(Closed) Fertility – similar to your sister/mom?

• CatyLady
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: June 2011

• eeniebeans
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: October 2010

Women in our family are super fertile. We always joke that we get pregnant if our husband winks at us from across the room.

• Mrs.LaFountain
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: August 2012

Mom only took four cyles to have my older sister, two for me and my younger sister was a birth control baby. Parents where discussing a third and surprise.

My older sister got pregnant first cycle off birth control with both my neices.

After four months off the pill with no period not postive test I went to the Dr. Found out I have PCOS in late april. Took provera to have my period and clomid to ovulate. Which I did and now we are in the two week wait. So completely differnt from my mom and older sister. 

• Red Poppy
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: May 2012

In my experience it was not related at all. My mom had 3 children, no issues, and my sister had 2 children, no issues. My sister got pregnant immediately when they started trying for her first, and maybe within 2 cycles for her second. It took me several months to get pregnant begin with, then I had 2 miscarriages, before finally getting pregnant with my now 6-month-old baby girl.

• alove2
• 6 years ago

I had a hard time getting pregnant for unknown reasons. My mother got pregnant both times, first try. 

• echomomm
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: February 1997

Neither my mother nor I had any trouble conceiving, and my sister and I were both over 8 lb at birth. However, my babies were much larger (9.5 lb for a baby delivered a month early, and 11.5 lb for my DD delivered c-section at 38 weeks), and my deliveries were far more difficult.

• worldtraveler
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: March 2014

I’m nervous about this. My parents took several years to conceive me, they got pregnant after a HSG. I’m their only child together (dad has one from his first marriage). My maternal aunt was never able to conceive. I have no sisters, paternal aunts and only two cousins who are female, both childless by choice, so I don’t have a ton of data to draw on.

• sostobe
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: February 2015

We were trying to avoid and wound up pregnant.  So we weren’t trying.  I’d guess we are pretty similar. 

• chasesgirl
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: December 2011

My mom’s mom had some issues but not horrible, my dad’s mom had something like 12+ miscarriages between her 4 living children-they REALLY wanted a boy. My parents had to take fertility meds and 2 years to get pregnant with my older sister, I think a year for me. It is likely my mom had undiagnosed at the time PCOS, which I also have.

• LittleRiver
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: October 2012

Unfortunately, no.

• GonnaBeAFind
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: September 2014

Neither my mom or sister had any challenges getting pregnant.  I will never forget when my cousin was trying and my mom said “I don’t understand this trying thing, your dad and I decided we wanted you guys and boom the next month I’d be pregnant.”  My sister was the exact same way, got pregnant both times on her first month trying.  I got pregnant every month we tried, unfortunately I was the opposite and experience a total of 3 CPs and 1 MMC before this pregnancy.  It took 7 months but I’m currently 16 weeks pregnant.

• X0JLYNN03
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: April 2013

My mom has told me it took several months (4-6) with each of her pregnancies (she had 3, 1 ended in miscarriage).. my only Aunts by blood were pretty fertile as far as I know and didn’t have to try too long. It took me 4 months, and my only sister is currently TTC on month 5 with no luck yet. Fingers crossed for her she takes after us and it isn’t much longer for her!

My mom also had 2 easy pregnancies & easy/short labors – I really hope to take after her in that department! I’ve had a fairly easy pregnancy so far, though much more morning sickness than her!

• bakergirl
• 6 years ago

• Wedding: September 2012

My mom and sister both had surprise first babies. It took us about a year to conceive the first time. But what we all have in common is that for the second, we each got pregnant immediately upon deciding to try. 

• morningcoffee
• 6 years ago