Why does it take months for some couples to conceive despite being fertile and having frequent sex?

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So a friend of mine is planning a family and haven’t gotten pregnant yet. Her gynac said they it may happen right away or may take even a year to conceive. Well, i don’t really understand this.

If a fertile man and woman are having frequent sex, what really leads to not getting pregnant?

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Fertile is a spectrum. As, frankly, is “frequent sex”.

But probability is also a thing. If you toss a coin once a month, there’s a 0.02% chance you get tails every time for a year. Roll a dice once a month and there’s a 11% chance you don’t roll a 6 all year. But obviously, getting heads or rolling a 6 on your first attempt wouldn’t be a huge surprise.

Someone on this thread said that a fertile couple have a 25% chance of conceiving in a month, that means a 3% of not conceiving all year.

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