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How long to get pregnant? What was your age for each pregnancy?
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Anonymous
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09:55 comment reminds me of something a midwife in Sweden told my 38 year old friend (In Sweden midwives are the default ob/gyn care providers for healthy women):
"Have sex. Lots of sex. Come see me in six months if you have been having sex every day and you are still not pregnant." Hehehe. |
Anonymous
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30-- second cycle. First cycle we were both really sick w. a cold. Funny in retrospect how determined I was to follow my plan despite the uncomfortable situation (was sure it would take a long time-- had to get started NOW!)
Kooky as this sounds (I can say it on an anonymous forum) I made sure to climax after dh, when we tried that second cycle, as an extra boost for the sperm-- I like to think this helped. |
Anonymous
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35 - 1 cycle
38 - one night (oops baby) |
Anonymous
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30-1st cycle, DD is now 3.5
32-1st cycle, DS is now 18m I had been using Taking Charge of Your Fertility methods as birth control for about a year before we started "trying" for our first. I knew I had long cycles, and wanted to get more familiar w/ my body and how it worked. Good thing I did, because I ovulated between day 23-26 each time, and I wouldn't have known that w/o charting. |
Anonymous
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I think I might be one of the more unlucky ones of the group.
33--it happened within a few months after stopping birth controlling, but.... 37--now on 2nd pregnancy, and i had to resort to IUI's (didn't work) and then IVF (took two to work). |
Anonymous
| Who knew women in DC were so amazingly fertile? |
Anonymous
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never really tried and got pregnant twice at 22 & 29
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Anonymous
Me, too. #1 -Age 31...took three years, three chemical pregnancies, three surgeries for endo-related issues, and two rounds of IVF. Still trying for #2 at age 34 with two cancelled IVF cycles and one failed IVF. |
Anonymous
Pretty sure mostly "fertile" women would frequent the expectant moms boards 
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Anonymous
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Good grief, most of you ladies really wanted to prove your high school guidance counselor right when they said how "easy" it was to get pregnant, LOL.
No such luck for me. I am 28 years old and I also had to go the ART route; I tried for about 10 months via charting, temping, etc, with no luck and resorted to IUI's after that. We got lucky on our 2nd IUI with injectibles and I am about 10 weeks along. To the OP - I think the absolute worst thing people could tell me is to just "relax and it will happen". That really got to me, especially in the last few months. Sometimes it does indeed take medical intervention for some of us to get pregnant. That being said, four months is not that long to be trying, considering they say it takes on average, 6-8 months to get pregnant. However, if despite proper timing (and not just sex on day 12-14, but actually during your fertile window, see TCOYF), then I would talk to your OBGYN. Mine had struggled with infertility as well and was really great. She referred me to the RE (fertility specialist) who she used, and now who has helped me get pregnant too. All I can say, is have faith, and hang in there, and hopefully it will happen for you soon. But, if it doesn't, don't be afraid to ask for help.
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Anonymous
| I am 33 and pregnant with my first; we tried for about 5 months, using ovulation predictor kits most of those months. |
Anonymous
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db1: 1st try.
db2: 2nd month trying. I will caveat by saying I was paying attention to my peak fertility and we timed sex accordingly. |
Anonymous
| Wow, this is really depressing. I wish it was that easy for me. Hope everyone realizes how lucky they are! |
Anonymous
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22 immediately
25 immediately 26 oops 32 two years!!! |
Anonymous
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DC1 took 3 months; I was 26.
DC2 took 2 months; I was 29. I was paying close attention to my cycles/ovulation and we were having a lot of sex at the right time. It was like a Project. But I remember feeling freaked out by the second month the first time around, and also feeling silly for feeling freaked out. I too was told by a midwife prior to getting pregnant that at my age I should try for a year before seeking medical help. |