Good experiences from conceiving in 30s?

[BadLuck2023]

Hiya!
DH and I held off on conceiving as we wanted to get our finances sorted before having children. We both had rough childhoods and wanted better for our kids than what we had.

It's definitely just anxiety but I've read horror stories of women having issues trying to conceive (I'm 30, will be 31 when TTC probably). Please would love some good stories to ease my mind? Have spoken to the doctor about coming off BC and have had blood tests done which she is happy with

Got pregnant with both of mine in my 30's.
I had a miscarriage with my very first pregnancy but conceived again the month after. Second DC was first month of trying after having my coil removed.

I had mine at 29 and 33. No issues conceiving. 30 doesn't even seem that old these days, my friend just had her 3rd at 41!
Good luck to you!

30 is a totally normal age to conceive

some people do it quickly, some people have issues they need to try to resolve - you won’t know until you have tried so you might not be able to control that. But I don’t think your age should be an issue

That’s a perfectly normal age to TTC. Other than school friends who got knocked up in their teens and were on husband #2 by 30, I don’t really have any close friends who TTC in their 20s.

I had 3 pregnancies in my 30s (one of these was a mc) at 31 and 37 (mc was also at 37). All intentionally timed, got pregnant first or 2nd cycle every time. Pregnancies with my dc we’re both textbook easy and straightforward, and I had two home births with really no intervention. I wouldn’t be worrying about your age at all.

Please try not to worry! I was 36 and had been on the injection for years, I came off because we knew we wanted children at some point and I wanted my body to get back to "normal", I came off the injection in the July and fell pregnant the following March my first month ovulating before my periods had even returned! Gave birth to a very healthy and overdue baby and I'm now pregnant at 38 with our second 😀 (and last! 😂)

I was on contraception for 15 years (also have deep infiltrating endometriosis) and got pregnant first month off at 32.

I'm not OP but I've been feeling similar worries so I'm really grateful for the reassurance

I'm 30, just got married and not really trying or preventing currently.

I had a chaotic childhood so really wanted to be in a good financial situation before I had children, but you hear all these stories about egg freezing, IVF, leaving it too late... but it's so hard for women to get everything sorted financially and romantically by their mid 20s!

I had my dc at 34 and 38. Got pregnant 1st month of trying both times. I realise this is incredibly lucky and for a lot of oeolle it takes a few months . I had another pregnancy that sadly ended at just 6 weeks but again that was 1st month of trying and then conceived my ds the month after. Good.luck!

I thought 29-33 was about average for a first baby? I was 29 when I had my son and the youngest mum at all the baby groups I went to

34/36/38 - no issues. Took no more than 2 months of trying for the first and less for subsequent.

I had first baby at 36 and second at 43 (!). It took 2/3 years to conceive first time and a round of clomid helped for second baby.
It was very tough on the relationship.
I lost a pregnancy between these two. It was awful I've mostly blocked it out. But so many women have miscarriages, which is what helped; I lived in mumsnet for a long time for the incredible support I got around all the fertility and miscarriage woe.

Now I come on to ask advice around dehumidifiers.

Took us 4 years to conceive but I became pregnant at 31, so you should be fine.

I had my last baby at 32, and conceived ever so fast! With no problems whatsoever during pregnancy and the birth itself, with a super healthy baby! Try not to fret.

The average age of first birth in the UK is over 30.

You’ll be fine.

This.

I had to re-read the OP. Never heard of anyone without prior fertility issues worrying about conceiving at 30.

I am 36, spent most of life on birth control, came off it, pregnant first time trying! Currently 14 weeks. 30s is normal. I had a scan yesterday and could see the date of birth of all the other women being scanned either before or after me, all of were in their 30s, some 40. People don’t really have babies “young” now.

Just have sex and see what happens...
I had my first at 28, second at 33.
Didnt give it a second thought- got pregnant pretty much straight away.

I have pcos but it only took 3 months to get pregnant with my first son (conceived age 30 born age 31) and around 1.5 months of trying with my second (conceived age 33 born age 34).

Had mine a month shy of 38. All fine.

I was 34 when we conceived DD on attempt 2.
All of our NCT gang are all also in their mid 30's - there is def hope!

@BadLuck2023 the AVERAGE age of a first baby in the UK is 32!!

I had mine at 31 and 36. Conceived on first try. The first was conceived whilst on the pill as I'd taken antibiotics for a bladder/kidney infection and didn't read that they interfered with the pill!

Just go with the flow and try not to really think too much about it, but don't be afraid to seek medical intervention if it hasn't happened after a year or two.

I read ‘The Inpatient Woman’s Guide to getting pregnant’ and it really helped dispel some of the myths around conception. Had my kids at 35, 37 and 39 (for first and third got pregnant within a few months of trying), weirdly second took a little longer.) I think if you’ve got fertility issues, you will probably struggle even if in your 20s, but if you haven’t, there is a very good chance you’ll get pregnant relatively easily in your 30s (obviously then even without fertility issues per se, it gets harder into late 30s and early 40s). I wouldn’t be worrying!

I had dd1 aged 38 and ds1 aged 42. Admittedly it took over a year to conceive dd1 amd we had some tests done, but in the end it happened naturally and we never needed any fertility treatment. Pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding were easy with both. Never had any miscarriages.
I had a pregnancy in between which had genetic abnormalities and we had to terminate - but the chances of the genetic issues were very rare and only slightly increased by age. On some forums I read about lots of women in their 20s going through the same thing, so it affects people of all ages.

I was 36 and conceived easily. Was my second pregnancy and I bloody hated being pregnant (also when I was 29) but I'd do it all over again to have my son.

My pregnancy at 36 was 12 years ago - I asked if I would need special treatment and they looked at me like I was mad.