[Rosario]

The previous thread got me thinking... I'm a healthy 22 yr old female so I've just been assuming I will conceive almost immediately. Is it common or uncommon to conceive within, say, 2 weeks? How long did it take others?

[journeybirth]

With my first I charted and was pregnant the first month. I used the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler. #s 2 and 3 were surprises lol.

[Rosario]

Interesting. This may sound crude, but why do people who really want to conceive use a birth chart and all those other things when they can just, er, have fun every day and cover all the possibilities?

[journeybirth]

I don't know about everyone else, but I had to be at work at 6am and dh didn't get home until 8pm back then! Every day was not going to be happening lol - I like my sleep too! Also, every other day is better if the man has lower sperm counts iirc.

[Littlemummy]

It took me two months the first time. Two months the second time and one month the third, unfortunately two and three ended in miscarriage.

[meltrebo]

Well, sometimes it takes your body a while to get back on track after taking birth control pills. With my first child, it took us 10 months of ttc. I was 23 when we started (24 when I got pg). We just tried the whole "do it alot" method for about eight months and it just didn't work. Then I got the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility (like someone else mentioned) and charted. I got pregnant almost immediately. With my second, I had just weaned my daughter three months earlier, so my periods were kind of sporadic, and getting pg kind of was a surprise. This time I have been using an IUD for two years. I just had it removed and we are in the two month "holding" period Good luck!

[Supernova]

It took my husband and I just a month and a half.
It's such a crapshoot - I have friends that have been trying for over a year without luck. There are so many factors including diet, weight, fitness level.

I had been on the pill for 10 years before we started TTC, and I had read that it often takes pill users longer. I asked my doctor about it and she said that wasn't always true. Low and behold, she was right.

Good luck. I hope it works out for you.

[Revenda]

Total crapshoot for me as well. First time around it took only one month of trying. Second time around, it took almost a year.

[Neuriel]

For me and my husband it tooks us about three weeks. We were shocked to say the least. I had been on birth control for about a year and a half so we figured we would get pg a while after we stopped it.

[Chelziee]

My two were not exactly planed... but from what I understand the first pregnancy is also often the biggest challange!
Best Wishes!
-Chelziee