If you've been pregnant at least 2 times

jamdv3 · January 2011

was the level of difficulty/ease with which you got pregnant with #1 vastly different than that with #2 +? Just curious. One of my coworkers is currently pregnant with #2. #1 was a "surprise," but it took her 8 months to get pregnant again. Another coworker had to take clomid to finally get pregnant with #1, and then a year later, was shocked to hear she was pregnant with #2!

Just curious what everyone's experience was. I know there's no way of predicting my experience, but I didn't realize this was a common trend until someone mentioned it to me.

mrs.dovey · January 2011

1. *my angel baby* was a suprise

2. Planned and got a + first cycle

3. been trying for three months and nothing yet

Kim&Doug · January 2011

It seemed to be the same for me my first 2 times, at a month or two. My third and last was the quickest at less than a month/maybe one try. I had my first at age 30 so I'm not that young. My husband is pretty proud of himself.

ToothyRoothy78 · January 2011

Took 3 years to get pregnant with DS. That included 2 RE's, many rounds of unsuccessful IUI's, and then got pregnant on our own during a cycle break (was told it was a less than 2% chance of conceiving on our own.) Took 4 months to get pregnant with DD.

lite-bright · January 2011

Not different at all. It took us two cycles each time (with charting).

SuperCuteBenz · January 2011

1.) DD was sort of a shock. We were avoiding during fertile times. We had an oops, but I didn't think much of it because I was certain of when I ovulated. You can imagine my shock when 9 weeks later that + was sitting there.

2.) We got married in September, had my IUD removed then, tried and got pregnant in October, miscarried in Nov.

3.) I wasn't sure if I would ovulate on time after my miscarriage, so I used OPKs to determine that. My micarriage was Nov 17th and I got my BFP on Dec 13th.

MCMoo23 · January 2011

#1 took us 4 cycles

#2 was a surprise, we weren't preventing but we weren't trying either

#3 took us 3 cycles

CaliforniaSunshine · January 2011

#1 was a surprised to ExH and I when I was 20 #2 took us 3 years to conceive. There is a 12 year age difference between both of my DD's. We were told by two different specialists that we would not be able to get pg. A month later we found out we were pg with DD#2.

mrstarawalsh · January 2011

My late term m/c: surprise

#1 got pg w/in a month of trying

M/c's 2,3, and 4 were total surprises.

#2 we tried for 8 months then gave up, I got pregnant 2 months after we stopped trying.

danandkelly · January 2011

It took me 11 months and 1 m/c to get pg with DD1, it took me 4 months and 1 m/c to get pg with DD2.

So yeah it was easier to get pg the second time....but not vastly.

stacieandclint · January 2011

My first pregnancy was a surprise when I was 20 years old.

My 2nd pregnancy was 12 years later and I got pregnant the first month we tried!

I pray that I'm able to get pregnant easily when we try for #3!

lil_rhody · January 2011

I got pregnant easily all 3 times. Staying pregnant was another story.

StarryNight39 · January 2011

All three were planned. 1 & 2 I got pregnant the first try. With Drew it took 6 months.

Ciconrad · January 2011

Preg #1 - m/c - After cycles ranging from 25 days to 50 days, and 6 months trying, I did clomid and got pregnant the first month.

DS #1 - Pregnant first month trying after m/c (no clomid)

DS #2 - Pregnant first month TTC (no clomid)

DrDPM · January 2011

We've been lucky and have had a really easy time: DS1 was a honeymoon baby. I got pregnant with DD while BF'ing DS1 (they're just 11 months apart). I got pregnant with #3 our first month trying, but had a m/c at 13 weeks in March 2009. I got AF April 2009 and pregnant with DS2 May 2009.

whaleynd · January 2011

My first was the one my husband wanted. I was breast feeding so it helped me from not getting preggo right away but when she was 6 1/2 mths old i got preggo with my son which i wanted. My youngest i wasn't even trying for but she came anyway and it was quick a onetime deal

rchelone · January 2011

With DD I got pregnant 1 month after stopping birth control. This time I never had regular periods after DD, I had 3 periods over 6 months and a BFP when DD was 9 months old. We weren't TTC or TTA once DD hit 6 months.

MammaBear81 · January 2011

We didn't have to "try" with any of them, but I think that I am not the "norm" by far. I nursed and it took a while for AF to come back (6-9 months each time), I don't think that I've had two consecutive AF's in 6 years

Kanne0729 · January 2011

We started TTC in April 09, I found out I was pregnant in May 09, due date would've been January 25, 2010, but I ended up having a natural miscarriage. We started trying again right away in June 09 and I found out I was pregnant with Bryce in July 09, he was due March 12, 2010, but born March 3, 2010. I got my first pp period May 5, 2010 and found out I was pregnant again June 15, 2010 and I was due February 12, 2011, but ended up having Emma by c-section January 28.

So, basically the first 2 times trying we got a positive the first cycle and the 3rd pregnancy was a surprise.

jamdv3 · January 2011

Kanne0729:
We started TTC in April 09, I found out I was pregnant in May 09, due date would've been January 25, 2010, but I ended up having a natural miscarriage. We started trying again right away in June 09 and I found out I was pregnant with Bryce in July 09, he was due March 12, 2010, but born March 3, 2010. I got my first pp period May 5, 2010 and found out I was pregnant again June 15, 2010 and I was due February 12, 2011, but ended up having Emma by c-section January 28.
So, basically the first 2 times trying we got a positive the first cycle and the 3rd pregnancy was a surprise.

wow your baby is still fresh! congrats!

and thanks everyone for sharing--it's definitely interesting hearing everyone's experience. Maybe this might convince DH we need to TTC a bit earlier . . . .

PurpleK26 · January 2011

#1 Angel Baby... was a newlywed no protection baby.. took a month

#2 4 months with charting after our loss

#3 Surprise! 4 months after delivering DD!

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