How long did it take to conceive your second baby?

[Starry4321]

Hi all, we have a 3.5 month old baby which we are extremely grateful for. Our journey to having him took longer than we expected (took us 2 years to conceive). I’m 36 and we want a second baby so feel like I will probably start trying sooner rather than later. Had a c section so need some recovery time first 😅 Curious to know how long did it take you to have your second? I’m hoping second fine round it might be quicker but I know how random ttc is!

2nd baby took us around 4 years to conceive. Started trying age 24 and gave birth shortly before my 30th birthday.

It felt like a miracle to finally have DC2 as we had tried for so long and suffered a loss while ttc. Dh and I decided that if we wanted another DC, we would have to come to terms with another large age gap and another long ttc journey.

3rd baby was a surprise conceived while I was still breastfeeding Dc2, and periods hadn't yet returned.

First one three months.
Second one first time.

Both took about four months. 20 months between them and had sections with both. I was over 40.

First at 25, 2 months of trying. Second at 32 nearly 7 years of trying. No idea why.

1st a few months and she is now nearly 4. Currently in cycle 14 of trying for number 2.

First baby took about 3 months (30 years old)
Second (5 years later at age 35) 5 months

A year for baby one - had just started fertility investigations

Baby 2 was a happy surprise when DC1 was 1yo and my cycles had only just returned! We weren’t trying but assumed it was going to be an issue…

As PP says I think my body just clicked at what it was meant to do when DTD 😂

Hope that gives you hope - good luck!

Both first month trying, early 30s for both.

@Starry4321 a GP will not really be able to tell you much. I've seen a top doctor and physio in London and was told to heal fully, it takes 2 years. They advised waiting until baby is 10 months minimum before trying if healing is going well. We also had a long journey to get baby 1 so I was quite keen to get going but I'm still breastfeeding and am taking the advice to wait a little longer!

3 years for child 1 and we're at the 1 year point for the second. 😩

First baby was first month, second pregnancy was first month but miscarried, then third pregnancy (2nd child) was second month

About 6 months though that ended in miscarriage and then conceived the next month. Same with our first through where it also took about 6 months and a miscarriage with conceiving almost straight after.

We are over a year into ttc dc#2. Dc#1 took 1 month. So this time around with actually having to try and lh test and bbt is just really depressing

I tried for 18 months then life changed so stopped trying. Then had a surprise pregnancy from one time no contraception. And then second is just 13 months younger than first. Went in the coil, got pregnant with third first month off the coil.

I think my body learned how to do it after it managed it the first time

• copper coil.

Avoid all hormonal contraceptives if you plan to get pregnant soonish. It can take months to get out your system

Took just under two years to conceive our son, we’re now 18 months into ttc number 2. Yay for us 🤦🏼‍♀️

Straight away with both when she was 31 then 35. I must admit I was a little gutted as I was looking forward to lots of sex 😆 ... But obviously very pleased and grateful at the same time

5 months both times, wish we hadn't started in the new year both times - birthdays are 7 days apart in January!

First DS a happy accident. It took almost nine years to concieve DS2, which was very difficult. They're now 28 and 19.

Started trying for my second at 37. Think it took about 8 months.

DD1 took 13 months, DD2 was unexpected..I was on the pill so no trying

1st one took a year, second one took 1 try and we weren't trying so it was a surprise especially as it led to 2 under 2 🤦🏻‍♀️

@FlyOnTheWall89 thanks that’s helpful. Definitely want to ensure my body is ready to handle it when the time comes. I’m also still breastfeeding with no sign of period yet (nearly 4 months postpartum) so will definitely be waiting a good bit longer!

My friend took 4 years to conceive her first but only a few months to conceive her second. She was in absolute shock when she got pregnant with her youngest! There is no rhyme or reason to it sometimes.

First baby- first cycle
Second baby- 3rd cycle with a chemical pregnancy in between