To still TTC amidst all this

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Already posted elsewhere but posting here for more advice!
Me and my husband have been TTC for a year. It's been a tough journey so far and as my husband is older than me, we've felt a bit like we're running out of time. Not physically, but doesn't want to be pushing fifty and have a newborn!
If it were you, would you carry on TTC? It's a scary time, but it's hard to give up on something that you want so badly. I know it might be best to wait till this is over, but who knows when that will be

If you can wait say 6months then I would. But maybe not hold off your decision longer. I would be too anxious to TTC at the mo. But then i have 2 kids snd I'm done. I have no idea how hard it must be for you so, if you are desperate for a child maybe don't hold it off too long would be my advice, but we are in the thick of it at the moment but things maybe be clearer in some months.

@IsoBordem I'm so sorry, it sounds like you're having a really hard time. Is this your first baby? And do you mind if I ask what it's been like when you have had to go to hospital, i.e. have there been staff shortages etc? I think my logic was in 9 months hopefully things would have calmed down, but I appreciate there would be lots of trips to the hospital before then!

@Incontinencesucks we haven't started IVF yet, it's been only just a year and all the fertility tests I was due to have this month are cancelled.
It's been tough because our journey has been so much longer than a year. We wanted to try in 2017 but I ended up having to have an emergency operation which took a lot of time to recover from. Then we wanted to try in 2018 but I got made redundant, and it took me till 2019 to get a job (decided to retrain and go into education). And then we started trying in 2019. So really it's been at the front of our minds for 3 years! Well, 30 years for me

Late response but wanted to advice. I have PCOS, have been trying to conceive for over 14 months. I dont have regular periods they vary between 40 days and 80+ days. Myself and DH have continued to try for a baby during the pandemic as we are so desperate for a baby. We are both 33 & our fertility appts have been cancelled but I still think there may be a bit of hope that I might catch naturally. Anyone else in the same situation as me? I feel so down about it all.

I’m currently pregnant and have received exemplary care. My midwife has been hugely reassuring that there’s no evidence to suggest that CV19 affects babies in the womb, and newborns do not appear to be very susceptible to infection.

I would carry on if I were you - this won’t last forever.