How long did it take you to conceive with your second?

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Me and my OH are going to start trying for our second child in the new year. It took me 16 months to fall pregnant with my first (aged 25). I know everyone is different but I am just intrigued to know how long it took you to conceive your first and then how long it took to conceive your second? I am expecting it to take roughly the same amount of time it did to conceive my first second time around but would obviously like the wait to not be as long.

18m for first, 3m for second and had only dtd 3 times that month too!

Second month of trying with first DC. first month trying for second - ectopic. First month trying after ectopic - chemical pregnancy. Fingers crossed for next month.

First time with both but had to wait until I stopped breastfeeding to conceive No2.

Accident first time and pregnant with number 2 (planned) and we got pregnant first month of trying.

Both over 35 so I was worried it would take a while.

Our first took 2 years and our second was conceived first time!

First was 3 years but I had been on the injection 2 years second was first cycle third was second cycle

First try, luckily for me. Came off the pill and didn’t even have a period before I got pregnant

It took 18 months of concerted effort to conceive our first.

One bout of unprotected sex to conceive our second.

First go for number two, I think four cycles on one. I wasn't actually prepared to be pregnant right away which was silly of me.

Dh had done an at home sperm test which came back with a low reading so we had done everything to help first time and hadn't gotten around to any intervention yet second time. Test was wrong or we were very lucky.

Thanks for all your replies everyone!! Very interesting to read it just seems that everyone is so different! Fingers crossed for me but I won't get my hopes up the second time round is easier!!

@reasonsforwaiting my sister has just had her third miscarriage so your story gives me hope for her. Such a heartbreaking time I really hope she is as lucky as you have been one day x

First one took two years, second one was first cycle trying, fingers crossed for you OP.

Hi, I fell pregnant with my DS the first month I tried. Started to ttc for a 2nd naively thinking it would be a breeze again...2 years of ttc and one miscarriage later DD was born 14 days ago.
Just shows how unpredictable this ttc lark is. It amazes me every day that the world is still populated!
All the very best, listen to your body and try not to compare too much otherwise it will send you crazy!

On a positive note (to balance up) a good friend of mine tried for years including several failed rounds of ivf before she conceived. 6 months after the birth of her daughter, she fell pregnant naturally with her second daughter. Both a shock and a miracle 😊

It's defo random, with my first she was a surprise, still not really sure how she got there but this time round we're on cycle 6 now, had some weird probably fake positive/evap lines cycle 4, a loss at 6.5 weeks on cycle 5 so trying to stay positive this cycle . It's mad isn't it how your bodies can work so differently. Xx

Ds: took 6 months to conceive (but I was 38)

Next one: longer than I had ....

2 MMCs (one with the "help" of Clomid) later, I had to accept that ds would be an "only"

Immediately for all of them!

About 3 minutes. It took 2.5 hrs with my first. It took literally once, and failed contraception with my 2nd.

About three mins.

Sorry to hear that @prettybird thank goodness for your first

First attempt. I was 37

First was instant, second took a year and I had said if were not pregnant by the end of the year then let’s stop trying. Tested Dec 31st last year and pregnant

First month 41 .

1st 5 months (26)
2nd 4 months (30)

First month of trying for our first. I had two miscarriages when trying for second and it took twelve months. I liked having a four year age gap though. It's been nice having the eldest at school.

1st - 17 months, next 2 pregnancies instant