Help trying for 1st baby

[kim27]

Hi

I'm new to mumsnet and this is my first ever post

We are about to start trying for our first baby and I wanted some advice on how long it normally takes as every website offers different opinions

Also I have been taking folic acid once a day should I be taking anything else?

Hi Kim,

not an expert at all (actually still waiting ttc no 1 yet)! Just wanted you to have an answer to your post. There is a wide range of experience on these threads and I am sure someone more knowledgeable will come along soon. It seems that most people get pg within 6 months but there are some who take longer, anything up to a year seems "normal" and unless you are older you are unlikely to get any medical help till you have been trying for a year.

Re: folic acid is the only real essential thing to take. Many woman take specially formulated pg vits which include folic acid as well.

Hi Kim

From memory my consultant told me approx 75% of couples get pregnant within 6 months, 85% of couples within a year and 95% of couples within 2 years.

Good luck

Helen

I found this ...

Odds of getting pregnant in a given month, by age:
early 20s: up to 25 percent

late 20s and early 30s: up to 15 percent

late 30s: up to 10 percent

Number of women who achieve pregnancy within the first year of trying, by age:

early 20s: 94 percent

late 20s and early 30s: 70-85 percent

late 30s: 65-70 percent

Average number of months to conception, by age:

early 20s: 4-5 months

late 20s: 5-7 months

early 30s: 7-10 months

late 30s: 10-12 months