To ask what you’d do if you were 37 and TTC naturally for the first time?

Had three in my mid to late thirties, fell pregnant easily within the first two months each time.

The media love to go on about plummeting fertility rates after 35 but there are loads of us who conceive easily at that age.

Hopefully you'll be one of them.

Not my first but pg at 40 after a v long gap.
have sex 2-3 times a week as soon as you finished your period. Don’t wait a week and then start, you could easily miss ovulation. Don’t go on about ovulation to your partner!

Definitely use the ovulation sticks - I was using an app on my phone to track my most fertile time and the sticks showed that my body was working differently from how the app calculated. I conceived my 1st when 36, my 2nd at 39, and my 3rd at 42. Wishing you lots of luck!

I wouldn’t do anything except have fun.

Also, before you're pregnant please get a good exercise routine and build core strength with weights and Pilates to protect your back and pelvic floor, I wish I'd done that before ceo delivering and start weight training - build up strong arms as you are constantly carrying baby and it's heavy equipment so I wish I'd had muscles when he was born!

This actually works (conceived within 3 months with this method whereas previous pregnancy I took 5 years to conceive)

Ovulation app
Lay down on your back with a cushion under your bum and legs in the air and lay there for at least 20 mins. If you do the deed in bed at night don't get up to 'clean up' go to sleep with as much sperm inside you as possible (sorry TMI) but it genuinely works.

I conceived naturally at 35 the first time trying - it was actually a few days earlier than my app told me I'd be fertile so make sure you're having sex as soon as your period is ended basically. I also made sure I orgasmed - apparently the contractions help. (Nb that should be happening anyway!)

Also, main advice if you have a horrible stressful job then leave or time holidays around fertile times - so many teachers know couldn't conceive and then managed when they left teaching. Shocking.

Get to know your cycle and listen to your body. 37 isn't that old, I conceived naturally at the same age but just to warn you it did take six months! I wish I'd be able to be a younger mum but life didn't quite pan out that way. Anyway, I have a lovely toddler now so maybe it was meant to be. Wishing you all the best 🙏

After you have DTD make sure to stay laying down and ideally put your legs up in the air (e.g. rest against wall) to increase chance of sperm reaching its target

Vit D as well as folic acid, stop smoking (if either of you do), cut back or stop drinking alcohol, for your DH - loose underwear and no laptops on laps, plus he should also be taking multivitamins, lose weight if you are overweight.

If no success in 6months, make a GP appointment. Some will require you to try for a year first, but others will do some initial bloods for you sooner than that, which helps get the ball rolling if you do need a referral. Good luck!

For success stories, we needed fertility treatment to conceive at 35 but had a natural conception at 37.

Precision targeting, rather than just going at it all the time. Work out the best two days every month and do it then, come hell or high water. Worked for us on the third month of trying.

Go very easy on the coffee, even avoid if you can, was what I was told after several miscarriages.
I did and the next pregnancy held.

For him, 3-4 brazil nuts a day will up his selenium which is good for healthy sperm that are swimmers😁.
The best of luck.

Sorry, no advice, but just to encourage you — I conceived the first month aged 39 without doing any ovulation tracking or anything.

Forget the ovulation sticks, the clearblue digital are the way to go.

Rather than dtd all the time, build up supplies and do just once per cycle on ovulation day.
100% success for us and we're much older than you. Building up supplies is more important when you're older.