If you get pregnant easily, how long for #2 or more??

[mommyinfl]

I have been pg twice, once at 17-ish and once in 2007, with my son. Both times from the same guy[we're married now] and both times it was just a one time slip up and bam, preggo. I know it is not that easy for everyone and I know I am older now [28 going on 29], so I don't know if it will be that easy again, but I am just hoping it will. I want to start trying after my Feb cycle, hoping for a Nov. 2011 baby. If I don't get pg that first cycle trying, then i'll risk having a christmas baby next year, which i'd like to avoid. Anyhow, I am not trying to be so picky as I know many of you just want to get pg and have a baby, no matter when, but if you got pg very easily before, did you continue to have success as easily with future pregnancies and babies? My husband seems to think all we need to do it have sex ONE time when im fertile and I
l'll be preggo. I told him I truly hope its that easy as he thinks, but I told him its not always that simple everytime. I guess since its happened before so quickly and easily, he seems to think it will happen again that quickly.

What has been your experience? Thanks!!

ETA: I want to start trying after my Jan. cycle, just incase I don't fall preggo that first time trying as my husband thinks, as I really want to have the Christmas holiday off next year for maternity leave, and Im afraid if we "wait" until the last minute to start trying, it wont happen right away as my hubby thinks. But, he's not ready to start trying any sooner so i guess I dont have a choice lol

[asprague]

I am feeling you on that one! I am TTC #3, and trying to plan it out ahead of time too! I really don't want a Christmas baby, as I don't think it is fair to a child having a party so close to Christmas, but also there are so many other stresses during that time of year. With my first two, we were trying for them, and we conceived within the first two cycles. I give myself a leeway of two cycles now, so I am trying this cycle (due date would be around Sept 21st-early Oct). You have some different circumstances, such as maternity leave to navigate around, but start trying when you think it is right for you. What is worse for you, having a child in Dec or not having maternity leave for Christmas? That is how I would decide. I think it would be really cool to have a kiddo around October, so they can have costume parties! But if we can't conceive these two months, I will hold off a little longer and try for a February baby, as there just aren't enough holidays in the bleak winter!

Oh and I don't think your "age" will be a problem as of yet. Studies show that it is much more difficult to get pregnant after the age of 35. I think that anyone in their twenties will be in their "prime" especially as you had no problem conceiving before. Make sure to have fun with it, if you stress about it, it will make it more difficult to get pregnant. My friend just stops trying to prevent pregnancy, and that always works for her. That is how you got pregnant so easily before, your body knows what it wants, when it is most fertile. Just have fun making a new life!

[love4bob]

I've conceived quickly every time. I didn't have long between pregnancies though, we conceived within 2 years of a baby being born. With DD1 it was an oops one time, DD2 was 3 cycles(but one cycle we apart during fertile times, so really 2), DD3 was also an oops while NFP, and this new baby was one cycle! DH was home on R&R from Iraq for two weeks, and luckily I was fertile while he was here! 

I don't think you should have a problem if you know when you ovulate and are fertile. Good luck!

[aleatha5]

I'm 32, and with both of mine (DS is 16 months, I'm 14 weeks pregnant) I got pregnant the first cycle both times (one was trying, the other ....just a miscalculation of my fertile time).  So, I don't think your age will matter at all, if you get pregnant easily, you get pregnant easily.  

[HulaJenn]

Not to play devil's advocate, but there is something called secondary infertility- it dispells the theory of, once pregnant easily, always pregnant easily. Pregnancy resets the body, so while it may have been easy to conceive previously, sometimes the body(even without age being a factor) can change for subsequent tries.
Now that being said, there are def people that have no problems at any time, I just wanted to throw that info at you so as not to have you be disappointed if it doesn't happen first try.
My first was a BCP accident. My second was first month trying and my third was 3rd month trying. And while 3 months is not long and faster than the avg couple with no issues (6 months is avg), I was so disappointed when it didn't happen that first month.
So good luck! I hope it happens when you want it to!

[LessTraveledBy]

Originally Posted by love4bob 

I don't think you should have a problem if you know when you ovulate and are fertile. Good luck!

This just isn't so... Whether op will get pregnant super fast, no one knows. However, there is so much more to fertility than ovulating...

[Motivated Mama]

I get pregnant easily.  DS was born 17 months after DD1.  DD2 was born 15 months after DS.  We abstained during fertile times after DD2 and had a slip-up pregnancy when she was 18 months.  Unfortunately, that one ended in a m/c at 8 weeks pregnant.  I think that because of the stress of my daughter's heart condition, I was unable to carry a baby.  I also think that sometimes your body just isn't ready, even if you can get pregnant quickly.  Both my 2nd and 3rd children have congenital defects (one kidney and aortic coarctation, respectively).  DS also has spd, large and fine motor delay, etc.

[catholic74]

It took us a year to concieve our first. Not sure why though we've always wondered if it was because I was coming off of birth control pills (wish I had never taken those things...I'm fundamentally opposed to artificial BC now, but you live and learn).  After the first, the next two babies came easily.  Now, I've been trying for 8 cycles for concieve #4 with no luck and I guess it might be my age. I'm 37.  I am ovulating but I don't get as much of that fertile mucus, though some cylces I do.  

I strongly urge you to never take your fertility for granted. Don't assume it will be easy and don't wait.  Start today if you can!  

[mommyinfl]

Thanks everyone so far for your feedback. I guess It *may* help just a little that I have not been on BCP's at all or using anything hormonal since my son was 10 months old, and he is almost 3 now. So, im hoping I have that on my side. Guess we'll see soon enough. Good Luck to everyone else!!!

[mommyinfl]

Well just to update this thread, my fears have been coming true. Mid cycle of cycle #3 TTC. First cycle, we were casual about it, not doing it anymore often "just to make a baby". then, last cycle, we upped the BD more and did it three days in a row right before ovulation, including the day of, day before and day before that. BFN This cycle, we would have had good timing, but DH had [ahem] techincal difficulties and didnt finish. That was tues night. I think the last BD that we had was around 3 days before ovulation, so im not expecting a BFP in the least.

This is all just sooo weird. My instincts were telling me way BEFORE we even started trying that it wouldnt happen right away and/or as easily as before, and its all coming true now. Very ironic! This is all so very hard. I feel for those going through this for years or more. I couldnt imagine and my heart truly goes out to them:(


here is my chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2ae399

[Peony]

#1 was the first try, #2 took a year, #3 was first try, and #4 wasn't particularly planned but wasn't avoided either, it was the first month we did not actively prevent. I didn't expect the year it took to get DD2, and have always built in wiggle room when TTC again, only to never need it. Such things just can't always be predicted. 

[Emaya]

Just to throw another wrench in the theories popping around here -- I got pregnant first cycle after BC with my dd. We were trying to avoid (wanted hormones out of my system for at least 6 months before TTC). Now, TTC #2, we're at 19 months trying and not a single BFP. I've been diagnosed with secondary unexplained infertility. I'm tempted to go BACK on BC just to come off of it and try again the way it worked the first time, but my doctors have just laughed at that.

Just goes to show that there is almost no over-arching theory that works for all our varied bodies.