Struggling to conceive no 2

[butterfly245]

Been trying for about eight months now. I know it won’t be investigated until it’s been a year but has anyone else been in the same boat or have any advice? I’m mid 30s so on the cusp of “older Mum”.

It’s starting to get me so down, all of the parents I know with children same age as DS1 seem to be pregnant with no2. We are wondering whether to start an application to adopt as we’re not sure whether we’d want to go through IVF.

anyone who has had a similar experience, I’d love to hear from you

Hi OP, we were really similar. With DC1 I found out I was pregnant on our honeymoon, literally first cycle of trying. With DC2 we tried for three months, then had a four month break or so as I was getting really stressed about it all. Then we started trying again but took another nine months before I got pregnant with DC2. I think we'd been so privileged with how quickly it happened the first time that it didn't honestly occur to me that it would take 12 cycles the second time. I really hope it happens for you soon x

Ahhh never, I literally just posted a reply and then saw this! Fantastic news @butterfly245 !! Xx

Aww congrats @butterfly245 ! ❤️

Congratulations!

I was also someone who conceived quite quickly with DC1 (4 months) and then it took 20 months until conceiving DC2.

Hey 👋 an old thread I know.. am wondering if anyone else managed to concieve? Im in a similar boat and starting to give up hope 🙁 xx

yes I did. Just after a year of trying we conceived . That's with an extremely low sperm count that they said natural conception very very very low chance. My daughter is now 1 years old! Xx

@Elisabeth3468aw thank you so much for replying! Congratulations, thrilled it happened for you xx