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Poll Results: How long did it take you to get pregnant?

 
  • 50% (131)
    Bullseye! First month
  • 17% (45)
    2 or 3 months
  • 6% (16)
    4-6 months
  • 9% (24)
    6-12 months
  • 15% (41)
    Longer than a year
257 Total Votes  
post #21 of 72
4/6/09 at 11:31pm
Wow almost 50% got pregnant the first month! That really gives me some hope!
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post #22 of 72
4/9/09 at 5:45pm
um, first baby was a condom failure, i think they are like 98% effective, second baby was an iud failure, 99.9 % effective.... i'm kind of sad that we never got to try to consciously make a baby... we may have a number three but not try for a few years. but i feel like we're apparently extremely fertile so it shouldn't b e a problem.
post #23 of 72
4/9/09 at 6:25pm
Our first was conceived after 6 months of actively trying. Our second was an unexpected surprise!
post #24 of 72
4/14/09 at 12:02am
9 months TTC.
post #25 of 72
9/20/09 at 6:49pm
DD was planned, and conceived the first month trying. DS was conceived while on ortho tricyclen, after 4 months of using only oral birth control.
post #26 of 72
9/20/09 at 7:11pm
I got pregnant 5 years ago using BC pills and condoms (Nobody told me about ABX and BC pills not mixing), so I guess that's a bullseye

My second BFP came in my 2nd cycle of actively TTC, but we lost that baby, and I conceived in the cycle following that loss (I didn't have an AF between pregnancies), so I guess another bullseye?
post #27 of 72
9/20/09 at 9:29pm
first try with the first pregnancy, ended in miscarriage

got pregnant with dd1 during first cycle after miscarrige

tried for 3-4 cycles with after getting AF back but while still nursing. i was charting and there was never a clear ovulation temp so quit charting at that month had obvious ewcm. dtd and whamo pregnant!

we dtd (without condom) a couple weeks ago for the hell of it even though i was pretty sure we missed the egg by a day or two so we are officially trying next week.
post #28 of 72
9/21/09 at 2:25pm
DS was a complete surprise/shock. With DD, we were talking about having more kids at some point and decided to throw caution to the wind. The very next time after that conversation, she was conceived.
post #29 of 72
9/21/09 at 2:30pm
1st time=2 months
2nd time=1 month
3rd time=11 months
4th time(while bf'ing)=5 months
post #30 of 72
9/21/09 at 2:41pm
I honestly didn't understand the question, and I am obviously the only one!

"Without trying or not trying, how long did it take you to conceive?" - if you're talking about unplanned pregnancies, I wouldn't know how to put a timeframe on it. Like, do you count from the time you decided you didn't want a pregnancy?

Or did you mean how long did it take to conceive after deciding to TRY to - but without using any special methods like detailed charting and BDing based on charting, taking Clomid or other methods and interventions?

If it's the latter, it took us within 1 week - possibly within 1 day - of deciding to try. I wasn't charting, never heard of it at the time, so it was sheer luck.

I'm seriously lucky. I'm 32 (almost 33) years old, I've NEVER (knowingly at least) had any pregnancy except the one I wanted, and the one I wanted was very easy. Honestly, since DH and I had taken a couple of "chances" (again, not knowing FAM so they were truly just chances) I had actually started to wonder if I wasn't fertile (even though I really didn't want to be pregnant before we decided to have DD!).
post #31 of 72
9/21/09 at 2:44pm
It would be interesting to know what contraception method those who got pregnant right away were using.

I assume mostly barrier methods. That was the case with me.
post #32 of 72
9/21/09 at 11:02pm
DD was somewhat of a surprise (missed a pill or two ). My second pregnancy was conceived on our first try, but ended in a miscarriage. We waited about a year, and then conceived DS on our first try.
post #33 of 72
9/21/09 at 11:11pm
DS -- < 1 month

Current bean -- 12 months
post #34 of 72
9/22/09 at 3:35pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by laohaire View Post
It would be interesting to know what contraception method those who got pregnant right away were using.

I assume mostly barrier methods. That was the case with me.
for the first i had been on the pill for 11 years and went off it 3 months before ditching the condoms. I haven't been back on so just condoms.
post #35 of 72
9/23/09 at 2:41pm
I had 2 m/c before getting pg w/DS after 18 months of TTC. I believe the 1st m/c was 1 year after ttc and 2nd m/c was 2 months after that.

Hope this time around it doesn't take as long!
post #36 of 72
9/24/09 at 1:25pm
With DS, I asked DH if we could start "not preventing", and was pg the very same day. We were very fortunate (and very surprised also).

DD- Surprise pregnancy, the one and only time we disregarded NFP rules. (Only time in my life that I have ever had ovulation spotting after a long cycle- clearly she was meant to be).

We are "not preventing but not trying" currently, so it will be interesting to see how long it takes.
post #37 of 72
9/25/09 at 6:50pm
With K we were getting married and I got off b/c so we could try after the wedding... And I got pregnant.

With M... I got of b/c and was going to wait but we got pregnant before my first period. While breastfeeding. When we were technically trying not to.
post #38 of 72
9/27/09 at 1:36pm
First try with DD1, I had been on Depo for years and was expecting 9m-1y to conceive, apparently not! DD2 took 12 months. DS was another first try. I haven't used any BC since before DD1.
post #39 of 72
9/28/09 at 9:12pm
DS - first month. The convo went something like this (imagine us ready to do the deed):

Me: Do you want to have a baby?
DH: Sure.
Me: No, I mean do you want to have a baby right now? Because we don't have to use a condom.
DH: Uhh...okay.

LOL. Sometimes the reality is different than the abstract idea.

DD - maybe half a year? I wasn't charting or anything so I didn't pay much attention, although we were intentionally trying to get pregnant. It's harder to work on it all the time though, when you have a 3 yo in the house.
post #40 of 72
9/28/09 at 9:15pm
It took me 4 months each time (with a miscarriage in between).
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