether you will get pregnant or not

A number of well respected fertility doctors would disagree with you

We took 13 months to conceive ds2 - two precious pregnancies (one mc and one with ds1) had been within 3 months ish so I was getting increasingly worried there was something wrong with me after giving birth the previous time.

I had a gp appointment booked in for the next month about it as it had been over a year. Then we had the busiest few weeks ever - we were moving, had visitors from abroad, dh changed jobs, the car broke down - so much happened in the space of 4 weeks and TTC was the last thing on our minds, which was the first time we unofficially ‘stopped trying’ in a year - and that was the month it happened!

1st - accident (before DH)
2nd - 2years (DH)
3rd/4th - 2months ... surprise twins (DH)

7 months with dd, 13 months with ds.

What seemed to help was doing what was practically a shoulder stand on the bed after sex or putting my legs up the wall.

I think maybe if the sperm are a bit under motivated this helps them on their way!

Mines a bit wishy washy with timings as it took us about 2 years but we weren't all out trying for the first few months, no timing sex or anything just not using contraceptives. Then we got a bit more serious about it and tried properly for well over 6 months. Then we got engaged and booked our wedding for 9 months time so used condoms for 3 months to avoid being too heavily pregnant on the day but were trying again before the wedding. Fell pregnant 5 months after getting married.

We didn't have any investigations as we never really tried for a solid year as such but it was still hard. I remember crying when a friend announced her pregnancy and then again after she had given birth and I still wasn't pregnant! Obviously to her face I was thrilled and supportive, because I was thrilled for her but it was still hard!

Weirdly got pregnant on a month off of ttc, I felt it was taking over my life and we had my in-laws staying over my fertile week so decided to leave it for a month. Went for a meal out and got a bit tipsy and... baby!

Pregnant with DC2 now and caught on the third cycle.

Three years trying for first baby. Two years trying for second. Decided hardly worth bothering with birth control after that, and third baby was conceived within months. Just no logic to it.

It’s meant to be bollocks but it seemed to work!

@iswhois

So many people falling pregnant just before they were supposed to undergo procedures or tests!maybe you subconsciously relax because you feel like you're getting somewhere

Me! Tried from Jan 2017, both went for tests late Jan 2018, I conceived in late Feb the same week the tests came back that we were both fine. First pregnancy, carried to term. I have 6 week cycles though and I think it took months for the pill to stop messing with my system.

OP I don't have a success story but I'm in a similar position.

I conceived my first baby quite easily within a few months but we lost the baby (full term loss). Second pregnancy after four cycles but ended in early MC. Almost 12 months TTC since then.

I know a few people who took time conceiving and it seems quite random such as DC2 took 18 months to conceive but DC1 and DC3 were first time.

A friends tied for a while, had IVF and it failed but she later had two children naturally.

There is a woman on YouTube called RawBeautyKristy (not sure of spelling) and she has just announced she is pregnant after 12 years. She have up trying.

I am trying to stay positive but it's hard to get a BFP or AF when you've been hopeful.

I am 43, post chemo, no barriers for 5 years and no pregnancy...... until now - just under 5 weeks gone....

DS1, fell straight away. DS2 took about a year (slightly less).

I was tracking ovulation and I wonder if this was actually hindering me as the month I fell was the month I thought I screwed up my dates when DTD.

I was very distracted that month with issues in the wider family and I also wonder if that had an effect. For the first time since TTC my main focus wasn’t getting pregnant.

Just some musings. Good luck.

Got married and started trying immediately. Started having tests about a year in. Got told almost a year later had very low ovarian reserve - very unlikely to conceive naturally; don’t even try IVF, consider donor eggs.

Saw a specialist privately; her tests corroborated the results of the NHS tests. But she did say that “all it takes is one good egg”. I just discounted that really; I’d lost hope.

But, against the odds, our fantastic little son was born a day before our fourth wedding anniversary. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰