Has anyone had difficulty conceiving a baby but gone on to get pregnant easily with second or third etc?

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I posted this on the conception section too but thought this might be a better place!
I had a lot of trouble getting pregnant with my second baby, but got pregnant easily with my first. I wondered whether anyone else had had secondary infertility with the second but went on to have a third relatively easily? Or did you find once you had difficulty conceiving once, it was hard subsequently? I'm nearly 38 and when I was 35 had low normal AMH

Yes. Took me a year and ivf to get ds1 (with one mc in between). When he was 9 months old and I stopped breastfeeding/period returned, we thought we'd better start trying again as I was under the impression that it would take years/wouldn't be possible/would need ivf again to conceive again.

Instead I got a bfp 4 weeks later resulting in ds2 and a 17 month age gap. Not what I expected in the slightest....!

Oh and ps I have low amh- that's why I did the ivf in the first place.

I have two friends who needed IVF for their first baby and got pregnant quickly with their second. One of them had been told the chances of her conceiving naturally were very low (male factor issues).

Thanks to you both for your replies, and congratulations Chattycat for both of your pregnancies! It is great to hear this.

Took over 3 years to conceive DS, then conceived DD 3 months after he was born.

My cousin had several failed rounds of ivf over the course of about 6 years I think. Finally got pregnant through IVF but then went on to have 3 more children naturally - all very close together!

A friend of mine had IVF due to PCOS for her first baby then got pregnant naturally within a year of his birth!

We took a year to have conceive DD. We thought it might take that again so started trying around her first birthday. We were lucky to conceive DS our first month of 'trying' much to our surprise and delight

Good luck!

18 perfect cycles and timing for dc1 and literally the first shag after giving birth....bang dc2! 12 month age gap 😳

Oh wow! These are excellent stories 😀. Thank you all very much for posting. It must be quite a shock to get pregnant after IVF or after trying for a long time. Shock and joy.

DS1 took 5 years, multiple rounds of IVF and 2 miscarriages. We were advised after his birth that it was highly unlikely we would ever be able to have a 2nd.

I was pregnant with DS2 9 months later and we now have a 2 year old and almost 1 year old

And I was on the pill at the time!

Me! 5 years for my 1st then pregnant again when he was 6 months old. currently 17 weeks with number 3

After 2.5 years of trying I fell pregnant on my second round of Clomid. I fell pregnant naturally the week of my daughters first birthday.

A colleague of mine had ivf for her first and then fell naturally (and unexpectedly!) with her second soon after. I can't remember the exact age gap, but definitely less than 18 months. They were in consecutive schools years.