TTC and feeling hopeless - then feeling silly..

LishaT92 · September 2019

Hello,

I am 27 years old, mother of 2, trying for my third. My second born is about to be 5 and I was on birth control pills for about 3 years following.

I stopped my birth control about a year and was using pullout method until my fiance and I were both ready to try again, about 4 months ago.

I've been having unprotected sex since and have not gotten pregnant. My fiance is only 37 and has 2 kids as well.

Just wanting feedback from others if birth control hindered how quickly they got pregnant, I worry because I don't understand why I'm now having issues when I never did before.

I know they say to wait a year before worrying which is why I feel silly - I am just ready for a baby and am scared my body won't ever do it again.

Thoughts? Personal experiences?

mvt2003 · September 2019

Hi @LishaT92 Welcome to TTGP!

This board operates a bit differently than some of the other boards on The Bump. First of all, we generally discourage one-off posts. Take a few minutes and read through the pinned posts at the top of the board, it will give you some guidance as to how we operate.

Once you look through that, you can go ahead and introduce yourself in the weekly Newbie thread. Also, my best advice here is to just start lurking! Read through our daily threads and questions threads, you'll see that you're not alone.

Good luck!

ETA QFP

LishaT92 said:

Hello,

I am 27 years old, mother of 2, trying for my third. My second born is about to be 5 and I was on birth control pills for about 3 years following.
I stopped my birth control about a year and was using pullout method until my fiance and I were both ready to try again, about 4 months ago.
I've been having unprotected sex since and have not gotten pregnant. My fiance is only 37 and has 2 kids as well.
Just wanting feedback from others if birth control hindered how quickly they got pregnant, I worry because I don't understand why I'm now having issues when I never did before.
I know they say to wait a year before worrying which is why I feel silly - I am just ready for a baby and am scared my body won't ever do it again.
Thoughts? Personal experiences?

b_1029 · September 2019

@LishaT92 sorry it has been such a long 4 months when you didn’t have issues for your previous 2 children. I understand that it’s stressful but 4 months is NOT indicative of an issue, especially at 27 years old. I’d suggest using some sort of tracking method - BBT, OPKs, etc- to make sure you’re ovulating and such. Not that I have any experience with this, but I know your cycles can change after having kids.

brookert615 · September 2019

*Lurking

@LishaT92 Pretty much what PP said. Are you tracking your cycle, temping, and seeing when your fertile window is? It could take a healthy couple up to a year to conceive so in the grand scheme of things 4 months is not that long at all.

jrouge12 · September 2019

@LishaT92 Everything @mvt2003 said! This is the board to be for support TTGP! And it's a great place for support if you're planning to start tracking O better like @b_1029 said.

b_1029 · September 2019

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inthewoods23 · September 2019

@b_1029 And cue my chuckles 🤭

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