Those of you pg with #2 or 2nd time mom...

sblalande

How much harder was it to concieve the 2nd? For DD, we tried one night, one time...it worked. We had a serious talk tonight about #2 and it is between trying in 9 days, or waiting til september. We want to try to concieve so the baby is born either during j-term, or summer break. We both plan on going back to school in the fall. I know you cant really control when, but I am just curious how hard it was to get pg the 2nd time. TIA

Kateysomething

For me, we had a very easy time with both conceptions.

I know some people have a difficult time with #1 and surprisingly easy with #2... or vice versa. It's so tough to say. But, that is my personale experience

June2007

DD 1- first try

DD 2- second try (even though I was off the pill for 4 months, the first 2 months we never got to try b/c schedules were too hectic! How sad is that? When you only have a window of a few days it's easy to do though, one day I would look at my calendar and be like 'crap, we missed it again!')

trizzie

DS - 2nd month trying

2nd pregnancy - 1st month trying - ended in m/c

3rd pregnancy - 1st month trying

DiAnne82

We had easy times both times. With DD, I got pg on the third cycle and with this one . . . well, we weren't even trying

jewelbride07

pretty much the same both times.  took 3-4 months of "trying" with #1.  with #2 i just never got back on the pill - i had 2 cycles and was pregnant.  

sblalande

So far everyone has had a pretty easy time...I guess i will keep that in mind. I am still not sure when to try. My DH wants to wait so we can "enjoy" the summer (meaning drink and go out ) I kind of would just like to just get it going.

CelticWife

It really varies, depending on a thousand factors. (Of course, you already know that.)

For DS, I got pregnant on the Nuvaring.

For this baby, I got pregnant a month before we started trying, on the Mirena.

I am curious as to how long it would take when I am not on BC.... Probably years.

You could always go for it this cycle, then if it doesn't work wait until Sept. I do wish you luck, though!

ougrad1

Emerson was easy but, second time around I had to do IF treatments.

618mom22boys

DS2 it took 2 years ad DS3 it was 7 months.

jewelbride07

sblalande:

So far everyone has had a pretty easy time...I guess i will keep that in mind. I am still not sure when to try. My DH wants to wait so we can "enjoy" the summer (meaning drink and go out ) I kind of would just like to just get it going.

you could just throw caution to the wind and "see what happens" until sept!   it was much more "fun" conceiving #2 without the whole "get in bed its time!" talk we did with #1! 

sblalande

jewelbride07:

sblalande:

So far everyone has had a pretty easy time...I guess i will keep that in mind. I am still not sure when to try. My DH wants to wait so we can "enjoy" the summer (meaning drink and go out ) I kind of would just like to just get it going.

you could just throw caution to the wind and "see what happens" until sept!   it was much more "fun" conceiving #2 without the whole "get in bed its time!" talk we did with #1! 

yes, that would be more fun. Ive been tracking my o for a while now though and Ive noticed we never really get in the mood around day 14. Weird. I heard men are more attracted to women when they o.

kate081206

Tried for a year w/ DS.

Had a one night "oops" with DD.

tifvolley

#1-first try

#2-not planned and conceived right after my first pp period

Good luck!

tifvolley

CelticWife:

It really varies, depending on a thousand factors. (Of course, you already know that.)

For DS, I got pregnant on the Nuvaring.

For this baby, I got pregnant a month before we started trying, on the Mirena.

I am curious as to how long it would take when I am not on BC.... Probably years.

You could always go for it this cycle, then if it doesn't work wait until Sept. I do wish you luck, though!

Wow Celtic, I would tell DH to keep his hands off of me!

Koala77

In my experience with DD we got preg. right away and with this one we got preg. right away as well.  GL!

carlab44

First pregnancy - pregnant first month trying.

Second pregnancy - pregnant first month trying. Ended in m/c.

Third pregnancy - pregnant 4th month trying. 

Kays2greenwood

For dd it was the day I stopped taking BC

With this LO it was within the first couple weeks of trying!

whitless

#1 - took us 1 year (including a miscarriage)

#2 - took us 5 minutes (AF hadn't even returned and I was still nursing)

pharmacygirl

1st DS - oops messed up on my BC and ended in M/C

2nd - 1 st try

3rd - about 6 to 8 months of sort of trying.  I used the ovulation kits and we tried but we missed a couple of months in between.  Of cours the first month I did not use the O kit - I concieved. 

rcbuko

Well, I don't seem to have a problem conceiving.  It's keeping the pregnancy going that seems to be my problem.  

You won't know until you try.  Some women have secondary infertility for a variety of reasons.  My friend who had two C-sections now has it due to scarring from the C-sections.  She just had surgery to remove the scar tissue so hopefully she can try for a third if she decides to go that route.  

I hope you are one of the lucky ones that can totally plan everything.  I know my mom was (I was unplanned and my sister was conceived the very first month my parents tried - no miscarriages for her either).  

1st pregnancy - 2nd month trying (ended in m/c)

2nd pregnancy - 4th month after miscarriage (cycles were wacky and ended in m/c)

3rd pregnancy- 1st month of trying (wound up with healthy DD!)

4th pregnancy - 1st month of trying  (ended in m/c)

5th pregnancy - 3rd month of trying (cycles wacky after m/c) This is my current pregnancy 

auslyn804

I know I'm answering late to this but it's the middle of the night and I'm bored.  It was the first cycle trying with both pregnancies for us.  

eris1995

DS - 7 cycles

DC2 - 1st cycle I ovulated while bf'ing

LovingMyHubby

Well, I'm in the major minority here, but with DD it took us 3 cycles, with DS, it took 7 cycles after my first pp AF (and a total of 15 months if you count the time we were trying and I was BF but no AF yet).

Bride2bMO

We had a much harder time. It took 8 cycles vs. 2 the first time.

djandkellen

It was easy for us.  I hope you also have it easy.  

caymanbride

With DS, I got pregnant on the 3rd cycle (after a m/c also conceived on the 3rd cycle). With this baby, it happened on the 2nd cycle TTC.