About Sarah Conlon Expertise I can answer questions about to trying to conceive, as well as infertility related questions, pregnancy issues and emotional issues that coincide with all of the above.
Experience I am a licensed psychologist and have personally dealt with infertility and pregnancy loss. I would like to share my knowledge, psychological training and personal experience to help others.
Education/Credentials Master's Degree in psychology
I am a 21 year old newly wed. I have been with my husband for years and, about 2 and a half years ago, we got pregnant (we were not trying). I lost our baby. We were still in school at the time and wanted to go to college so we didn't try after this. Now, though, we are finished college and we just got married. We've been trying for just over a year to get pregnant. After the first couple of months with no success, I started charting my cycles. I didn't expect to have a hard time conceiving considering the time that we got pregnant, the condom broke, so it only took one time! We have been trying to conceive, especially on my fertile days, every month for the past 10 or 11 months with charting help, yet with no success. My cycles were all over the place for over a year after our miscarriage, but now they are finally on a regular path again, at about 40 days per cycle. Could we have fertility issues? What can we do to make getting pregnant easier? Should I see my doctor?
Answer Hello,
It can take up to a year to get pregnant even if there are no fertility issues. Your cycles are longer than usual so make sure to try about mid-way through, around day 20 or so. If still no luck after a year, you should see your doctor who can run some tests. You could also try a home ovulation kit to help narrow down the ovulation day. Good luck.
