How long did it take you to get pregnant?

[egishere]

Too long... I stopped counting. We wasted a lot of cycles trying on our own before we figured out there was an issue. DH had very low sperm counts so we ended up doing IVF and it worked the first time. I was 32.

[anna7602]

The first time around, I was 31 and got pregnant on the second cycle trying.

Now, I am 36 and we're still on the first cycle.

ETA: Haven't/didn't do anything besides read TCOYF and have lots of sex. I tried charting for a little while a few months ago just to get an idea of what was going on, but my cycle is pretty predictable and I stopped. I've been off BCP for five years and stopped nursing DD a long, long time ago.

[BAMFMrsB]

It took 12 cycles. I was prepped for a yearly to the O.B. 4 days after my BFP. We were going to have a Come to Jesus with her to figure out WTF we were doing wrong. But our #12 cycle worked.

Did you use any methods (like charting) to help? Kinda. I have an iPhone app for charting my cycles. It did work... eventually. But no temping or tracking of CM or anything.


How old were you when you had your kid(s)? I'll be 30 when he arrives.

[zeewifeandmama]

It took 5 cycles the first time, I was charting and found that I had a short LP. Once I worked to correct that it took 3 cycles more ( I will add that I had been charting for 2 years prior to charting for conception) cycles to conceive. With this one we conceived after 3 cycles. I was 27 for my first delivery and I will be 30 this time.

[h]

DS1 -- 2 or 3 months, depending on how you count (I was off BCP for 3 months, but we got freaked out and didn't really try the first month). I conceived him when I was 29 and had him at 30.

DS2 -- 2 months. I conceived and had him at 32.

I didn't do anything special, but I have always been able to tell when I am ovulating, so we could time things pretty easily.

[justjen]

I got pregnant the second month we were trying.

I was not charting, though I did use one of those apps that tells you about when you're ovulating based on your periods.

I was 35 when I got pregnant, and will be 36 when she's born.

[bunch]

5mos, charting, 26

[lintscreen]

off BCP for about 10 months. No charting. Just "seeing what happens"

I was 33 when I had DS.

[sometimesrunner]

2nd cycle trying using the CBEFM. I had been using the monitor for over 6 months before we actually started trying so I knew my cycle pretty well by then.

ETA: I was 26 when we conceived and 27 when DS was born.

[pinkdutchtulips]

11 months ... 10 months haphazard not hardcore trying but not preventing either. 1 cycle ppl and BAM ! bfp

I was 33 when we started ttc, 34 when we got pg and I delivered 6 wks before my 35th bday.

[vegas]

Pg No. 1: Took about a year. I had to have a myomectomy (like a c-section) and a hysteroscopy to remove polyps, fibroids and cysts and then I got pregnant right away. Used charting and the clearblue easy fertility monitor.

Pg No. 2: Took two months, used clearblue easy fertility monitor.

How old were you when you had your kid(s)? With #1 I was 30, with #2 I will be 32.

[starlily]

2 attempts. 1st one ended in a CP. Skipped trying the month after that, then got pg the next month. We didn't use any particular methods, besides knowing that I have a pretty textbook 28 day cycle. I was 34.

[EloiseWeenie]

I never charted, but I kept track of my periods and figured the "average" ovulation date. We use condoms as BC, and successfully got pregnant on the first cycle with both kids. I was 27 with my son, and 30 with my daughter.

Good luck!

[Deleted]

Got pregnant on the 2nd cycle trying.

It was my first month charting and I don't think I did it right.

I was 27.

[Deleted]

22 cycles, 4 with an RE--got pg on the last cycle we were going to try. I was 35.
I did chart after about 3 mo of TTC as well...along with lots of other thing hoping something would work.

[auberge]

It took us five months. I was loosely charting for about three months.
I was 31 when I got pregnant. (32 at his birth)

[luvmagoldn]

First time - 2 years. That included charting, OPK's, metformin, PreSeed, etc and two rounds of IVF. First IVF was a chemical. Second IVF twins. I was 36 when they were born.

Second time - we weren't trying. H and I both thought that going back on BC after the twins was ridiculous considering all we went through to get PG. My RE had said we had a 5% chance of ever getting PG on our own. Were were more stunned by the positive pregnancy test than when we found out we were having twins. I was 38 when #3 was born.

As an aside, much as I love that we got PG on our own with #3 I hate that our story is now one of those "oh I had friends who went through IVF then when they weren't trying - BAM, they got PG" examples. It's just not helpful to hear stories like ours when you are suffering with infertility.

[rootbeerfloat]

DS took 10 cycles over the course of 11 months. I had an appointment scheduled with an RE, but got pregnant right before. I was 30 when he was born. I did not chart, but used OPKs, which didn't do any good.

DD was way quicker. I got pregnant on my first cycle charting, but second cycle actively TTC. I was 33 was she was born.

[rex]

It's been 9 months. 2 losses & no kid yet.

I'm currently taking a planned 2 month break but seriously considering making it longer because I'm frustrated. I know it hasn't been that long but the idea of getting pregnant again and the possibility of losing another is upsetting to me. I don't want to keep losing babies.

I pay attention to CM but that's it. My cycles are exactly the same every month. I've thought about temping but at this point I feel like it doesn't matter because even if I get pregnant it doesn't mean anything.

[mie]

#1 took 2 cycles. I had just turned 30.
#2 took a little longer b/c I had a m/c so I think it took about 6 or 7 cycles after the m/c. I was 32.
#3 took 3 cycles. I was 34.

I did not actively chart.

[Deleted]

DD1--6mo (with a miscarriage in there)...charted 1 mo to make sure I ovulated. I was barely 29 when I had her.

DD2---12 months...sex daily the month we finally got pg, I was 31 at her birth

DD3--we were TTA, I was 33

DC4---we have been TTC for 10mo...I will be at least 37 if it happens--I've used fertlity monitor a couple months but that's it so far.

[bronxgirl]

I was 36 when DD was born. It took us a year to get PG and we eventually needed fertility tx. We got PG after our 2nd IUI with injectibles.

[Becca]

#1 - first month off of BCP, using OPK
#2 - third month off of BCP (first month I didn't O, second month was a C/P). I temped/charted and used OPKs
#3 - when my docs declared me healthy enough to TTC, we decided just to see what would happen, and I had a BFP two weeks later.

ETA:
got pregnant at:
25 (turned 26 soon after)
28 (turned 29 soon after)
30

[Deleted]

We got pregnant the first month that we were actually trying. I was 24 when we started and when he was born.

[caramia17]

Two months of trying, which was actually 3 cycles since I had 21 day cycles. I had an OB appt for my annual 10 days after my LMP and told her what what going on. She suggested charting in earnest and I ordered a basal body thermometer from Amazon. Never used it. Got my BFP 10 days after the OB appt. I was 33 when I got pregnant, 34 when she was born.

[pugz]

it took about 11 months

charted which helped show early on that I wasn't ovulating, doctor started fertility testing at 6 months as a result, dx likely PCOS, did first round of Clomid/HSG trigger and that round worked.

27 when I got pregnant

[omalley]

We tried for a year on our own. I was charting but my cycle was all over the place. I got pregnant on the 2nd month of clomid and I had an HSG procedure that month. We had sex every other day around the time I ovulated.

I was 34 when I got pregnant and 35 when I delivered.

[aspentosh]

1: first cycle, ended in a m/c. I was 26.
2: first cycle, baby girl born in January! I was 27.

I charted loosely.

[everam01]

1 year & 8 months

Did you use any methods (like charting) to help?
For about 6 months we just relaxed and had fun. The next few months I charted. Then we saw a specialist and found out I needed surgery (a very large septum) during which they also found fibroids and endo. I got pregnant on the first post-surgery cycle when we were cleared to try again.

How old were you when you had your kid(s)? started trying at 29, had the boys at 32.