If you and your partner are both healthy, most experts recommend that you have regular, unprotected sex for about a year before seeing your GP.
It's a good idea to see a GP if you have not conceived after a year of trying. Women aged 36 and over, and anyone who's already aware they may have fertility problems, should see their GP sooner. They can check for common causes of fertility problems and suggest treatments that could help.
First, congratulations! The most common time to have a first appointment is around eight weeks gestation or about a month after that first missed period and positive pregnancy test.
Most couples will get pregnant within a year if they have regular sex and don't use contraception. But women become less fertile as they get older.
“The vast majority of people will become pregnant within the first 12 months of trying to conceive with regular unprotected intercourse,” says Cross. “After six months to a year of trying — depending on a woman's age — we recommend that a couple comes in for an infertility evaluation.
Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after one year of regular, unprotected intercourse. If you or your female partner are over the age of 35, you should see a fertility specialist after six months. After age 40, we recommend seeking help right away because we know fertility declines as age increases.
Infertility treatments can be relatively simple, such as intrauterine insemination, or IUI. Or they can be complicated and involved, such as IVF—which sometimes is paired with additional technologies including intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS).
What Causes Infertility? Problems with ovulation are the most common reasons for infertility in women. A woman's age, hormonal imbalances, weight, exposure to chemicals or radiation and cigarette smoking all have an impact on fertility.
Some common reasons include stress, not timing baby-making sex with ovulation, residual effects of hormonal birth control, and certain health conditions. As much as we may try, pregnancy really can't really be planned—but you can increase your chances by being aware of common pitfalls.
You could be worrying that you never will. However, there are many possible reasons why you aren't conceiving, including ovulation irregularities, structural problems in the reproductive system, low sperm count, underlying medical problems, or simply not trying enough.
Of all couples trying to conceive: 30 percent get pregnant within the first cycle (about one month). 60 percent get pregnant within three cycles (about three months). 80 percent get pregnant within six cycles (about six months).
A number of lifestyle factors affect fertility in women, in men, or in both. These include but are not limited to nutrition, weight, and exercise; physical and psychological stress; environmental and occupational exposures; substance and drug use and abuse; and medications.
There are some relatively controllable factors that may be slowing down a couple's ability to conceive. For women, they include being too overweight or underweight, eating disorders, excessive exercise, smoking and drinking.
Because a certain percentage of our eggs are abnormal at any age, and because fertilization has to happen within a narrow window after ovulation occurs, even a young, healthy woman trying to get pregnant has only about a 25% chance each month.
If your menstrual cycle lasts 28 days and your period arrives like clockwork, it's likely that you'll ovulate on day 14. That's halfway through your cycle. Your fertile window begins on day 10. You're more likely to get pregnant if you have sex at least every other day between days 10 and 14 of a 28-day cycle.
Having a regular cycle is a good indicator that you're fertile. Women with regular 28-day cycles are likely to conceive. Regular cycles are strong evidence of regular ovulation, which is a necessary condition for being fertile.
In the United States, most births occur between June and early November. Count back nine months, and you'll see that places most conceptions in the fall and winter.
The results: After one month of trying, 38% were pregnant. After three months of trying, 68% were pregnant. After six months of trying, 81% were pregnant.
Just over a third of healthy couples will conceive in the first month of trying1. If you're under 35 and in good health, it's perfectly natural for it to take up to a year.
Reason for not getting pregnant
problems with ovulation. their age. abnormalities in uterus shape. a blockage of one or both fallopian tubes.