How long did it take you to conceive?

[Anonymous]

OF COURSE replies to a message board are not going to be "representative" of any population. This thread is subject to self-selection bias - it's not like this is a statistical sample of a target population that can be used to generalize trends in fertility. This is just a chat and replies should not be taken further than that!

Sorry, I work in the survey research field and felt like the "this is not typical" replies were starting to state the obvious too much.

[Anonymous]

I'm 32 and got pregnant the first time/cycle we tried.

[Anonymous]

Third cycle was the charm. I was 26 and was paying attention to when I would be ovulating -- "Trying" with a capital T.

[boutros10va]

Took us about 5-6 months, which seemed like forever at the time, but I hear is pretty average. Have to be honest, the OPKs made me feel like I was stupid (is this positive? its a little darker, but not much... etc etc). I found that BBT made a lot more sense -- plus I could use the charting system at fertilityfriend.com. Its a great TTC site (esp if you are big into data, which I am), but the pregnancy chat rooms are a bit on the scary side. The women posting on them seem an awful lot more judgmental than DCUM -- like you might doom your baby to a life of misery if you eat a tuna steak EVER.

[Anonymous]

I have to say I'm shocked at how few responders had infertility problems. I feel as though most of my friends did! I'm 37 and took 11 mos. to conceive number 1, but I was in active infertility treatment almost that entire time. My two sisters had no issues and got pregnant (6x between them) on the first or second cycle, but I ended up needing injectibles.

[Anonymous]

The second month we tried. Did the basal body temperature and ovulation sticks.

[Anonymous]

Five years, two minor surgeries (one each for me and DH), 4 cycles of IUI (follistim), one vanishing twin, and finally my singleton baby. I started TTC when I was 30. Never had a health issue in my life before IF.