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I think it's interesting that we are all kind of posting similar things about what we think hyper-fertility is...so I googled it to see what I could find out about it and what the medical community thinks about it.
There's an article out there about recurrent miscarriages being a sign of hyper-fertility, that it really is about the implantation of embryos regardless of their quailty/viability.
I find this fascinating, I really do. I wish we knew more about fertility and infertility.
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@looch: that reminds me of the character in The Help played by Jessica Chastain . . . the thought of that is just soul crushing.
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Oh this is so interesting to me!!
I have endo (found out when I was 16) so I always thought getting pregnant would be hard! I wouldn't necessarily consider myself to have "optimal conditions" because of it, so maybe my DH is the one who is hyper fertile!
I got pg with this baby after getting a single positive OPK. 9 days later....BFP!
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My mom (or parents) is like this. All four of my siblings and I (yes 5 of us) were "accidents". She was on birth control for each of us and got surprised every single time.
This is me and DH's first month of TTC and two days ago we found out we were pregnant! Perhaps it is in the genes... both awesome, and scary.
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So far I've been very lucky with fertility. I got pregnant the 2nd try after getting off the pill..... and then had a miscarriage. Then I got pregnant again on the first try when the doctor said I could TTC again and had LO.
This time we had decided to wait another month and after I had already ovulated (had ovulation cramps and CM) I said why don't we just go ahead and start TTC tonight? We figured it was too late but couldn't hurt to try. Now I'm 24 weeks pregnant
I'm pretty surprised because both DH and I have chronic illnesses and have taken all kinds of meds our whole lives.... I thought that would have screwed one of us up.
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I got pregnant first try with baby #1, so I always wonder if baby 32 will happen just as easily. My BIL and SIL also got pregnant on honeymoon, we joke the guys have super sperm so we have to be careful!
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@Glitter: lol...are you one of my siblings? Jk.
I'm one of 6 kids...and my mom claims three of us were accidents with three different forms of birth control. I don't know if that's true, or if my parents aren't exactly rule followers (they both cam from big families and weren't opposed to having a lot of kids, so it makes me suspicious).
But none of my sisters had any trouble getting pregnant (one had two "oopsies")' and my husband and I got knocked up our first month not preventing. And I was not tracking my cycle at all or counting days or anything.
So who knows?
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@looch: interesting! I wonder about this. @Running Elley, did you see this link?? Thoughts??
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@Glitter: congrats!!!!! May mom? I had my first in May......the best month ever to give birth!
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@Anagram: wow, one of 6 is awesome. I would LOVE to have a big family too.
@Rainbow Sprinkles: thank you!! May 11th is my EDD according to FF.. mother's day next yr!
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I have a friend that can decide to get pregnant and before you know it, she is.
I do also think it's a combo of partners, too, because I struggled to get pregnant with DS (with my ex), but with S and this pregnancy I pretty much said, "I think I'm gonna try to get pregnant this cycle" and it worked...I think DH and I just have good fertility combo.
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@bluestriped bee: I was gonna say this exactly! Unless you have had multiple children on the first try then it could totally be luck or a fluke.
I do think that there are people who are more or less fertile than some but I think even if it takes you years or adoption or what have you to have kids with your partner that doesn't mean you are any more or less compatable. People get pregnant from terrible people sometimes. I think it's great when people are lucky and happy to be super fertile but let's not get carried away about our kismet sperm and eggs. I think we all know that's hogwash. .
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I think to some degree yeah. I think hormone/thyroid health play big parts in the equation.
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@Running Elley: you totes are!
I think there are.
- ovulated every cycles (possibly twice)
- has quality ewcm to help the sperm swim through
- has a healthy uterine lining for implantation
- has good hormonal levels (progesterone) and can nourish baby throughout implantation and first tri
Yeah, I believe some women are born with great fertility genes!Not I. I do O and I do have ewcm but, I have low progesterone and short LPs (unless I'm taking meds)
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I have a friend with "super sperm." He and a girlfriend supposedly never even had intercourse and got pregnant. He admitted to some serious fooling around and possible cross contamination issues but swears they never "did it." They've been married and divorced now so there's no reason he would need to keep up a lie. (I'm not trying to convince anyone that's how it happened, I wasn't there). His second wife was knocked up while on BC. Surprisingly it took them 2 or 3 months of trying to get #3.
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Lots of people are very fertile. I have a girlfriend who conceived her first month trying. Then again the first month she tried, but then miscarried that one. But then got pregnant again the next time she tried.
Actually, I know two women with that exact story. I know a ton of women who got accidentally pregnant, or pregnant the first time they tried.
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I think it's totally true!
My friend got pregnant while on BC and using a condom together! Either she is super fertile myrtle or he had super sperm!
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I had no trouble getting pregnant with my first 2...I hope it will be as easy when we actively TTC.
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@LovelyPlum: I think it's interesting! I really think that, in my case at least, the problem wasn't with the embryos. Since I still had issues with the babies that ended up sticking (E and baby sister so far!) and progesterone issues.. It's really interesting though!
I really never would've assumed that I'd have "super fertility." I have PCOS and very irregular (looooooooooong) cycles.
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@Corduroy: Not to be rude... but did he have any reason to doubt that he was the father? That is just so not plausible to me!
We got pregnant the first "try" - we weren't trying but it was timed correctly. I don't think I'm necessarily a fertile myrtle but I do think I/we must be pretty fertile for it to have happened like it did.
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@MrsMccarthy: I don't think any one was trying to suggest that easy fertility means a couple is better suited to each other emotionally... Just biologically.
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Yeah I think so. I think when all of the equipment is operating 100% you get the oop'ses. When only half of equipment is working, it takes more time and when something isnt working then interventions are needed. But that is just my thinking. I am no scientist lol
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I definitely think so!
I know my mother had no issues conceiving with me or my twin sisters and she got pregnant on the pill with my younger brother. and I've gotten pregnant on my first try both times with the second time being 8 months PP with no regular cycles yet and me saying "hey i've got a lot of CM, wanna make a baby?"
Like @Mrs. Wagon, I've never used hormonal BC before, and have always had a fair amount of CM. I've never had super regular cycles though
I also know someone pregnant with her 5th kid, and she says they got KU every time either by accident (you know, that one time you don't wrap it up) or on the first try
@looch: wow, that article was really interesting!
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My mom got pregnant every time she tried (with two different men) and swore that we were uber-fertile in our family. Then I went 10 months trying to get pregnant. I swore this couldn't be true. However, I had had a LEEP procedure and on my first IUI, bypassing my cervix we got pregnant. So had that not been an issue, I think we may have gotten pregnant right away too. Who knows!
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@MamaMoose: yeah I know. I just feel bad for people who might interpret it that way. I know that combined factors can be an issue.
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@Glitter: @Anagram: Count my mom in the crazy fertile group.
All 5 of her pregnancies were conceived on the pill. She had a miscarriage, but ended up with twins for the last pregnancy, so there's 5 of us. And she found out she was pregnant with them immediately after scheduling my dad's vasectomy. She thought it was crazy I knew I was pregnant before I even missed my period because we were actually trying. She had never actually "tried." -
All of my aunts and uncles (all 8 of them!) were/are super fertile. The running joke is that the man only needs to wave the weenie at his wife and she's knocked up. My parents and one uncle are the only ones with fewer than 4 kids because all the others had "oops babies."My paternal grandmother was one of 10 kids and my paternal grandfather was one of 11 or 12. They were Italian and Irish Catholics so that could explain a lot of things.
It does seem like some people are just super fertile. Michelle Duggar comes to mind. Maybe she and her husband are extra compatible when it comes to making babies. It would be interesting to know if there is scientific evidence to indicate some people are incompatible on a cellular level that causes sperm not to fertilize egg.
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@Glitter: I had DD on mother's day!!!! Sooooo exciting!!!!!
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A lot I people consider me a 'fertile myrtle'. I got pregnant wiyh DS the 3rd month after going of the pill. We weren't 'trying' in the sense that I was temping or using OPK's or anything like that. I've always had extremely regular cycles and just said 'ok around this time I should ovulate, so lets see what happens!' I got pregnant with DD while basically on BC at 6 months pp
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I feel like a fertile myrtle...I got pregnant 2nd cycle off bc with DS and this one was an oops, used pullout and had been breastfeeding (not ignorant to breastfeeding not being a 100% fool proof method, but it was a true shock to be pregnant).
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