How long have you been or were you TTC?
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Topic: How long have you been or were you TTC?
Posted By: Aprilfools
Subject: How long have you been or were you TTC?
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 4:49pm
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Just wondering how long it was or has been.
Just realised this is month 8 for us. I thought it had only been 7. My doctor told me to go back and see him if we hadn't conceived within 8 months. |
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Posted By: alexbabe
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 4:59pm
| hmm-me and dh have been ttc for nearly 2years now, but its only last year we went to DR to make sure all is in working order |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 5:09pm
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One month each time but I think we are very very lucky. Hope it happens soon for you Aprilfools ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Henna79
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 5:21pm
| we tried for 3 years before we saw anyone about it but in saying that we didn't take any real preventive measures for 8 years. |
Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 5:56pm
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2 and a half years so far for us ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 6:14pm
Less than a month, which we're really grateful for...although DH puts it down to him being such a stud of course  
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Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 6:15pm
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I fell pregnant with Olivia on our second month trying. DP was on prescribed sinus medication the week of conception that had pseudoephridrine in it - whether that helped his little guys along we don't know -------------  
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Posted By: JadeC
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 6:16pm
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So far this is our kinda first/kinda second month. First month of actually trying. ------------- http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 6:23pm
It took us 7 years of practicing - it paid off in the end .  -------------  
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 6:30pm
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Took us 5 years to get pregnant with Sam. But it's to be expected since she is perfect ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 6:31pm
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two lots of 4 months.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 6:33pm
We are up to month 3 here... fingers crossed! I don't want to be 9 months pregnant in mid summer  -------------  
 
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 6:39pm
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2mths with Rhiannon and 17mths so far for #2 ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Ladybird84
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:07pm
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Two and a half years so far for us....... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:40pm
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Just over 2 years with Elle. In the end had 3 cycles of clomid and got pregnant on the 3rd round. Number 2 was the first month, no trying but I miscarried. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: tropics
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:03pm
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9 months for the first that ended in miscarrage and over a year for this one thats here to stay ------------- http://lilypie.com">    [/url]
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Posted By: AngieBabe
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:08pm
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It's been 15months and counting for us, including one early mc a couple of months ago... GP has us going through the testing process now. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: kobec
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 9:36pm
| 18 mths for our little girl and are up to 14 mths this time and still ttc no 2. Feels like a lot longer tho somehow.... |
Posted By: Vanillabean
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 7:19am
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10 months so far for us with an early miscarriage in January. I had so many friends who got pregnant in the first month they tried I was sure it would happen to me too but nope. ------------- 5x mc, Jan 08, June 08, Nov 08, May 09, April 11 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:03am
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About 4 months of actively trying for us, although no contraception since July last year...7 months or so ago! Hoping this month is ours though -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Tigerish
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:04am
| This will be our first month of actually trying. Its scary hearing how long it can take. Perhaps we should be really trying and not just seeing whether it happens on its own... |
Posted By: Konagirl
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:10am
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this is month 10 for us. First 8 months or so of just trying to relax (ha!) and letting it happen, now I'm charting and have a microscope and we've done tests to make sure he's in working order.
If one more person tells me to relax, and that it'll happen when it is meant to happen I'm gonna slap 'em. |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:12am
I think it's just over 3.5 years for us. It's 4 yrs in July. I think 
That's a bit terrible isn't it? Not the 4 years, but the not knowing! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: josephnia
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:17am
We were one of the lucky ones, first time for us  -------------  
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Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:21am
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It took us 3 months and Michaela was born a year to the date we decided to TTC. ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:43am
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Charlotte was a woopsie so when it took just over a year to conceive Kate it was quite a shock, thought we would fall really easily. Worked out well in the end though as I'm so happy with a 3 year gap ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: pinky007
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:52am
| Hi ladies newbie here LOL!! we are ttc my #1 and dp #2 so far its been 14mths but almost 7months since i miscarried we are just going along with things atm not getting our hopes up too much too soon, but time will tell i guess.. |
Posted By: Parki
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 8:58am
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I actually think I have lost count!?
We haven't been using contraception for about 2 years maybe but we have been really, really actively 'trying' since August last year! Its ok, this is our month! Positive thinking!!------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: pinky007
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 9:06am
| funny thing is the first month that we actually "gave up"we concieved but unfortunally didnt continue so i bet when we stop thinking about it again it'll happen....but its just so damm hard not too LOL!!! |
Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 9:48am
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I came off contraception at the end of Nov '05 but we weren't trying trying, IYKWIM.
I didn't chart or temp or anything..we just went with the flow. I got pregnant off my April '07 cycle. So 17 months... Hang in there, hun. Getting pregnant, and pregnancy itself is such a flawed process. But when it works, it works amazingly. I have my fingers crossed for you
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Posted By: Aprilfools
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 10:30am
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Wow, some of you guys are absolute troopers.
Well I've made an appointment to go to the doctors this afternoon anyway. I have a couple of things that I need to see him about so it's all timed quite nicely. I had mentally prepared myself before we even started trying that it would take at least a year so I'm not freaking out yet. Will still discusss it with my doctor, he'll ask when I see him anyway. |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 10:36am
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We're like Jennz, Maya was a "whoopsy" so when we started TTC #2 we thought it would be easy but nope, 12 months/13 cycles including one m/c to conceive the gremlins. I had just started having testing done when we got preg with the baby we m/c, I had a d and c and then was pregnant 6 weeks later so I still wonder if maybe there was a bit of endo or something there that got cleaned out with the d and c (mum had severe endo and there were some 'abnormal cells' on the tissue collected from my d and c.
Iggle Piggle is a one hit wonder. I was a bit complacent about contraception given how long it took to conceive the gremlins and I swear we only BDed ONCE and hello baby! Makes me feel so guilty coz having experienced subfertility I know how lucky we are to have conceived so easily this time, even if it wasn't planned. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 2:12pm
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Stopped using contraception two weeks before our wedding day as we were wanting to ttc pretty soon after getting married so we thought what the heck we won't get pregnant straight away, these things take time....
......little did we realise I would be 9 days pregnant on our wedding day! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: LG
Date Posted: 21 February 2008 at 7:50pm
| We are up to 15 months and it feels like its gone really slowly! |
Posted By: Lee_Jon
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 6:54am
| my first was to a whoopsy but that was 10 years ago, I went off the pill end of september 07 and was pregnant off my december cycle but had a m/c 2 weeks ago so I am hoping it wont take long to get pregnant again |
Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 7:11pm
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4th cycle did it for us. I know how lucky we are. Hope it's a sticky sticky baby! -------------   
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Posted By: bub
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 8:04pm
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dont no with Brianna it kinda just happened but with this one i fell pregnant on our 3rd month of trying. ------------- mother to Brianna, Amelia & Mathew. http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: KiwiL
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 9:09pm
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We took nearly two years to get to where we are now, but with two miscarriages in between.
First time we got pregnant on the second cycle of tyring, but miscarried. Then I went for nearly a year before they found cysts and put me back on the pill. Came off pill and got pregnant again on the second cycle, but also ended in miscarriage. This pregnancy was the second cycle after our last miscarriage, so there seems to be a theme here!! |
Posted By: emachan
Date Posted: 22 February 2008 at 9:10pm
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I was lucky enough to get pregnant just after coming back from our honeymoon (found out beg March 07) missed m/c at 12 weeks at end of April 07, took another 9 months to conceive this wee bean - we tried every month after the m/c - I thought I would've conceived straight away after all the stories I had read on here about being the most fertile after a m/c etc, but not in my case.
I have certainly learnt in the past year that TTC and actually doing so isn't as easy as I thought it would be. I had never heard about EWCM or charting or OPKs before my m/c! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD#1 Sept 08 DD#2 Oct 09 |
Posted By: wanamonkey
Date Posted: 24 February 2008 at 7:19pm
| tried 1 year with No1, 3 months with No2 (miscarried) & now 2yrs later still trying *sigh* |