average length TTC??

pianist1989 · December 2011

Hi! I'm really ready for baby number 2, however we have to wait a few more months before TTC because I want a VBAC and DH wants a bigger house. :-) Just wondering how long on average it takes before conception? I know that this is different for everyone, but I went to a preconception class at the local hospital and they said that there is only a 20% chance of becoming pregnant each month....

byrne15 · December 2011

I got KU'ed by accident with ds...

I am now on cycle 34 TTC #2

KdgTeacher · December 2011

I've been TTC since March 2010...soooo 22 months

KristieM1985 · December 2011

Saltylove:
BrazilianPeach:
Saltylove:

This is from an old thread on TTGP:

20% first cycle
36% second
49% third
59% fourth
67% fifth
74% sixth
79% seventh
83% eigth
86% ninth
89% tenth
91% eleventh
93% within a year

Damn.... that depressed me....

Sorry It depresses me too. I'm only on cycle 7, but at the same time if this one doesn't work our chances per cycle supposedly go to 3%. WTF?

I seen this before and it depresses me too. Cycles 11 here. But if you do the math it actually works out to around 20% each month still if you take the percentage difference between the two months and divide it by the percent chance left out of 100% (for the first of the 2 cycles). If that makes any sense at all. I'm a total geek so I had to figure out. Haha

JGior1031 · December 2011

Im on TTC #9 and Im 2 days late for AF but I got a BFN yesterday. Im waiting till tomorrow to test again but I 99% positive we will be on TTC #10. Hopefully my OBGYN will have some suggestions for me on Monday when I go see her.

GL to you!

GermanGirl2007 · December 2011

You got good answers already about the "averages" but agree with BrazilianPeach that you answered your own question - it is different for everyone. Some people don't actively TTC, and get pregnant right away. Others temp, chart, take PNV's, and really pull out all the stops, and it still takes ages. I am 30, and am on my 8th month TTC with no success so far. Obviously this has no bearing on how long it will take you though. Hopefully it happens quickly for you! Yes

maggie2324 · December 2011

Saltylove:
BrazilianPeach:
Saltylove:

This is from an old thread on TTGP:

20% first cycle
36% second
49% third
59% fourth
67% fifth
74% sixth
79% seventh
83% eigth
86% ninth
89% tenth
91% eleventh
93% within a year

Damn.... that depressed me....

Sorry It depresses me too. I'm only on cycle 7, but at the same time if this one doesn't work our chances per cycle supposedly go to 3%. WTF?

That's not what that means. Your chance is still higher than 3%. Let's say that 100 couples all tried to get pregnant at the same time. After 7 cycles, 79 of them were pregnant. If you weren't one of those 79, then you're one of the 21. The next cycle 3/21 got pregnant. That's over 14% chance still.

There are so many factors anyway. The charts like that are only valid when looking at large populations of people trying to get pregnant.

Excitedtostart · December 2011

Stopped BC 12/10, Used barrier method until 3/11, NFP to avoid until 5/11, TTC since then.

KristieM1985 · December 2011

maggie2324:
Saltylove:
BrazilianPeach:
Saltylove:

This is from an old thread on TTGP:

20% first cycle
36% second
49% third
59% fourth
67% fifth
74% sixth
79% seventh
83% eigth
86% ninth
89% tenth
91% eleventh
93% within a year

Damn.... that depressed me....

Sorry It depresses me too. I'm only on cycle 7, but at the same time if this one doesn't work our chances per cycle supposedly go to 3%. WTF?
That's not what that means. Your chance is still higher than 3%. Let's say that 100 couples all tried to get pregnant at the same time. After 7 cycles, 79 of them were pregnant. If you weren't one of those 79, then you're one of the 21. The next cycle 3/21 got pregnant. That's over 14% chance still.
There are so many factors anyway. The charts like that are only valid when looking at large populations of people trying to get pregnant.

yes. You explain this much better than I did.

vpine · December 2011

BrazilianPeach:
pianist1989:
Hi! I'm really ready for baby number 2, however we have to wait a few more months before TTC because I want a VBAC and DH wants a bigger house. :-) Just wondering how long on average it takes before conception? I know that this is different for everyone, but I went to a preconception class at the local hospital and they said that there is only a 20% chance of becoming pregnant each month....
You answered your own question.... some people got KU in one cycle, some have been trying for years. Personally it's my 11th cycle. In average it can take a healthy couple a year to conceive, but some will take more, some will take less.

All of this, I'm also on my 11th cycle TTC

vpine · December 2011

BrazilianPeach:
Saltylove:
This is from an old thread on TTGP:

20% first cycle
36% second
49% third
59% fourth
67% fifth
74% sixth
79% seventh
83% eigth
86% ninth
89% tenth
91% eleventh
93% within a year
Damn.... that depressed me....

This made me smile, I'm at 91%

PenelopePond · December 2011

JGior1031:
Im on TTC #9 and Im 2 days late for AF but I got a BFN yesterday. Im waiting till tomorrow to test again but I 99% positive we will be on TTC #10. Hopefully my OBGYN will have some suggestions for me on Monday when I go see her.

GL to you!

I hope this doesn't sound mean, but when you write it the way you do it looks like you're trying for your tenth child. You're about to be on Cycle 10. I'm sure we all know what you mean, but I just wanted to let you know.

KdgTeacher · December 2011

steph0611:
GhostMonkey:
steph0611:
vpine:
BrazilianPeach:
Saltylove:

This is from an old thread on TTGP:

20% first cycle
36% second
49% third
59% fourth
67% fifth
74% sixth
79% seventh
83% eigth
86% ninth
89% tenth
91% eleventh
93% within a year

Damn.... that depressed me....

This made me smile, I'm at 91%

I'm on my 10th cycle so I like to see the odds go up!

Oy. No. Still 20%.

Take going from month 11 to 12. 91 of the 100 you started with in the sample have conceived. That leaves 9. 9 x 20% = 1.8, so 2 get pregnant that 12th cycle. 91 + 2 = 93. 93% of the original 100 conceived within a year.

Remember how you thought you'd never use high school math?

Haha Yeah I never understood the math for 20% so I'm glad you are able to explain it I did know it's not the "odds." I guess I worded that wrong. I mean more along the lines of "Maybe I'll be one of the 93 out of 100 to get pregnant this month." Does that make more sense?

93 women won't get KU "this month". It is saying that by month 12 93 of the original 100 women who started trying 12 months ago should be pregnant."

::Makes a note to hit math even harder with my students::

Mrs.Slick · December 2011

Saltylove:
BrazilianPeach:
Saltylove:

This is from an old thread on TTGP:

20% first cycle
36% second
49% third
59% fourth
67% fifth
74% sixth
79% seventh
83% eigth
86% ninth
89% tenth
91% eleventh
93% within a year

Damn.... that depressed me....

Sorry It depresses me too. I'm only on cycle 7, but at the same time if this one doesn't work our chances per cycle supposedly go to 3%. WTF?

Statistics can be sneaky. What these stats really mean is that 93% (give or take) of women get pregnant within their first year of trying. You still have a 20% chance each cycle as long as you and your SO have no fertility issues.