How long did you TTC?

mamabearkate

Just wanted to see how long you ladies tried for your December bundle of joy? My husband and I tried for about 8 months.

kimba1976

DH and I tried for almost 2 years with our first. With this one it took about 5 minutes (and I'm being generous for DH's sake )

nopegoat

My first was a condom baby. My second took 9 months and this one took 5 months.

GustieRx

We tried for 6 months

MaineMama

It took my exH and I 4 years for my oldest (4 years of stress, appointments, giving myself shots in the ass, and then a divorce, lol) For my other children, we weren't trying but we weren't preventing

mflowers929

We stopped preventing the middle of November. So 4 1/2 months? Lol totally thought it would take longer.

caden1206

With my DD it took six months of hitting the mark each month (temping and opks). With my last three pregnancies I got pregnant the first month we tried, but I have had two miscarriages and then this baby.

AlleyMM

Little over a year and a half for a LO to stick!

Camellia78

4 years on and off (we took breaks for various reasons). We also had one early loss.

emsrdh03

This babe came from cycle #2. DS took 4 cycles. Both of those we were actively TTC, charting, OPKs, etc. Our loss pregnancy was after 8 months of NTNP.

LinziLoo09

It was two weeks between the time we stopped using condoms and my BFP. I was SHOCKED it happened so quickly --- did not realize we apparently stopped using protection right when I must have ovulated. This is partly why I keep expecting something to go haywire in the pregnancy. I think DH is almost disappointed it happened so quickly --- during that 2 weeks he was trying to tell me that we needed to have sex at least twice daily to conceive. HA! Yea right!

MCH77

TTC 2- we started in Dec 2012

allonsyalonso

This little one was conceived on cycle 4 of actively trying and timing.

frenchy816

It took us 14 months

esr9435

First month "trying"! We were both surprised it happened so fast, but I had just had surgery for endometriosis in Feb, so I know that worked in out favor

britgil89

11 months

CardsFan02

Tried for a little over 2 years and was 7 months on clomid and got pregnant.

beachy6

For my DS I was on bcp. He was a beautiful surprise! For these two, it took us 10 years, more surgeries than I can count on one hand, more than a year on clomid, multiple failed iui's, and two IVF's with a failed FET in between the two fresh cycles. All paid for in cash. Dave Ram.sey would be proud   You ladies are quite lucky!

Cheekers2010

Including our miscarriage in December, about a year.

kalynn12

1.5 years and two miscarriages. Saw an RE, naturopath and did accupuncture.

Duckie419

About a year and a half with two miscarriages.

ETA: @kaylnn12 I didn't see you had posted basically the same thing. How odd is that. I'm sorry for your losses but congrats on being here!

love2travel2014

6 years, 7 months. We tried on & off, every single "off" time I just knew I would get pregnant. I started charting again last July and found out that I wasn't ovulating, March was the first time I o'd & we just got super lucky!

jlskaden

It took us about 3 cycles. On the last cycle we used an ovulation kit and that worked like a charm for us. 

kayak11

It took us 8 months with DS and 7 months with this little bean. I charted the second time because I thought it would make TTC less stressful, although it made me overanalyze every.single.thing.

littleboyermoose

11 months of actively trying.

RosieB0514

It took us about 14 months to get here. Our loss was at the 6 month mark. The month we got pregnant we decided to cool it on the TTC and focus on getting healthy....and bam! Of course it happened that way...

decbaby14

thankfully, only one month.  I suspect future kids will take longer.

Manateearmz

DD took 7 cycles. This baby took 4 cycles.

mommatomonroe

I was pumping 5-10 ounces of breast milk a day on top of exclusively breast feeding my dd, I stopped pumping for one month and BAM! I don't know if it was just coincidence but it happen pretty fast with both babies.

marriedinaugust

With DS we were NTNP. This one I got my IUD out last June, waited a month, tried for a couple months, stopped trying for a couple months , started trying in Jan and then it took 4 cycles.

mamabearkate

@RosieB0514‌ the same for us too! 7 months of actively trying and then March we decided to take a break from TTC and work on eating healthy and working out and bam!

skidderdo

1st attempt with #1... two cycles with this one- I think the first month was an anovulatory cycle. I was/am still BFing #1

brittandjp

With DD, it was our first cycle trying (second cycle charting). When we decided to start trying this time, it took two months, got KU, then miscarried at 6 weeks. It took another 2 full cycles to get pregnant again, so 6 months total for this peanut.

S&N062009

One year and 7 months

LittleMotherTucker

We didn't. This was a completely unplanned, unexpected blessing

brownmouse

Took two (or maybe three) months (no charting) with DD, and over 10 months (9 charting 1 not) for this baby. We had just decided to stop trying when we hit the year mark and just not try but not prevent and let nature takes its course.

mc0113

First month not trying to avoid. Who woulda thought it'd happen this quick? Definitely not us.

aggiejenn37

I've been off BC for 3 years- the entire first year I didn't have a period at all. I went to tons of doctors to try to figure out what was going on. When they finally came back they were SUPER sporadic for about a year so timing ovulation was all but impossible. My dr speculates I wasn't Oing at all. Finally started clomid in November 2013 and got pg on the 4th round, right when we were about to move to IUI. So in short... A freakin long time!!!

OhBaby+2013

With Both my pregnancies it happen as soon as we stopped preventing. After reading this thread I feel very lucky.

hellopartyof5

It took us about 5 days. I'm very lucky that I went to the OB to see if I had a cyst on my cervix. I didn't, but on the ultrasound he said "oh you either ovulated today or yesterday" so I got homework.... I've always been really good at completing assignments lol but in all seriousness it happened so quickly it was a huge shock. We feel extremely lucky. I'm so glad all of you are here

Meether

For this one and dd, it was both on the first try. I always have long cycles (3 months, sometimes 6), so both times I wasn't expecting to get a positive 2 weeks later.