How long after you started really trying did it take you to get your wife (or SO) knocked up? A month? A year? A minute?
We were pretty lucky and it only took a few months, and that included me traveling on business and not being home for optimal times. My wife had a very normal pregnancy. The labor was complicated and downright scary (full-on ER scene and 15 doctors moving at breakneck speed) at the end, but my wife and daughter are very healthy. We've got quite a few friends that have tried for years or gone through in vitro. I feel bad for people having difficulties because being a parent is one of the most wonderful things I have the pleasure to experience. Shameless pic:
First one took about 8 months. We had actually scheduled a doctor's visit to test our fertility before it took. The second one I can't measure. We weren't trying; we'd taken a laissez-faire policy.
My wife and I are about to start trying. Or at least stop not trying. We agreed that if it doesn't happen in a couple years, we'll just adopt a bunch of kids.
We're actively trying now and so far, haven't had much success. We have 2 things working against us: 1) I had a procedure done, thinking that was what my wife wanted, only to find out later she didn't want that at all. I went back and had another procedure done , so theoretically "my boys" should be good to go. Yet, we are always going to wonder if we didn't screw ourselves because of the first procedure that was done. 2) My wife, bless her heart, can't handle stress too well. I have talked to her several times that "our project" is never going to work if she doesn't learn to chill out, especially on stupid stuff, i.e. minutiae. So, you may want to throw us out of your survey, ima as we seem to be an outlier.
Not sure if this TMI, but our family doctor recommended sex only once a day during ovulation. More than once a day reduces sperm count and actually makes getting pregnant less likely.
About three months? I remember being surprised that it happened so quickly. You have to understand that we'd been at it like rabbits for over 15 years, with missed birth control pills being a regular occurrence, yet no "accidents." Trippy. Our second was a big surprise.
First one - about 10 months. Like JV, we were seriously considering checking fertility. Then we took a break, then after about two months we were pregnant. Second one - first try. Quite literally.
Both times it was right off the bat...very quickly. We felt very blessed in that regard, because we had friends who struggled with it for a while.
That's what we did with our first. We were not not trying. Did that for about 8 or 10 months. We're in the process of doing that now trying (but not really "trying") to have our 2nd. Now, we have to plan around our jobs. We both absolutely cannot take time off during the summer.
Well, I'm hispanic so I just walked by my ex and she was pregnant... IIRC, if it wasn't he first try it was the 2nd for each child...I know people that it took longer, but the common thing among them all is that they tried too hard...Don't get too worked up about if it doesn't happen the first week, etc, meaning don't stress...
Not too long...maybe a couple of weeks. My wife was late with her monthly visitor, and she woke up in the middle of the night and took a test, which came back positive. She ran in the room, woke me up to tell me. Evidently, I said "No way" and rolled over and went back to sleep. Turns out, she was right, and I spoiled a pretty special moment for her.
First one- a few months. Currently been trying for about four months. Every month she swears she's late and we buy pregnancy tests. I started rationing them to one a month. One thing to remember- there is NO SUCH THING as a false positive with pregnancy tests. The hormones her body makes when she's pregnant react with gold in the tests. If it reads positive, she's pregnant, 100%. There are false negatives, however. I did a ton of research last time around because we were burning through these things like crazy, and when it read positive, we freaked out and went through five more, four of which were negative, two were positive. First Response is the best brand. Apparently they use the most gold in their tests.
Different web sites disagree with you... http://www.justmommies.com/articles/false-positive-pregnancy-test.shtml http://www.babyhopes.com/articles/falsepositive.html http://www.wisegeek.com/what-could-cause-a-false-positive-on-a-pregnancy-test.htm http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pregnancy-testing-false-positive-pregnancy-test.html . . .
