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Took us 6 months to conceive our first. We the first few months were "natural" attempts but then we moved to using overnight body temp tracking, ovulation tests
by throwaway6734 4y ago
Took us 6 months to conceive our first. We the first few months were "natural" attempts but then we moved to using overnight body temp tracking, ovulation tests, and tracking everything in the fertility friend app. Didn't take much effort and really helped to ensure that we were hitting fertility windows.
Testing each month was brutal. Youre so excited to do a pregnancy test, but if you test too soon, you end up in this awful limbo where you still have hope, but realistically it's not likely. Towards the end we would only test once 14 days post ovulation.
Also, I didn't realize how high miscarriage rates are (~30%)!
We're in our early 30s and wish we started sooner because it will be pretty tight to have more than 3 kids