If you are nearly 39, how long would you TTC before seeing GP?

[MistyMorns]

As in the question really If you were a couple of months off being 39, how long would you TTC without success before seeing your GP and asking for investigations to be started?

Dr suggested 6 months to a year. Sooner the better really.

GP here, I investigate at one year, or at 6 months if the woman is over 35 or there is a reason to be concerned about fertility eg irreg periods, PCOS etc. So I'd say go at 6m.

It’s 6m if you’re over 35 here, too. 1 year if you’re not.

6 months. We went bang on 6 months, I'm 36. My day 3 and day 21 bloods got done first and were normal so then they sent DH for a semen analysis which is not normal.

Thanks everyone and thanks @pianolessons1 for a GP’s view! I will ring the surgery on Monday then and hope desperately that a) they don’t give me an appointment three weeks away and b) that the GP takes me seriously and agrees to start the investigations. I’m worried that they’ll tell me to keep trying or that they won’t agree to a full set of tests.

You should be fine, you can always download the policy of your local clinical commissioning group and it will say how long you have to try before investigations start and what investigations they will do.
The only issue you might have is that there is a national shortage of blood test tubes so a lot of places are only doing urgent bloods so you might have to wait because of that.

You could also go and get a private well woman check up too

@fairgame84

You should be fine, you can always download the policy of your local clinical commissioning group and it will say how long you have to try before investigations start and what investigations they will do. The only issue you might have is that there is a national shortage of blood test tubes so a lot of places are only doing urgent bloods so you might have to wait because of that.

Thanks for the CCG tip, I’ll do that.

I read in the news that fertility investigations for the over 35s have been classed as urgent and so are not impacted by the blood test tube shortage.

Thanks for the @pianolessons1 giving us an expert's point of view!