Hi everyone,
I am very lucky to be blessed with one beautiful little girl and my partner and I are currently trying to conceive a second child. After deciding to have our first I was pregnant within 5 weeks which was great - this time around we have been trying for 6 months with no luck. I am just curious as to how long a second baby has taken for other couples? should I be worried?
Jessie

I fell pregnant the first month we tried with our second, but i'm currently pregnant with our third and it took us nearly 7 months. I found it was mainly because our lives were much more busier, we couldn't always find time to have sex when i knew it was the right to concieve.
I'm sure you will be fine, once we relaxed a little and didn't stress about the kids and whether they would catch, we were fine.

Hi everyone,
I am very lucky to be blessed with one beautiful little girl and my partner and I are currently trying to conceive a second child. After deciding to have our first I was pregnant within 5 weeks which was great - this time around we have been trying for 6 months with no luck. I am just curious as to how long a second baby has taken for other couples? should I be worried?
Jessie

Hi all....
We've been trying for 3 years for our second. I'm 6 weeks now and crossing my fingers. We had a miscarriage last year at 12 weeks.
We finlly decided that we needed some help and tried IVF, but this baby is not from IVF - I mucked up the medication and lost the 9 eggs we were hoping to harvest! BUT the very next cycle we managed to get pregnant naturally - we weren't trying, maybe that made the difference.
I've heard it said that if you're not pregnant after 12 month of regular unprotected sex,you may need some help.
Have a chat with your GP....
Good luck
Merindah

Hi everyone,
I am very lucky to be blessed with one beautiful little girl and my partner and I are currently trying to conceive a second child. After deciding to have our first I was pregnant within 5 weeks which was great - this time around we have been trying for 6 months with no luck. I am just curious as to how long a second baby has taken for other couples? should I be worried?
Jessie

Hi,
I conceived within the 1 month too!! Seeing your trying to conceive for your 2nd bubs i have a spell we used and it worked for our 1st baby. If you want to give it a go its posted in the planning pregnancy part.

Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brocks Mummy

Our first took us 18 months, second got pregnant first time we had unprotected sex, third took 4 months.

Each time you TTC its a unique journey, its not a matter of it taking longer the second time.

hey all,

sorry to hear about the long waiting TTC. i'm pregnant with my second and both were conceived 1st try

i'm not sure what we did right but i really do hope u all get pregnant very soon

gl to all
gemini

Conceived within 4 weeks of 'trying' with DS #1, fell again 'accidently' 5mths later with identical twin boys [only 2nd time we'd had sex since DS#1 was born, but was still breast feeding], fast forward 7.5 years and decided we might have 1 more, thought I'd fall pregnant instantly but took 3.5mths. Had obviously never been in the position before and every time my period came I would cry my eyes out. We decided that month 4 was our last try as we were both getting older and wouldnt to appreciate the 3 we already had, once that decision was made, I fell pregnant.

it took 6 months first time round, but we weren't really trying officially, just weren't taking any precautions. i am pretty sure we only did the deed one time the month we fell pregnant with DS1 so that was pretty lucky! and quite a surprise too!

with DS2 it took 2 months. i was trying not to get too stressed about it - i know that stress can make it harder when TTC, so i just decided that for the first 3 months i would just try to figure out my cycle by tracking CM and counting days etc, and if nothing happened by the end of 3 months then i was going to start trying other things like temps, taking supplements etc. but i was pretty lucky i didn't end up doing that.

good luck i hope you get your BFP soon!

It's not necessarily harder to concieve with your 2nd. My mum got preg with my sis 3 months after having me. She was BF, on the mini pill and usinf condoms. I guess she was meant to be lol.
I heard that it can take up to a year for a perfectly healthy couple to concieve. It took about 4-5 months for me to conieve and I was 18 at the time with no significant health probs or anything like that so everyone is different.

I had no trouble with DS1 (as cute as he was he was a complete surprise). With DS2 my husband and I were not taking precautions for about 4 months before he appeared. DS3 was a one time try but DD took us almost 2 years.

I think it was harder but we werent paying that much attention to it so I never really thought about it till trying for DD.

Hi Jessie, our DS1 took 3 months, DS2 took a lot longer, about 18 months all up. After about 10 months of TTC we saw a FS and found out my tubes had blocked after having DS1.

That may not be the case for you, but secondary infertility is a problem for some and it may be worth talking with your doc if you're unsure.

The good news for us was that my body obviously knew what to do and we got our BFP on our first round of IVF.

Good luck in conceiving! Jen

First time we fell pregnant in the first month (23 ds at 24), i was taken by surprise that it happened so quickly. After my son i went on depo for 12 months not wanting to fall pregnant soon after him, trying to plan a gap between children. We dont have any family or support, just hubby and i. We decided we wouldnt cope with 2 children too close together.

I knew it would take sometime to become regular again after depo (was on it long before ds and it took 2 yrs to get a/f back). Last oct hubby and i had decided to start trying for #2, my periods were back and coming monthly so i thought there would be no problem. Here we are 10 months later and still trying.

I have had ppl tell me to be greatful for the one i have which dont get me me wrong i really am everyday. I was an only child and i know how lonely i have been and how envious i am of other people and their siblings. I want nothing more than for my son not to experience being an only child. Each month goes by and each negative result i get hurts more and more because the age gap is now getting more and more between children.

I feel sometimes that i am being punished in some way for not wanting siblings close together so now they will be too far apart. The mind starts to think all sorts of crazy things. People cant understand how i feel, time is ticking and i am becoming more frustrated. I know this could be just a delay because of the depo though it has been 2.5 yrs since my last injection. I also know 10 months is still early in terms of trying to concieve, i would love to know if something is wrong. Whether to investigate or a wait a while longer?

Each month i am hopeful that this will be my month and every month a/f comes - its crushing. People all around me are falling pregnant or having babies and i am happy for them but at the same time i think this sux. When will i have good news to share? Now almost 28.

Sorry for the long post but i have no one else i can talk to and needed to get this off my chest.

it took us about 2 months with DS, and atm we have been trying for #2 for almost 2 years, but i do have PCOS and currently seeing a specalist, so hopefully will get pregnant soon!! good luck and i hope you get your BFP soon xoxo

Hi,
I fell first go with #1 but when trying for #2 it took us 8 long months. It was very frustrating after finding it easy the first time. Im sure if you relax it will happen very soon for you

Goodluck