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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

How long did it take you to conceive?

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H8624 · 30/06/2019 18:58

Just starting out (month 1) and have read all the things about 20% chance each month etc but wondering how long it actually took you to conceive? Is it likely to be faster if you time it around ovulation?

I'm 27 and OH is 30 we are both healthy!

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Missmonkeypenny · 30/06/2019 19:39

DD1 : 0 months. Fell pregnant with the coil in.

DC2 ( currently 12 weeks ) : 2.5 years, lots of testing and one round of IVF.

Me 25 DH 25 both fit and healthy

Novasky1 · 30/06/2019 19:43

With DD, fell pregnant in 2nd month TTC...
Tried for DC2 and fell pregnant 3rd month of trying. That ended in miscarriage but got pregnant 3 weeks after d&c..currently 8 weeks pregnant
I'm 38..DD is 16 months.
Best of luck.

Lauren83 · 30/06/2019 19:45

9 years DS1 (5 ivf cycles own egg and donor eggs)

8 months DS2 natural surprise 8 months after DS1

Newmumma83 · 30/06/2019 19:46

Got lucky and fell pregnant in first month.
Hadn’t looked into ovulation yet but in preparation before trying had spent 6 months on folic acid and primrose oil ... happened in first month.

I was 35 and partner was 36 x

SparklesandFlowers · 30/06/2019 19:49

20 months first pregnancy that ended in mc. Then 4 months to the second pregnancy. I was 37 when I had DS, DH 48.

userabcname · 30/06/2019 19:49

DC 1 : first cycle (I was 28, DH was 27)
DC2: 9th cycle (I was, well am - currently pregnant! - 31, DH is 30).
First time we didn't time or track anything, second time I did and it took much longer!

ChangesAt30 · 30/06/2019 19:53

Came off the pill in June and found out I was pregnant in August.

Didn't bother tracking cycles as I figured it may take a while to get back into the natural swing of things after being on the pill for 10 years, but luckily it happened quickly.

MyHeartIsBrokeButIHaveSomeGlue · 30/06/2019 19:53

DD1: six months

Then started trying for no2. Tried for 3 months and had a missed miscarriage at 10 weeks (baby measured 6). Then tried for 4 months and had an ectopic.

Had one period after the ectopic and somehow I'm currently 13 weeks pregnant.

Xyzzzzz · 30/06/2019 19:54

2 years before I could start treatment I fell pregnant

Ginger1982 · 30/06/2019 20:00

2 years from initially starting trying naturally through to DS being conceived via IVF ICSI.

Bluerussian · 30/06/2019 20:00

Two months I think.

Ginfizplease · 30/06/2019 20:02

2.5 years. Both healthy. But found out subfertile. Had ivf. Aged mid-late 20s.

2nd time- not trying but natural

This time 2.5 years and counting. And failed IVF.

LoafofSellotape · 30/06/2019 20:04

Second month,it was the only thing that was easy,everything else was so unbelievably hard.

Bacchant · 30/06/2019 20:06

About 13 months total for me.
7 months where I was off BC, then 3 months of actively trying to time ttc. Then 3 months of using bbt thermometers and of sticks.

I would 100% recommend using some sort of of sticks, as it turned out I was oving before I thought I was!

MrsXyzAbc · 30/06/2019 20:07

Initially it took 4 months, but then I miscarried very early on, tried again and conceived 6 months later..
So all in it was a year

Hiphopopotamous · 30/06/2019 20:13

Dc1 6 months
Dc2 first try
Both times we conceived it was the first month we used "conceive plus".

Bythebeach · 30/06/2019 20:15

Unplanned age 26, cycle 1 age 29, cycle 1 age 33. With the second and third I was amazed each time as started trying earlier than ideal timing with expectation it would take longer. I did have clockwork cycles back then

FrankT · 30/06/2019 20:25

First time took 18 months (timed perfectly with ovulation every single month). Next two times were first try.

megabustravelling · 30/06/2019 20:43

8 months followed by mmc. Came off the pill June 2018 and awaiting bfp again. I'm 29, dh is 28.

YessicaHaircut · 30/06/2019 20:47

26 months, which ended in mc at 12 weeks due to blighted ovum.
Waited for a couple of months afterwards for things to return to normal physically and be in the right headspace and had BFP yesterday on cycle 2!
This will be baby #1. I’m 36 and DH is 42.

MrsChanningTatum · 30/06/2019 20:48

First DC - 9 months

Second DC - 6 months

Third DC - 0 months 🙊😃 I was 36 when I had her.

firstimemamma · 30/06/2019 20:52

First month of trying, we were really lucky.

I was 27, he was 28.

DramaAlpaca · 30/06/2019 20:55

DC1 11 months
DC2 first try
DC3 4 months
I was 28, 30 & 32.

UncomfortableSilence · 30/06/2019 20:55

First month of trying with DD1....took 3 1/2 years for DD2.

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