How long to conceive number 2 (or 3, or 4)

[stripeybumpsmum]

Hi all,
Bet this has been asked before but can't find it on search. Also know the question is broadly equivalent to 'how long exactly is a piece of string?' ...
How long did it take you to concieve after your firstborn, once you had decided to go for it? We are at that tricky situation of deciding when, on basis 'if it happens immediately that wouldn't be good, but then if it takes years, also not good.' Suck it and see I guess (hate that expression) but interested in your experiences.
Ta

No 1 - first time of trying - aged 37.

No 2 - second month of trying (and dh was away for 5 days during fertile period in first month) - aged 39.

This was despite being told by doctors at my first birth that I was unlikely to conceive again easily, as "we usually only see wombs like this when we're doing infertility treatment"! I think this just goes to show how little is known about fertility. I have friends who've been trying for a baby for years and the doctors can find nothing wrong with them.

dd1 - 6 years
Trying for 2nd - 6 years (miscarriage in 2004)
Am now 40 and am on 2nd to last month of Clomid.
Refusing to give up hope

it took us one-and-half months to concieve number 2. I'd read on here about how it wasn't necessarily so easy, but then it was!

dd1 1 month aged 19
dd2 1 month aged 21
dd3 5 yrs aged 31
ds condom failure (or rahter we failed to get it out of the drawer dd was 5 months old we were a little

So I guess you can never ever tell

DS 1month age 24
db took 5mths age 24 but miscarried
dd took 3mths age 27
db very quickly 2wks age 28 will only be a 13mths age gap

1 month no 1
1 month no 2 (sadly lost at 25 weeks)
16 months trying for 3 AND desperate

PS I am 39 and am going (reluctantly) on chlomid next month

DS1 - 18 months
DS2 - 14 months

son conceived whilst on the pill (makes my husband a real man apparently!)

took 2 months to conceive our daughter. Tried like the clappers month 1 - nothing happened, I started a new job so was slightly preoccupied month2 so did the business once and fell pregnant. Hurrah!

ds1 first time
ds2 first time

ds - oops!
dd - 1st time
dc3 - another oops

Seriously cannot be trusted with any kind of contraception. Will be taking a vow of chastity when dc3 arrives.

dd oops
ds - 1st time ( must have ovulated late that month becase in theory 4 days after ovulation!)
dd2 1st time and only time in 12 months!

ds1 11 months
ttc now for 16 months.

I agree with moomin though, everyone is different, and every pregnancy is different. So often you see posts on these boards saying things like "I fell first month with my first, and we've been trying for three months now and nothing has happened - I'm beginning to think something might be wrong". And in reality ttc is such a complicated science and there are so many factors that come into play that generally those who fall first month are generally the lucky ones, hence why most doctors will tell you the average time for conception is a year.

Ds our ist baby toke 3 months

Tried for 2nd which toke us 4 months which sadly ended in a miscarriage.

Dd toke us 6 months after our mc.

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