Fertility-Infertility Questions for All!

[zebra]

1. How long did it take you to conceive each of your children?
   
2. How old were you?
   
3. What form of birth control were you using when you got together with the child(ren)'s father?
   
4. Have you had problems with recurrent miscarriages?
   
   Answers from all, whether it was easy or hard to conceive! I'll explain the why's of the questions once I get a load of answers.

[spacemonkey]

1. 1 month and 1 month
   
2. 22 and 24
   
3. pill
   
4. no

[AussieSim]

1. 21mths
   
2. 33
   
3. Pill
   
4. No

[AussieSim]

zippy 539 you give me hope (just started TTC no. 2)

[motherinferior]

1. er...didn't mean to conceive dd1, 6 months for dd2
   
   
2. 36 with dd1 (positive test on 37th birthday), 39 with dd2
   
   
3. ahem...er....sort of well 'constructive carelessness', bit of this bit of that (condoms, 'safe' period, etc)
   
   
4. no.
   
   Oh dear. I am not usually this disorganised, honestly

[suzywong]

3 months
3 months
32
35
pill
no

[Marina]

1. 6 months 2) 18 months 3) 1 month
   
2. 35, 38, 39
   
3. Pill
   
4. No
   
   Keep us posted, Zebra (LOL Prufrock)

[Quackers]

1. 1st month for each
   
2. 25 and 30
   
3. No contraception
   
4. 2 miscarriages and threatened m/c's for both pgcies.
   
   Hope you find all this info useful!!!

[WideWebWitch]

1. ds unplanned but conceived after 3ish? months of unprotected sex. Hmm, was in denial about wanting a baby, clearly. dd, 6 months of unprotected sex (different partner)
   
2. Aged 30 when preg with ds, 36 when preg with dd, (turned 37 6 weeks before she was born)
   
3. condoms before ds, coil (non hormone type) before dd
   
4. No

[Chinchilla]

1. 0 months (i.e. fell pg the first month)
   
2. 30 (31 when born)
   
3. Pill
   
4. No

[Twink]

1. Immediate after decision to try, well certainly within week 1
   
2. 30
   
3. Pill initially, later diaphragm, mini pill, condoms (we had many years of trying to avoid children )
   
4. 2, but see (3)

[bunny2]

1. Conceived ds within a couple of months.
   2)32, 33 when he was born
   
2. Condoms
   
3. 2 miscarriages since (10/2001, 10/2003) both at 3 months.
   
   curious why you want to know this

[Debbiethemum]

1. 7 months, 3 months
   
2. 34 & 37 (age when conceived)
   
3. Condom's when met, soon after the pill
   
4. No
   
   Also want to know why you want to know?

[florenceuk]

1. 6mths
   
2. 35
   
3. Pill
   
4. No
   
   HTH!

[wog]

Hi Zebra are you going to let us in on your findings from our answers

[Hulababy]

1. 14 months, then a m/c at 7 weeks, that 15 months (approx) for successful pregnancy
   
2. started ttc at 26; as was DH
   
3. pill
   
4. Had one m/c at 7 weeks

[zebra]

Why I'm asking -- long time ago there was this article in the New Scientist about a study that had women sniffing hankerchiefs that had been stored under the arms of very sweaty men (blech!). Anyway, the study noted that women seemed to "prefer" the sweat of men with whom they (the women) had the most compatible antibodies. UNLESS the woman was on the BC pill, in which case she showed no pattern of preference. Presumably because the hormones were interfering with the women's own pheronome sensors? I always wondered if this could be a factor in (supposedly) increased infertility in recent years. Are women on the pill more likely to choose partners with whom they have infertility problems...? So many women are in the pill, plenty of babies conceived in spite of it! But maybe something will emerge out of the answers here. I'll summarise when I get a chance.

[bluestar]

1. 3 months / 8 months
   
2. 26 & 28
   
3. Condoms and Pill
   
4. 1 mc at 5 weeks

[prettycandles]

1. First attempt each time
   
2. 34, 26
   
3. Barrier
   
4. None
   
   Very interesting, zebra. It happens that I love dh's smell!

[lucysmum]

1 month, 1 month
33, 36
pill
no

[tillymint]

1)3months, 3months, 3yrs, 1month
2)34,36,39,40
3)pill
4)no. one miscarriage, one ectopic(pg no. 2)

[Eulalia]

1. 1 month for ds, no time for dd (we weren't actively 'trying' to conceive).
   
2. 33 and nearly 36 (you may be interested to know dh is 20 years older and no signs of decreasing fertilty)
   
3. Was using the pill, 2nd time had long period of lactational amenorrhea
   
4. No.

[gingernut]

5 months (m/c); 3 months
32
Nothing when we got together, then pill for a few months, then condoms
No - just the 1 m/c

[zippy539]

AussieSim - it's a bloody lottery isn't it? Good luck and 'Get at it!' (as my mum said, most unhelpfully, while we TTC no.1

[Azure]

1. 2 months, 1 year (then m/c), trying again
   
2. 34, 36 now 37
   
3. Pill
   
4. One m/c

[dejags]

1. DS1 = 14 months,2) I was 26
   
2. D?2 = 2 months, 2) I was 29
   
   
3. Condom
   
   
4. No miscarriages (touch wood, touch wood, touch wood)