TTC for 6 months +

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Anonymous wrote:I took more than a year at age 34. My husband had some outpatient surgery to improve his test results.

But, just as I was on the verge of starting IUI, an ultrasound tech told me the ultrasound was out of sync with what my ClearBlueEasy fertility monitor indicated.

We tried earlier the next month and I got pregnant. 3 years later I got pregnant within 3 months of trying.

My sister did IVF for her first, then had a natural pregnancy that ended in early miscarriage, then a natural full-term baby.

Although I can never know the truth, I think my systematic reliance on a specific technology may have been the problem. I didn't do basal temperature monitoring or any other corroboration. But I'm grateful for the ultrasound tech sharing that the monitors do go off too late in some cases. This was about 20 years ago. So the monitors probably are different now.

Wait - I don’t understand. Why weren’t you trying every night while TTC? Or at least every other night?

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My first was a second cycle baby and my second took 10 months. In my case it seems that still breastfeeding #1 was keeping me from getting pregnant again even though my charts looked totally normal. One of my sisters took almost a year to conceive her first and the subsequent babies have all come more easily. It seems somewhat unpredictable to me.

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How old are you?

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Yes. First kid at 33, took 18 months of timed intercourse. Second kid took 7 months.

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I have a friend who said she’d been trying for a year. I gave her my TempDrop armband and leftover stash of OPK strips. I kid you not, she got pregnant the first cycle she used both.

If you are not temping and using OPKs and understand that your fertile window is 4 days PRIOR to ovulation plus ovulation day, you are not really “trying.” I have been surprised how many women don’t actually know when they are ovulating or think you should start having sex on ovulation day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. First kid at 33, took 18 months of timed intercourse. Second kid took 7 months.

I really do not understand those who ascribe to the whole “timed intercourse” schtick and then wonder why they are having difficulty TTC.

If you are serious about TTC, just be practical, cover your bases, and have intercourse all the time.

Why is that so difficult / hard for a married couple TTC? It should be the norm.

[Anonymous]

I did, but it was after 2 years and 3 failed IUIs. Have you had your bloodwork done? I would start there and then totally skip IUI and go right to IVF.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, in my experience if it takes over 6 months you need assistance.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. First kid at 33, took 18 months of timed intercourse. Second kid took 7 months.

I really do not understand those who ascribe to the whole “timed intercourse” schtick and then wonder why they are having difficulty TTC.

If you are serious about TTC, just be practical, cover your bases, and have intercourse all the time.

Why is that so difficult / hard for a married couple TTC? It should be the norm.

Did you struggle with infertility? Because most people do not have the energy to have sex every day for a year? And if you know anything about a woman's body, most days you are just physically impossible to get pregnant, so...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. First kid at 33, took 18 months of timed intercourse. Second kid took 7 months.

I really do not understand those who ascribe to the whole “timed intercourse” schtick and then wonder why they are having difficulty TTC.

If you are serious about TTC, just be practical, cover your bases, and have intercourse all the time.

Why is that so difficult / hard for a married couple TTC? It should be the norm.

Did you struggle with infertility? Because most people do not have the energy to have sex every day for a year? And if you know anything about a woman's body, most days you are just physically impossible to get pregnant, so...

The man’s sperm can survive inside for up to 5 days after sex. And tests/ predictors and strips are often NOT accurate.

So this whole “timed intercourse” strategy is majorly flawed . A prediction is just that: only a prediction.

But whatever; you do you. Limit your intercourse; good luck with that strategy.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. First kid at 33, took 18 months of timed intercourse. Second kid took 7 months.

I really do not understand those who ascribe to the whole “timed intercourse” schtick and then wonder why they are having difficulty TTC.

If you are serious about TTC, just be practical, cover your bases, and have intercourse all the time.

Why is that so difficult / hard for a married couple TTC? It should be the norm.

Did you struggle with infertility? Because most people do not have the energy to have sex every day for a year? And if you know anything about a woman's body, most days you are just physically impossible to get pregnant, so...

The man’s sperm can survive inside for up to 5 days after sex. And tests/ predictors and strips are often NOT accurate.

So this whole “timed intercourse” strategy is majorly flawed . A prediction is just that: only a prediction.

But whatever; you do you. Limit your intercourse; good luck with that strategy.

Wrong. They are very accurate, even the drugstore cheapies. The problem is women don’t know when to have sex. They usually think positive OPK/ovulating means start having sex, when in fact that means you’ve missed the window. That’s why you need to temp BBT for a few months plus use OPKs to see a pattern then have sex accordingly. Once you are 5 days out from predicted ovulation based on your pattern, you keep having sex every day until the day after you get a positive OPK. That’s really all there is to it, but most are ignorant of the process. The strips work just fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, took 8 months with first DC. Figured out I wasn't ovulating when I thought I was (not 14 days before period).

How did you figure it out?

Paying more attention to my discharge and less to the calendar. I was bad at the consistent temperature taking and never tried ovulation strips though.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I got pregnant on month 7 and am now 24 weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I got pregnant on month 7 and am now 24 weeks.

Congrats OP! Hope all has been going smoothly.

I am back TTC after a MMC at 12 weeks. Had to wait a cycle post D&C, and now out this second cycle. Just realized today it is 5 months since I found out I was pregnant. The time is going so slowly.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. First kid at 33, took 18 months of timed intercourse. Second kid took 7 months.

I really do not understand those who ascribe to the whole “timed intercourse” schtick and then wonder why they are having difficulty TTC.

If you are serious about TTC, just be practical, cover your bases, and have intercourse all the time.

Why is that so difficult / hard for a married couple TTC? It should be the norm.

Did you struggle with infertility? Because most people do not have the energy to have sex every day for a year? And if you know anything about a woman's body, most days you are just physically impossible to get pregnant, so...

The man’s sperm can survive inside for up to 5 days after sex. And tests/ predictors and strips are often NOT accurate.

So this whole “timed intercourse” strategy is majorly flawed . A prediction is just that: only a prediction.

But whatever; you do you. Limit your intercourse; good luck with that strategy.

Temping + strips worked great for me - worked on the first try, three times in a row. Between ages of 35 and 38. also makes it easier to date the pregnancy. The combo of strips + temping is very accurate.